The act of being disrespectful towards an NCO is punishable under UCMJ Article 91. Being disrespectful is a sign that the soldier has a lack of military discipline, and extending respect to seniors is something a soldier must do at all times no matter what their personal opinion is. In the history of the Army respect is stated very clearly, rely upon the golden rule because, how we consider others reflects upon each of us, both personally and professionally as an organization. There are no fine lines for disrespect, and as such we are going to venture through the lives of a few privates and specialists that were completely disrespectful on purpose, and a few who didn’t realize that they were being disrespectful at the time, but realized it after the event.
On an early Friday morning PVT Jolly woke up at his usual time to get ready for PT that day, but overnight an unexpected cold front had moved in and he received word that they would need to be wearing long sleeve shirts and pants for the morning formation. Unaware he would even need them they were packed away with all his cold weather equipment, so he did some digging and found everything he needed. Instead of being his usual five to ten minutes early he showed up a couple minutes before they called fall in. After the formation was over his squad leader pulled him aside and asked him why he was late and did not notify him he might be late to formation. He responded in a snide manner that he didn’t know he would need his cold weather PT’s and that he wasn’t technically late. SGT Brah immediately told him to drop and start doing pushups, but PVT Jolly questioned what he was telling him to do saying that it wasn’t fair he had to get down. SGT Brah told him to shut the fuck up and do pushups. Once Jolly stopped back talking SGT Brah explained that he was doing pushups because he answered his question in a disrespectful manner and wasn’t even in trouble for being late. After SGT Brah finished his explanation he...