Incident In The Workplace

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Running Head: INCIDENT OF STRESS IN THE WORKPLACE Reflection Paper Monica Elaine Strong University Maryland Universities College 11 May 2011 In the eighteen years of my professional career as a military member, I have been involved in a wide variety of incident of stress; from frequent family relocations, frequent or prolonged, deployment and short-notice TAD’s, long and irregular duty hours, and difficulty sharing home and childcare responsibilities. The last incident I had to privilege of a defusing was an alcohol related incident. Alcohol, even if consumed in small quantities, can impair your judgment. The Navy has developed a policy for the "responsible" use of alcohol. The Navy's policy on alcohol use is "Responsible Use", which leaves it up to the Sailor whether he/she will consume alcohol or not. Responsible use means that Sailors are to control themselves when drinking alcohol. "I was drunk" is not a valid excuse for arriving late for duty, violent acts committed under the influence, acts of sexual harassment or violence, and other incidents resulting in personal injury or property damage. The USS Spruance’s port visit to Toulon, France had a number of serious incidents involving alcohol. According to a brief prepared by the Executive Officer, there were a total of five instances of sailors being heavily intoxicated in which to include one of my junior sailors. As the Leading Petty Officer of Postal Division, I had to brief my Executive Officer on a plan of action to defuse the situation in regards to my junior sailor. The first step I was task to counsel my junior sailor on the related alcohol incident. An alcohol incident is an offense, punishable under the UCMJ or civilian laws, committed by a member, to which, the judgment of the member's CO, the offender's consumption of alcohol

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