What are the regulations if a NCO falsified a counseling statement?
I am an NCO and the other soldier is an NCO of same rank. The individual has been placed as my supervisor. The individual gave me a counseling statement and altered the situation to make it sound more drastic. Is there something I can do?
In addition, the counseling wasn’t signed during the counseling. Also, I stated on the remarks that I would add a rebuttal to the counseling statement on the additional page. Does that throw out the counseling?
You have a right to a rebuttal. However your disagreement with the facts as to the situation you were counseled over does _not_ mean that the counseling statement has been falsified.
Next, the statement does not have to be signed at the time. In fact all the signatures do is indicate that both of you agree that the information on the form is what was discussed in the counseling.
If you disagree with the counseling you can do a rebuttal - however you must be very careful that you do not appear to be trying to avoid responsibility for your actions.
BTW - you should have learned this in PLDC/WLC.
My advice for your professional development is to go to clothing sales and look in the books section for a book called ‘The Mentor.’ That was my bible regarding counseling statements and was the standard I required all of my NCOs to meet. Use this book and you will become a master of using this document.
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