Being late is never an option in the Army. Failure to report, although not specifically in the Uniformed Code of Military Justice, can be punished under Article 91(Insubordinate conduct toward warrant officer, non-commissioned officer, or petty officer), or Article 92(Failure to obey order or regulation) in cases of repeated offenses. Article 92 is written “Having knowledge of any other lawful order issued by a member of the armed forces, which it is his or her duty to obey and fails to obey the order.” To punish a solider under Article 92 it requires that a member of the armed forces issued a certain lawful order; that the accused knew or reasonably should have known of the duties that the accused had a duty to obey the order; and that the accused failed to obey the order. Orders can be given verbally or written, this means that a training calendar is perceived as an order.
Failure to report affects not only the individual but the unit as a whole. When one person is not where he or she needs to be when he or she needs to be there, it increases the work load of everyone else in the unit. That being said the individual is not the only one at fault. The Army is a team and if one person fails the entire team fails. For example if specialist Snuffy was to report at 0900 for a 0945 formation and no one saw or heard from him at 0900 they should call him to ensure that he, for one, he is alive, and two, that he is aware the he is going to be late for formation if he does not hurry. They should do this as soon as they are aware of the missing solider, not right before or right after the formation. Accountability is a team effort as much as it is an individual one. It is important to know that while in the Army the people that you serve with are just that, people. No one in this world is perfect and everyone makes mistakes. It is especially important to recognize this as a leader. That being said as a leader you must ensure that you choose correctly between corrective...