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Thank you gentlemen for the responses. My initial response (one that I still largely hold) is that no one lays a hand on my brother and doesnt get beating from me with a hose. I knew that any advice I gave would be tilted in that direction.

I agree with you all too about past behavior and about getting the other side of the story. I didnt know about the sneaking off post in Germany, but I did hear about the leaving the rifle (and the story of the subsequent smoke session/beating/tieing of rifle to belt). He's had some hard nosed SGTs in the past and my advice to him then, and now, is to stand tall, take his licks when he does wrong and drive on. Lord knows Ive made some mistakes in my past and have paid for them. No one likes it, but that's what happens in the Army.

No one though has ever choked/hit me before (combatives/fights not withstanding) and that is the part with which I am contending. I know that in the past this sort of thing was more common and perhaps the modern army mollycoddles its troops, but I would like to believe that there are other and better ways to control/manage/punish/reward LEAD troops.

Good idea too TR about contacting the Chaplain. Like you guys for me, a Chaplain would be a good perspective provider for him and help him chart his way.

Defion69: your point about the PSG maybe letting him slide and now his PFC returns his kindness with further slacking. . . hadn't thought of that angle. Good stuff.

He has plenty of barracks lawyers telling him Lord knows what. . . I'm going to paste this thread into an email for him to consider.

Thanks again; I knew I could count on PS.com to help light the way.

Cheers,

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