Since I failed to complete the 2000 word essay on Disrespect to a Non-Commissioned Officer that I was ordered to do I was reordered to write this 3000 word essay on Failure to follow orders and the possible consequences
I was told that if I had simply taken what was originally written and reworded it I would have been good as gold . I now have come to realize that my failure to follow orders is not only affecting me but it is affecting others. I am taking up a lot of my sergeants time by them having to wright counseling statements for me. Also I have been using the excuse that I am dealing with a lot of personal problems all at once, one after another etcetera and so forth. I could have avoided this entire situation completely by just …show more content…

Any Article 15 that effects rank and or pay are the most effective due to the impact on the soldiers life as well as their family’s if the soldier has dependents. A good old fashioned smoking was greatly proffered by almost any soldier. But do a few different reasons, smoking soldiers is apparently not allowed any more. Reasoning behind this may be that some soldiers are simply Physical Training (PT) studs and look at it more of a motivated work out rather than a punishment. Although not an excuse, few soldiers have compounding personal problems or even mental issues that make smokings and verbal counselings less effective. Some soldiers although not PT studs, get smoked all the time because they are just thick or stubborn. Another and unfortunately more likely, there is a Political Correctness (PC) movement in the