Should Officer hold grudges

It happens, but it SHOULDN'T!

SSG Garcia. You are now in a position where potentially you could hold grudges. You have seen however that this behavior is counterproductive. Everyone makes mistakes, they should be allowed to move on from those mistakes. On-Purposes are different story.

If leadership holds grudges for mistakes, it will poison the work force, destroy motivation and ruin troops.

It sounds as if in this case, the behavior should be brought up through the chain and make a case for the NCO. My guess is that there may be a bigger picture at play (there are always three sides of a story-his, other and truth). Often times a Commander does not get the whole case and is left to base opinions/decisions on what they know. If the NCO is good, and a proper case presented, you may be able to dissuade the Commander on the issue.

Hi SSG Garcia!
> Is this fair and right that a good NCO gets crucified for doing their job well based on lies and made stories?

Of course not - hard for me to believe you even asked this question! :-)

If you have evidence of wrongdoing (lying is definitely wrong), then you have an obligation to speak up. Don't be like the others you mention in the "The bad part is..." - not saying anything when you have relevant information (facts) is just as bad or even worse in some cases.

If you have the same opinion about this Commander but have no evidence or proof of wrongdoing, then the best thing to do is keep that to yourself as you may or may not have all the information to form that opinion.