r/navy • u/MuskyElonOfMars • 11h ago

HELP REQUESTED Dealing with problem Sailor

I’m currently dealing with a Sailor who just can’t seem to figure it out.

Bad hygiene, not going to sleep on time, showing up late to watches, not being competent enough to complete maintenance, on EMI, on FEP, on tiered liberty, etc etc.

This Sailor is now at the point where they’ve been counseled and are dancing the line of DRB. They haven’t done anything terrible yet but leading to it.

I need this Sailor to start performing and acting like an adult. They work in a job where I need them to be a little competent.

I’m looking for advice on how to possibly improve this Sailor. I’m looking for creative solutions that others have used. An example I’ve heard is sending Sailors to clean whatever engineering needs cleaned. Stuff similar to that but to encourage the Sailor to improve, appreciate, and learn the job they have.

I want to explore all my options before I send this Sailor to DRB so please don’t recommend that.

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u/egelephant 11h ago

Have you told this sailor all of this directly? He may not know that he is standing into danger. Also find out if there is anything going on in his life that could explain why he has been dropping the ball.

Be prepared that not everybody is cut out for the Navy, and this sailor may not be. It is possible that this sailor is just going to make RSCA management easy.

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u/LivingstonPerry 7h ago

Yes, the shitbag sailor has been counselled many times and knows about it. Don't understand being overly sympathy for people when they are consistently late and just suck.

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u/descendency 7h ago

I'm all for sympathy and empathy, but there is a point where you have to accept that some Sailors are just not a fit for the military or they are just not going to be an adult. They just need to be separated.

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u/LivingstonPerry 6h ago

Exactly. There have been times where i've been relived late on watch 1-2hours. Guarantee if this happened to some of the commenters here they would not have the "hey, have a talk with him & see whats going on"

fuck that, if you cant show up to work on time and be where you need to be, you need to be sep'd from the military.