Posted on Aug 12, 2015
What was the worst CQ/Staff Duty/EOC you have ever been on?
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I have been on some rough ones...I had CQ last time my Green Bay Packers were in the Super Bowl, I had CQ another time when Daylight Savings Time changed (two o'clock in the morning came twice in that shift) and tomorrow I am going to be on EOC when Green Bay destroys New England! I am not complaining, the job is worth it, but I'd love to hear from you! What was the worst possible time you could have had duty?
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New Years Eve on Staff Duty....received several calls about soldiers being drunk and disorderly.... Here's the kicker, went home to have a quick dinner with my family, get a hard knock at the door. By the time I got to the door whoever it was, was gone. But I heard a lot of screaming and yelling, I though nothing of it; thought it was kids being kids. About 15 minutes later here comes the MP's asking have I seen two naked individuals running around this area. I looked puzzled trying not to laugh and responded "no I haven't, naked? what happened?." They explained Apparently the wife came home from her shift early and found her husband in bed with another woman. She pulled out her tazer & pepper spray and starting shocking/pepper spraying them both, they got away naked. Imagine if I had answered the door a minute or two faster...I would have been staring two naked people in the face with a mouth full of food.
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PO3 Steven Sherrill
SFC (Join to see) excuse me ma'am, but I was just tazed and maced, do you have a towel, or a sheet I can borrow to conceal my nekkidness?
How do you respond to that?
How do you respond to that?
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I would have the craziness look on face, but I would definitely give them something to cover up with.
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I am not sure if it was one of the worst, but it was certainly one of the most interesting. I was sitting on Squadron Staff Duty (and luckily with one of the SSG from my platoon). It is somewhere around 0200, and for whatever reason, my SQDN CSM decides to pop his head into the HQ office where we sat. He is in civilian attire. Again it it 0200. I have my feet kicked up, Im watching a movie. When he walked in, I looked at him thinking it was someone either signing out for leave or signing in from leave. He looks right at me and asks "SPC, dont you stand at parade rest when you see your CSM?" And in my young dumb SPC mentality, I responded with "I didnt recognize you, CSM." All the while I never sat up or stood up and went back to watching the movie. To this day, I still wonder why I was not killed on sight.
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PO3 Steven Sherrill
MSG (Join to see) - So the real question is, have you seen it repeated now that you have advanced in your career?
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SSG Michael Hathaway
Haha, I had a CSM pull that on me as well many years ago when I was on CQ. He was doing barracks checks in civvies at zero dark thirty on a weekend. I did recognize him as he was older than most, so I at least stood up. We were not allowed electronics but were allowed to have books. He immediately asked, "PFC Hath, why are you not at parade rest for your CSM?!?!" I was studying for the possibility of going to the board and I responded quickly with "rendering a salute is not required when either party is in civilian attire, so it would stand to reason that while I respect you CSM and your rank, should I stand at parade rest for a Senior NCO when I don't have to show the customs/courtesies to an officer?"
Crap hit the fan....but I did get some good PT in that night, haha. Still, I never got an answer on it if showing customs/courtesis to a NCO (even in civvies) is appropriate when we don't do the same for officers.
Crap hit the fan....but I did get some good PT in that night, haha. Still, I never got an answer on it if showing customs/courtesis to a NCO (even in civvies) is appropriate when we don't do the same for officers.
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SSG Michael Hathaway - He was probably so flabbergasted with your quick thinking, he wasnt sure what to say except front back go
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My worst was my most humiliating, 1975 my self and two male MP got beat up by a Lesbian WAC when we broke up her fight with her girlfriend, the WAC jumped us because we broke up the fight. The three of us tackled her and held her down as more help came.
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