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Perhaps I am just OCD about knowledge or really bored, your call, but it seems sometimes that leaders don't actually READ the regulations but merely reference specific parts to make a point and often fail to get the whole picture. Much like people reference certain Bible scripture but not the whole chapter and completely lose it's point.
Take for example all of the people who use the (P) identifier after their rank on here. AR 25-50 may have changed recently but it still references the use of that identifier as "... If it benefits the Army..."
I have always made it a habit if a soldier had a question to make them research the regs and report back, that way they empower themselves. Some leaders don't like knowledgable soldiers but I think it is our duty.
Take for example all of the people who use the (P) identifier after their rank on here. AR 25-50 may have changed recently but it still references the use of that identifier as "... If it benefits the Army..."
I have always made it a habit if a soldier had a question to make them research the regs and report back, that way they empower themselves. Some leaders don't like knowledgable soldiers but I think it is our duty.
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I think it's good to make people question. Most junior Soldiers come to me with outdated information in which "someone told them that..." I always ask if they actually read the reg. It teaches critical thinking and awareness.
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SSgt Boyd Herrst
I’ve heard the barracks lawyers that brought up a reg and said s’thing allegedly from them. I get s’thing to write it down and go research it..
What I heard was their interpretation ... I want to get the right one so i don’t repeat what they say and what they said was not or was only partially correct.
I copied it and gave them the right
Interpretation.. they say “oh, so you went behind my back and...” No, I was wanting what was right.. not a personal Interpretation of it. “Don’t get all butt-hurt over it... “. Geez!..
What I heard was their interpretation ... I want to get the right one so i don’t repeat what they say and what they said was not or was only partially correct.
I copied it and gave them the right
Interpretation.. they say “oh, so you went behind my back and...” No, I was wanting what was right.. not a personal Interpretation of it. “Don’t get all butt-hurt over it... “. Geez!..
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The system here on RallyPoint asks you to check a box if you are promotable, and it puts the (P) identifier after your name automatically. Further, AR 25-50 covers correspondence. Military email is correspondence. Memos are correspondence. Social media is not official correspondence.
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I will be the devils advocate, with what is written, in TM, AR, FM, TC, TB, is it realistic to expect that weread everything, or know where the information is for reference purposes?
You may get the chance to sit up all night on SDNCO to read, I do this one weekend a month now a days. I can recall a -10 TM on a Jeep being give or take a 100 pages. The -10 on the M16/M4 series rifle is longer than now. AR 670-1 change last year, and it just changed again, and now there is a DA Pam 670-1 to go with it.
You may get the chance to sit up all night on SDNCO to read, I do this one weekend a month now a days. I can recall a -10 TM on a Jeep being give or take a 100 pages. The -10 on the M16/M4 series rifle is longer than now. AR 670-1 change last year, and it just changed again, and now there is a DA Pam 670-1 to go with it.
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