The NCO's that I'm dealing with in regards to this are full-time staff. So it's not so much that I have to follow their orders, it's more that they are following the orders of our boss the company commander, or even his boss the battalion commander (who is a lieutenant colonel). They are just the ones trying to get me orders and make travel arrangements.
It's a little different from active duty because most of us are just part-time, including the commander. The only full-time people we have are NCOs, but they are usually not the final decision-makers (that's still the commander), they are the planners, the trainers, and the facilitators.
One NCO got me into this mess by putting my name on the roster for this exercise, but he is going to be receiving a written counseling statement.
Michelle - Proud DR Rockette S: 28JUL07, D'd: 29OCT09 http://tinyurl.com/27j9qo2
