Dealing with an active duty phony
OK, here’s the photo. I blanked out his name tag, too;
For the folks at Wheeler-Sack, he is in one of the infantry battalions, but not an infantryman.
Early last month, someone sent me a picture that they had taken of a Fort Drum soldier who was wearing more bling than the Fort Drum CG on his uniform. And all of it was out of order.
All they had was a name and a place. I checked AKO and found the dude. I knew that because he was still on active duty, we wouldn’t be able to get his records, and of course, AKO doesn’t list awards, so we really couldn’t prove conclusively that he was faking. So I did the next best thing; AKO lists supervisors. So I emailed the picture to his squad leader.
His squad leader just wrote us back today to tell us that faker dude is getting an Article 15 (that’s Captain’s Mast to our more buoyant brethren) for engaging in douchery. His squad leader also thanked us for coming to him first.
I’d tell you his name and post the picture, but I’ll bet explaining the picture to his NCO chain of support was more painful than anything we could ever do to him.
The story was just too good to keep to myself.
Category: Phony soldiers
it is not hazing and NCOs don’t “punish” only commanders do. We conduct corrective training. Having him show up downstairs in “proper” uniforms sounds like solid corrective training to me.
At the end of the day, I’d say this is the right call, lowest level resolution is the best way. If he repairs, in later years he’ll remember the lesson learned and mentor other Soldiers not to do dumb things.