Chain Of Command Report

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0 SGT SHAPIRO, KRISTOPHER D. SSG JOSEPH, GREGORY 25 February 2012 Properly Notifying your Chain of Command The way I will start this off is with what happened. On 17 February 2012, around 0730 hours, my soldier Specialist Neigbauer notified me that he had been in an accident on route 85 traveling south bound adjacent to 5600 block. I immediately got up and headed to the accident to ensure everything was taken care of. When I arrived on scene the Fountain Police Officer was citing Specialist Neigbauer for following too closely. Specialist Neigbauer and the victim he rear ended had exchanged insurance information and contact information in case anything went a midst. Specialist Neigbauer did the proper thing by notifying me of the…show more content…
He woke up with his pants off. He immediately called his team leader and told him he thought he got drugged and raped. The team leader met PFC Schmidt at the hospital as he went through a rape test, check for drugs in his system. The following day the female called the company accusing PFC Schmidt of rape. The company had none what had been going on since PFC Schmidt’s text had come back positive for the date rape drug. Through PFC Schmidt properly notifying his chain of command and keeping them up to date on his actions the company had the proper intelligence to submit paperwork against the female and keep PFC Schmidt out of any…show more content…
These reports need to be done in a timely manner and to be recorded properly for the months. Since being at Fort Carson I have seen the accident counter involving deaths and DUI’s at gate 4. I was always curious why they did that, aren’t we supposed to morn those who weren’t wise enough to stop or wise enough to call a cab? No, now I believe that the statistic is more important than the person the soldier and their lives to a point. That Statistic at that gate is trying to push soldiers into doing the right thing, to remember/remind us all that there are consequences to our actions. That our decisions impact more than just ourselves but, those whom we surround our lives around. If none of these accidents or incidents went un-reported, what do you think would happen? Do you think people would learn or wise up? No they wouldn’t. We as people are stupid, modified cattle to do and follow what one person does. So, how do we learn? We throw out all these wonderful statistics and shove them into soldiers’ faces with little explanation on the physical consequences of their actions on their careers and others. Notifying your chain of command in the beginning of any situation allows them to help you not be a bad statistic but one that can be immolated by soldiers. As all this has come to me in a flying jumble and made me re-vamp

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