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Do you call at ease for an E7 that you work for? Here is the change of command where I work. I work for an E7 who reports to another E7 who reports to the 1SG. Now its my understanding that you call at ease for someone in the position of 1SG or CSM. Am I wrong?
One day out of the blue the E7 that I work for, walked in the room and said .. so you guys **cking with me. So you guys arnt going to call at ease.I out rank you. Lets try this again. There were about 8 Staff Sergeants that were looking around at each other like is he really doing this.. So he walked back in an someone called at ease. After the meeting all the Staff Sergeants were talking about it. None of us have ever called at ease for an E7 that wasnt in a 1SG position. All the E6's that I work with have been in at least 14 years. So now im wondering have we been doing wrong all these years?
One day out of the blue the E7 that I work for, walked in the room and said .. so you guys **cking with me. So you guys arnt going to call at ease.I out rank you. Lets try this again. There were about 8 Staff Sergeants that were looking around at each other like is he really doing this.. So he walked back in an someone called at ease. After the meeting all the Staff Sergeants were talking about it. None of us have ever called at ease for an E7 that wasnt in a 1SG position. All the E6's that I work with have been in at least 14 years. So now im wondering have we been doing wrong all these years?
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Customs and Courtesies
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Regulations say you are supposed to call "at ease" when an NCO senior in rank to the group enters the room.
Having said that, this cat is on some kind of power trip. Outside of Basic Training, I haven't seen ANY NCO insist on this - not me, not any CSM I've had - unless it was a formal setting or a meeting. Frankly, I don't want the work of my unit to come to a halt every time I get out of the office and walk around. If I want to get their undivided attention, well... let's just say we First Sergeants have our ways.
Having said that, this cat is on some kind of power trip. Outside of Basic Training, I haven't seen ANY NCO insist on this - not me, not any CSM I've had - unless it was a formal setting or a meeting. Frankly, I don't want the work of my unit to come to a halt every time I get out of the office and walk around. If I want to get their undivided attention, well... let's just say we First Sergeants have our ways.
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I am disappointed that this question is even being asked.
ANY TIME a senior NCO is in your area, you will call AT EASE. Then the most senior person, even an NCO, in that group is to expeditiously move to that Senior NCO and greet him.
The only time that you do not call at ease in this situation is when safety is paramount. As the Senior person in that group you will put the next lower ranking person in charge and the most senior person will expeditiously move to that senior NCO.
In this situation, I have never hesitated to perform this act of courtesy and respect, for me it is second nature and an automatic reaction.
If NCOs are not teaching this, and if they are not exercising this, then I truly am concerned for the Corps.
ANY TIME a senior NCO is in your area, you will call AT EASE. Then the most senior person, even an NCO, in that group is to expeditiously move to that Senior NCO and greet him.
The only time that you do not call at ease in this situation is when safety is paramount. As the Senior person in that group you will put the next lower ranking person in charge and the most senior person will expeditiously move to that senior NCO.
In this situation, I have never hesitated to perform this act of courtesy and respect, for me it is second nature and an automatic reaction.
If NCOs are not teaching this, and if they are not exercising this, then I truly am concerned for the Corps.
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Only NCOs I've seen the room called to "at ease" for (outside of Basic/AIT because TRADOC is a world unto itself) are the 1SG and SGM/CSM. Just like the only officers I've seen a room called to attention for is the Commander or GO. This is out of respect and deference to the position, not necessarily the rank (ie I would not expect a room to come to attention when I walked into a room, even as an O-5, because I am not the Commander). Stand at "at ease" when speaking to him or being spoken to? Sure. Calling the room to their feet? Not so much.
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