Does Active Duty Soldiers adhere to AR 670-1 while at home?

SSG Dear,

I very much do adhere to AR 670-1 when I get home but not for reason most think. I just want to get OUT of my uniform and try to keep home and work a separate as possible. Both my wife and I are active duty and endeavor to keep work and home distinctly separate.

To answer your question, yes...you definitely see people that live both on and off post doing what describe and it personally drives me crazy. It is a work uniform and should be treated as such.

However, I seldom make the correction because I respect a person's right to enjoy their home-life and feel that their home should be their home, regardless of location. I would no more chastise a guy that works at a garage or for Sears; a cop, fire fighter, or EMT than I do my own Soldiers.

Your last question....Yes, there are always pissed off CSMs and GOs...that's what we do...I have never in my 23 years seen any of them write down an address to have leadership counsel them. With those I've crossed paths, they will make the on the spot correction versus writing anything down for someone else to do later - that takes far too much time figuring out the unit, phone number, and chain of command when you can/should correct the infraction right away.

I am with the CSM on this one.  I am active duty and I adhere to AR 670-1 while at home.  In addition, regardless of active duty, reserve or national guard, I believe all soldiers need to adhere to the regulation especially NCOs.  The first thing I do when I get home is take my uniform off before doing anything else in my home. 

Outstanding. I didn't want to sound as though I disgrace the uniform.  I wasn't sure how strict policies were enforced on post's. With all my deployments (and no offense) my National Guard counterparts really step up the adherence to AR and FM's. Almost to a basic training standpoint at times, seriously. Then we notice that the Active Duty components laugh at us because we are doing things that way. Years of talking to AD Soldiers in chow halls at various camps and actually witnessing it. I suppose I'll be checking that habit when I get off work. I completely agree that my uniform was earned to wear and should not be abused. Thanks you CSM Irvin and SFC Rocha. Easy correction.