Posted on Feb 25, 2014
What is wrong with our troops today? What are your thoughts on this problem child?
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Put her on Flag Detail for the next month or so and she'll have a whole new perspective
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It is extremely disappointing to have these type of Soldiers
in our ranks. Her conduct is not only against Army values, it is un-American.
I do not understand what could be the reason for her unacceptable behavior. More
and more we read about this type of incidents in the media. What were they
thinking when they join the military?
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While attending a short brief on best recruiting and retention practices two years ago, there was a section on how to address the various generations, including millennials (individuals born in 1985 or earlier).
The most jarring characteristic states that they expect reward prior to work or for little to no effort.
While this is a general assumption, there is an element in truth to this. With social media, the youth of the modern military gains that reward by gathering followers with little to no effort simply by posting a photograph or a tweet.
Focusing on the above article, the repercussions of the activities such as hiding from saluting the flag and posting it to Instagram is still a lesson that many people have yet to learn.
At one point, I had "discrediting" photographs on my Facebook page, and learned that those photos can cause trouble. The military as a whole needs to start expressing that these actions do have a serious negative effect.
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I have to think back to the young male PFC while I was in Mosul in 2003. He was a 93P and at the time wore a smile and we had hope for him, but once we had 14 married soldiers sent back to rear "D" that all had fathered children by this busy fellow we lost all respect and hope. It is personal character flaw from parenting and upbringing and quite possibly folks that did not join to serve but collect a paycheck. I am sure this is not the the norm, but seriously we need to retain qualities honorable and purge the slackers. I am sure this young soldier had other evidence before her post that questioned her dedication and maturity.
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Perhaps the duty day should officially end just like PT starts, with a company formation, accountability, and saluting the flag. If so many people are dodging into buildings or speeding off post to avoid rendering honors to our Flag, maybe we should reinforce it Army wide.
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We just had this discussion in WLC today. To me the the problem stems with a failure to properly mold and discipline the lower enlisted. NCOs don't make on the spot corrections anymore. Some are just like this enlisted girl who happened to stay in long enough to get promoted. Some just don't have the initiative to make the corrections or are afraid of the backlash. But I strongly believe the root of the problem is this mentality that someone else will take care of it. It just results in troops like these slipping through the cracks. It seems like everyone is scared to get these sub-par disrespectful soldiers out of the Army because they don't want to be THAT NCO. As someone is going to be promote right after WLC (just need those points) I can say that I'm going to take up the reigns and I will be /that/ NCO if I run across these kind of Soldiers. I love the Army and I don't want these kind of people running rampant in my Army.
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Send that girl to Arlington National Cemetary and have her PERSONALLY go to each and every one of those white crosses and apologize to every one of those crosses and the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier!
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She needs to understand the flag and what it stands for, she has no idea. Treat her as school child seeing how this is her current state of mind. Have her for one on a detail for the flag so she can learn to appreciate it. She needs to now understand it and do a full on research on the history of our countries flag. Minus well ban her from damn social networking, she is just shooting herself in the foot with her nonsense. Its now what she did, its HOW she did it and boasted about it. Thats what I would do at least if I was in an NCO position. She would be reading her report to her entire unit after 1700 on a Friday as well.
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Very discouraging to see these troops flaunting their disrespect to our flag and traditions. We live in a very transparent world and they need to keep their poor attitudes off social media. If they don't believe in what they are doing, there are plenty of others out there to take their place and be proud to do so...
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