Posted on Nov 3, 2015
Is my soldier wrong? "per regulation he must inform the chain of command if he is put on quarters."
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I have a soldier who was sent home one day by the PA. As medics we are all part of the same section. He works in the clinic as one of the PA's medical screeners. Soldier was sick and since the PA noticed this, he did an exam on the soldier and then told him to go home, saying he would inform our PSG. Although the PA did send our PSG the email, I did not find out about him leaving until about 3 hours later. I understand my soldier's point of view, saying he did not consider telling me since the PA had informed him that his PSG would be notified, but myself and my first line feel as though I should have been informed. I was told that "per regulation he must inform the chain of command if he is put on quarter." Does anyone know if that is true, or have opinions on to whether or not my soldier is wrong.
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I would think a simple "be sure to let me know next time" would suffice. Not really worth getting worked up about.
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He should have informed you, but if he is sick and was told by the PA that he would notify the chain of command, what is the big deal? Talk to him and tell him to make sure he informs you in the future and leave it at that.
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SGT William Howell
SGT (Join to see) So give him a counseling statement and make everybody happy. The statement will not leave the unit when he goes to his next duty station.
So my question is what is the deal with the soldier. Is he a problem child? I can see why this is an issue if there is are ongoing issues with other things going on. If this is a one time deal then all I got to say is, WOW.
Still if an officer ordered him to quarters and told him that he would inform the chain then it is on the officer, not the soldier. If it were me and this went to an Art-15 I would request a court martial. There is not a JAG out there that would touch this because an officer took the responsibility for this soldier.
So my question is what is the deal with the soldier. Is he a problem child? I can see why this is an issue if there is are ongoing issues with other things going on. If this is a one time deal then all I got to say is, WOW.
Still if an officer ordered him to quarters and told him that he would inform the chain then it is on the officer, not the soldier. If it were me and this went to an Art-15 I would request a court martial. There is not a JAG out there that would touch this because an officer took the responsibility for this soldier.
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SGT (Join to see) - Well I would be pretty shocked if this thing went to an article 15. You have a Soldier who was told by a commissioned officer that he would let the chain of command know that the Soldier was on quarters. If by policy the Soldier failed then he likely deserves a counseling. Is there a regulation that says the Soldier needs to inform his chain of command? I have no idea. I do know that this is one infraction that I would not waste much time on.
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SPC Tony Bucaro
Sounds like a bunch of BS to me! The soldier was following orders by a PA who clearly out ranks the sick soldier. You as a SGT "Team Leader" should be standing up to your chain-of-command in defense of your soldier. Seems to me that the PA and the PSG need to get their crap together.
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I don't know the Soldiers history as far as their integrity goes or if this is a constant routine that has happened before but I would guess if this is the first time this happened I would verbally counsel the Soldier and explain if this should happen again to give a courtesy call to his squad leader and let it go. In the end result the CoC was informed so no harm no foul.
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I wouldn't make a big deal about it unless this guy's a problem in other areas. Also depends if the Soldier's an E4 or an E2. Some people just don't know the "right" thing to do, and certainly don't know the regulations. If they're a problem, use this to make a point. If not, tell them not to do it again and let it slide. Nothing is black and white...no matter what anyone tells you about regulation and policy.
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