tlg said:
IT makes me feel good knowing that if something hit the fan or just shouldn't be there (like the thoughts in my head, I shouldn't be thinking period), that something will be done to rectify it. Kudos PC.
well, here's something that has always driven me nuts - every OC has an OC's hour, where kicks out everyone above the rank of MCpl (in some cases Jacks go to. Which isn't a bad idea.) and lets the troops go. "What's buggin' ya, boys? What's pissin' you off? Let me have it."
And nobody says a damn thing. Just sit there. Starin' at the Major. Who's starin' right back, waitin' to hear what the troops want to gripe about. He doesn't care if pay, food, or training. He can't fix it, if nobody speaks up. And NOBODY DOES.
Then they go and whine and bitch about how everything is screwed up and nobody listens.
At least every 3 months or so, AT LEAST, a Bn CO will do the same thing. Kick everyone out above the rank of MCpl and ask the same thing: "What's buggin' ya, troops?" and if the sergeants aren't there to start it, nobody speaks.
Boys, the CoC will listen if you talk to them. They may tell you to stop whining and suck it up, but they WILL listen. And your complaints are heard. If enough troops have the same complaint, then only a complete dickhead will ignore them. And the other MWOs, WOs, and Officers know who the dickheads are, and will go out of their way to check on the troops under said dickhead's command.
Remember, that Sgt-Maj was a private once, too. And his boss used to hit him. So he knows what it's like. And worse. You're his kids, and he has responsibilites and duties to you, as well as to the CoC. He has to balance them, but he will try to work for you IF YOU TELL HIM THE PROBLEM.
Or he'll just have you pick up cigarette butts for three days. ;D