Which UCMJ Articles should be stated in Event-oriented Counseling?
1SG,
I disagree with your statement about the plan of action, there should always be a plan of action. We as NCO's don't Punish, we train and mentor and our plans of actions should reflect such. Counselings without plans of action and follow ups, reflects leadership that hasn't tried to correct/rehabilitate the soldier prior to pursuing UCMJ Action. And can actually lead to a soldier not receiving UMCJ because TDS can use those counselings to show that the leadership did not attempt to give the soldier time to correct/improve.
The problem when people quote Articles of the UCMJ in a counseling is that they only look at the title of the Article, they don't actually look into what the article defines as a violation of the UCMJ.
A good rule of thumb is to not put it in there, right now my job is the Squadron Legal Liaison...I'm not legal but all I do is handle Chapter Packets and Article 15's, and I can tell you that I kick back packets/counselings where someone fails to fill them in properly.