Posted on Apr 6, 2024
SGT Indirect Fire Infantryman (Mortarman)
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Is there a cookie cutter counseling for a soldier who continues to violate their profile by lifting weights? Said soldier has been on profile for over a year and continues to use it as an excuse to get out of tasks but recently lifted weights and re-injured themselves doing so. By performing the deadlift that hurt himself he directly violated his profile. Thank you.
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MSG Thomas Currie
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I certainly hope that NO ONE is actually looking for "a cookie cutter counseling" for anything. Counseling should always be individual and specific.

A profile is not an order telling the soldier they cannot do the activities listed, it tells the unit that they cannot require the soldier to preform those activities. The soldier may have received medical advice to limit their activities but medical advice is advice not an order. If you knew what medical advice the soldier had been given you could counsel the soldier that failing to follow the medical advice showed poor judgement, but you don't know what medical advice the soldier was given so your counseling would be more generic. You'd be telling the soldier that they should avoid doing things that cause injury.

If the soldier had re-injured himself more than once by the same or closely similar activity, you might make the connection that repeating such activity shows poor judgement.

It would be highly unusual for a soldier to have a temporary profile that significantly limits his military activities for "over a year" and if that is the case it might be appropriate for the commander to request the servicing medical facility review the soldier's condition and provide more detailed guidance. This can be a difficult problem sometimes because some doctors resent what they see as "interference" by non-medical personnel.

Perhaps I am misreading you, but I sense that you feel resentment for a soldier who you think is riding an unnecessary profile and not doing his fair share in the squad. You might be 100% correct but even if you are this can be a difficult situation to resolve and any successful approach will depend greatly on the situation within your unit and the command. I would urge you to discuss the problem with your chain of command.
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