What I take exception to is that any offense in the military carries the punishment of writing an essay about safety. I read that you now get a medal for emailing your superiors if you see or hear sexually inappropriate jokes or behavior. Drill instructors aren't even supposed to cuss at recruits these days. The ongoing pussification of our military continues.
Making a paratrooper write a paper about safety is just plain GOOFY.
A female 1SG received an ARCOM for that, yes. And she’s an Army-wide joke because of it.
Drill Sergeants were technically never allowed to swear, but they did anyway. Some drill sergeants, even when I joined in the late ‘90s assigned essays as punishment—drove the dumb kids nuts. That’s the Army that took down Iraq in three weeks, so we’re doing something right.
I fail to see why he needs an essay or a couple hundred push-ups at all, but I guess the Army will always be better “back in my day” than it is now.