Counseling

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Counseling

• C/Lt Col Scott Ward
• Wing Inspector General
• Spring 2008

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Overview

• The Purpose of Counseling
• Types of Counseling
• Memorandum for Record
• Letter of Counseling
• Letter of Reprimand
• Form 16
• The Counseling Procedure
• The Cadet Uniform Code of Military Justice

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The Purpose

• Counseling sessions are a corrective tool used to
  ensure cadets are aware of serious or repeated
  failures to adhere to the policies and
  operational standards of Detachment 88, to
  address the reason for these problems, and to
  search for possible solutions.

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The Purpose

• During the counseling session, the counseling
  cadet officer will focus the counselee on
  behaviors that must be changed or standards that
  must be met and the actions that can be taken to
  make the necessary changes.
• They will also discuss problems that may have
  caused the failures, and what can be done to
  solve these problems.

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Types of Counseling

• Memorandum for Record
• A Memorandum for Record (MFR) is an official
  memorandum that documents a counseling session
  and the infractions of a GMC cadet.
• A MFR is the lowest form of counseling that will
  given to cadets.

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Types of Counseling

• Letter of Counseling
• A Letter of Counseling (LOC) is also an official
  memorandum that documents a counseling session
  between the supervisor and cadet who committed
  the offense.
• LOC will be placed in the cadets personnel
  information file.
• Second most serious form of counseling.

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Types of Counseling

• Letter of Reprimand
• A Letter of Reprimand (LOR) is a more serious
  version of a LOC.
• After a cadet has received a LOC or in cases of
  severe cadet misconduct, a LOR is issued by the
  Wing IG to document serious infractions.
• LORs will be placed in the cadets file

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Types of Counseling

• Form 16
• A Form 16 will be issued by the Commandant of
  Cadets for any number of reasons.
• A Form 16 will be used in circumstances where
  reprimand has been previously used, but has
  proven to be an ineffective tool in deterring the
  cadets undesirable conduct
• Receiving Form 16s can lead to disenrollment

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Counseling Procedure

• Supervisors will counsel their subordinates
• GMC cadets will be given counseling via the MFR
  for first offenses
• A subsequent offense will be counseled via LOC
• Third offense will be counseled via LOR by the
  Inspector General
• POC cadets will be given counseling via the LOC
  for first offenses
• A subsequent offense will be counseled via LOR by
  the Inspector General

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Counseling Procedure

• When counseling subordinates the Cadet Uniform
  Code of Military Justice will be used.
• The CUCMJ is not merely a set of rules, which
  reapplies the Uniform Code of Military Justice to
  a cadet training setting.  It is more
  significantly a reference tool.
• The CUCMJ is a handbook, which suggests
  appropriate punishment and corrective measures
  when the standards of conduct are not followed.

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Counseling Procedure

• The following list of cadet articles will be used
  for effective counseling
• Cadet ARTICLE 86(t) Absent Without Leave
  (AWOL)
• Example, failure let your Flight Commander know
  of absences for wing formations, including those
  for physical training or for weekly leadership
  labs
• Cadet ARTICLE 87(t) Missing Movement
• Example, missing movement times for scheduled
  cadet training exercises or events

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Counseling Procedure

• Cadet ARTICLE 91(t) Insubordinate Conduct
  Toward Superior Officer
• Example, disrespectful acts or language,
  neglecting a customary salute or greeting,
  showing indifference
• Cadet ARTICLE 92(t) Failure to Obey Order or
  Regulations
• Example, failing to get a haircut within a
  specific date and time when ordered by a
  supervisor
• Cadet ARTICLE 107(t) False Official Statements
• Example, Any cadet who, with intent to deceive,
  signs any false record, regulation, order, or
  other official document, knowing it to be false
  such as falsifying PFA scores

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Counseling Procedure

• Cadet ARTICLE 115(t) Malingering
• Example, any cadet who, for the purpose of
  avoiding work, duty, or service fakes an illness
  or inflicts self injury
• Cadet ARTICLE 121(t) Wrongful Appropriation, or
  Loss or Damage of Military Property
• Example, any cadet who willfully or through
  neglect damages, destroys, or loses any military
  property of the United States

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Counseling Procedure

• Cadet ARTICLE 133(t) Conduct Unbecoming an
  Officer and Gentleman
• Example, any action or behavior in an official
  capacity, which, in dishonoring or disgracing the
  person as a cadet, seriously compromises the
  cadets character as a gentleman such as using
  insulting or defamatory language to another cadet
  in that cadets presence or about that cadet to
  other persons.
• Cadet ARTICLE 134(t) General Article
• Example, disorderly conduct or disorderliness
  fraternization indecent language indecent acts
  with another and wearing unauthorized insignia,
  decoration, badge, ribbon or device, etc.

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Counseling Procedure

• When counseling, discuss the relevance of a
  cadets behavior to the repercussions of real Air
  Force
• If it is necessary to issue LOCs or MFRs then
  give solid counseling
• All counseling will take place within one week of
  the incident
• Inform the IG of all counseling

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Conclusion

• The Purpose of Counseling
• Types of Counseling
• Memorandum for Record
• Letter of Counseling
• Letter of Reprimand
• Form 16
• The Counseling Procedure
• The Cadet Uniform Code of Military Justice

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