Posted on Sep 28, 2018
6 hilarious ways to welcome the new 'butter bar' lieutenant
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My favorite memory to that was in Alaska in 1981. A new 2Lt was assigned to my section. I know he was coming in, but was surprised when I got a call to report to the Colonel's office. When I got there, the Colonel introduced me to this young kid wearing butter bars. We had a seat turned the Colonel turned to the Lt.
"Lieutenant, this SFC is your section NCOIC. For your first 90 days I don't want you going to the latrine without his approval. I don't want you making any decision with asking him first. You are to listen and learn your job from him. Got it."
"Yes sir," responded the young officer.
Then the Colonel turned to me;
"Sergeant, this is one of the most important functions for a noncommissioned officer. It is your duty to educate this young officer. Got it?"
"Yes sir," I responded.
"Good," said the Colonel. "Screw it up and I will have your ass so deep in Kimchi that you will never get rid of the smell!!!"
I am happy to report that the Lieutenant turned out to be a very good officer.
"Lieutenant, this SFC is your section NCOIC. For your first 90 days I don't want you going to the latrine without his approval. I don't want you making any decision with asking him first. You are to listen and learn your job from him. Got it."
"Yes sir," responded the young officer.
Then the Colonel turned to me;
"Sergeant, this is one of the most important functions for a noncommissioned officer. It is your duty to educate this young officer. Got it?"
"Yes sir," I responded.
"Good," said the Colonel. "Screw it up and I will have your ass so deep in Kimchi that you will never get rid of the smell!!!"
I am happy to report that the Lieutenant turned out to be a very good officer.
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PO1 Kevin Dougherty
That was the way the CO on the Decisive handled things. Interestingly enough, being USCG, that was the first unit I was at that had a cadre of officers. Every other unit had, at the most an officer, usually an O-2 as CO and a CWO or a CPO as XO. In fact at the previous unit, I had been XO to a Senior Chief's O-in-C.
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SGT John Graham
Very good officer...but he probably never got a star. That Colonel is a great leader, makes me wonder what he was taught as a new Lt..
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We had a brand new butter bar as XO in my BCT company. We tormented the poor bastard mercilessly. We started every morning by lining up from the lot where he parked his car to the company orderly room, spaced just far enough apart that he had to return each of our salutes separately. In retrospect, I think that we may have been unfair. That young LT was my inspiration during Infantry OCS. Everytime the going got tough I though to myself, "If he could make it, so can I" and I did
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SPC Greg Campbell
marching the troops to maint shop we would spread out if the Lt coming the other way. good guy
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SGT John Graham
Perfect, we did the same thing to the Courtesy Patrol at Fort Monmouth. They put a bird and an Sergeant Major out on foot to make sure salutes were given. After a week they gave up and quit the chicken shot games. Probably getting cortisone shots. Our Top and C.O. finally had a meeting telling us to knock it off. Both had the grin of a cat that ate a canary.
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They (my senior NCO and his favorite troublemaking TSgts) posted my 38 Qualifying target on the wall behind my desk and apparently told our new Airman Basics (who didn't even go to tech school in those days--so they came right from basic training) that I had perfected my shooting skills by using E-1s as my moving targets...couldn't figure out why the kids were shaking when I welcomed them to the flight...til I overheard the conversation out by the washrack….
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