Posted on Aug 25, 2021
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So this is not my story, but I saw this happening today.

During PT, one of the soldier had Permanent Profile for his leg.
It's written that "Own pace and distance running".
During a run day, one of the NCO made him run in the place for the entire PT.
He said to him that its "Own pace and Distance, you are not going anywhere but just running in place so it's fine."
That soldier got angry and said "There is so much other things I can do during the PT to workout" either way the soldier still did it. Later on, he used open door policy to talk to 1st sgt about it.
However on the next run day for PT, the NCO made him do it again and the soldier was very angry about it. the NCO also stated that, "Unless I hear directly from anyone higher than me saying I can't make you run in place, I won't stop doing it".
So the soldier got really angry and walked away from that NCO.
The NCO said he is going to counsel him for disobeying his orders and walking away while his talking. Possibly recommend UCMJ against that soldier.

I see both soldier and NCO is not having a good camaraderie and I think they both have approached the situation badly.
What are your thoughts about this issue??
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MSG Intermediate Care Technician
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The Soldier walking away in anger....wrong response. That's all I will say on that.

As for the other part....If making a Soldier run in place does not violate the profile, then there is no harm. Personally, I would see it as a dick move and then have a side bar with this NCO. Now, if it were me with this profile and the NCO wants to play stupid games like this, I would run in place for about a minute then stop as I would be keeping in the parameters of the Own Pace and Distance. Granted, it would be seen as petty, but so is making a Soldier run in place for an entire PRT session.

Any idea what 1SG said to the Soldier?
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CSM Chuck Stafford
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I'd be interested in knowing what the 1SG said... and walking away in this case is not the right answer.
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CW3 Kevin Storm
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I am not going to say the NCO was correct or not, there are better ways to do this then what appears to be out right screwing with someone. Own pace and distance, I would of run in place for 10 seconds said my leg hurts and been done. Want to be a smart ass two can play that.
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