"Hey listen gentlemen, it’s totally up to you to attend,” said CSM Marc A. Scott during the course of an hour-long briefing. “We want people there that actually want to be there and have fun.... That being said, we’ll be having a quick accountability formation in front of Vapiano at 1925,” he said. “Yes, I know this might be a bit of inconvenience for an accountability formation being at the venue and not on post, but it’s still expected.”Nobody needs to bring me a bottle of my favorite beer or whiskey who attends, either. That's completely left to your discretion.
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“Also, don’t forget, there’s a mandatory recall for clean up detail at 2130. You might want to show up ten minutes early for that. Sober. Sergeant Major doesn’t want any DUIs now. You all know the Polizei doesn’t play. The MPs and Sergeant Major don’t either. FYI, those attending will be given a four-day. Those not attending will have a room inspection with full field lay out."
The Hall Christmas Party Is Completely Voluntary
No kidding.
I've been to some company parties,too, that needed to be mandatory formations in order to get folks to show up.
ReplyDeleteAnd some in the USAF that didn't offer alternatives to appearing--the alternatives would have been selected.
Eric Hines
I had a Drill SGT at AIT who was straight up honest with us, "Personally, privates, I think it's b******t that we gotta have a mandatory party with no drinking. Back when I went to AIT, my first job was loading the beer on a deuce-and-a-half for the unit party. Back then, no one complained about having to go. But this? This is b******t."
ReplyDeleteBut on the plus side, I can say we never had a unit party that was "voluntary" like in the DB article. They were all clearly mandatory, and no extra duty if you didn't go. You just didn't have a choice.
We could all show up carrying the booze as internal ballast.....
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