I don't know if the Sargent of the guard allowed the PFC to take the Private to the company commanders tent at that time or not. He did say "come with me" but in any case he did take the Private to the company commanders tent either that night or early that morning after he was off guard duty. What took place in the company commanders tent was firsthand from the Private to me and the rest of his buddies. (This Narration is not the exact words but is a description of what did happen.)
He related that after entering the tent and snapping to attention and giving name and rank the company commander ordered them to stand at rest and asked the reason for their visit. The PFC spoke up first and related to the company commander that he did charge the Private in an attempt to take his rifle from him and thought this would serve as a good lesson for the private and the rest of the basic trainees to be more vigilant and alert on guard duty but that the private had taken it upon himself to use his rifle butt on him in an attempt to cause injury to him and did in fact knock him out and has had a headache ever since. The company commander then asked the Private his version of the incident. The Private related to the company commander that he was walking his post as required and had heard some noise in which he was going to challenge whoever was there but before he could do so he was charged by someone or something and had hit the Private with his rifle and was very sorry he had hurt him but he admitted he was scared and was trying to defend himself.
Well the company commander sat back for a minute or two and then looked at the Private Basic Trainee and said "Soldier you have done an EXCELLENT JOB and I am very pleased with you and want to commend you for your performance in the carrying out of your duty. I ONLY WISH I HAD MORE SOLDIERS LIKE YOU." "As for you PFC ......, I am not pleased with your taking it upon yourself to attempt such a stunt and you are very lucky that Private ..... didn't hurt you worse than you have been hurt. I want you to check in with the medics and get cleared for return to duty. When you are cleared you can make up the time you have lost due to going to the medics and any time that is lost because of this incident. And then when you return to duty you can walk guard duty in place of Private ...... whenever he is next assigned to guard duty. However, if this is not agreeable to you then I can and will give you an Article 15." (Article 15 is company punishment and could be anything from 2 to 4 weeks KP duty or cleaning up the grounds or walking an endless guard post or whatever etc. etc. but would usually last for a couple of weeks of some extra duty and would go into your 201 file.) He also gave a speech to the PFC about going beyond the training criteria and the consequences of damaging government property which was himself and others around him and the loss of his duty time to horseplay etc. etc etc. The company commander was a well respected man and was very fair to us basic trainees but sure didn't allow any bull s..t from us or the training cadre. Bubba2
He related that after entering the tent and snapping to attention and giving name and rank the company commander ordered them to stand at rest and asked the reason for their visit. The PFC spoke up first and related to the company commander that he did charge the Private in an attempt to take his rifle from him and thought this would serve as a good lesson for the private and the rest of the basic trainees to be more vigilant and alert on guard duty but that the private had taken it upon himself to use his rifle butt on him in an attempt to cause injury to him and did in fact knock him out and has had a headache ever since. The company commander then asked the Private his version of the incident. The Private related to the company commander that he was walking his post as required and had heard some noise in which he was going to challenge whoever was there but before he could do so he was charged by someone or something and had hit the Private with his rifle and was very sorry he had hurt him but he admitted he was scared and was trying to defend himself.
Well the company commander sat back for a minute or two and then looked at the Private Basic Trainee and said "Soldier you have done an EXCELLENT JOB and I am very pleased with you and want to commend you for your performance in the carrying out of your duty. I ONLY WISH I HAD MORE SOLDIERS LIKE YOU." "As for you PFC ......, I am not pleased with your taking it upon yourself to attempt such a stunt and you are very lucky that Private ..... didn't hurt you worse than you have been hurt. I want you to check in with the medics and get cleared for return to duty. When you are cleared you can make up the time you have lost due to going to the medics and any time that is lost because of this incident. And then when you return to duty you can walk guard duty in place of Private ...... whenever he is next assigned to guard duty. However, if this is not agreeable to you then I can and will give you an Article 15." (Article 15 is company punishment and could be anything from 2 to 4 weeks KP duty or cleaning up the grounds or walking an endless guard post or whatever etc. etc. but would usually last for a couple of weeks of some extra duty and would go into your 201 file.) He also gave a speech to the PFC about going beyond the training criteria and the consequences of damaging government property which was himself and others around him and the loss of his duty time to horseplay etc. etc etc. The company commander was a well respected man and was very fair to us basic trainees but sure didn't allow any bull s..t from us or the training cadre. Bubba2
Great story!
