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Accountability

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The reason for this Rbi is to inform the reader of accountability, the duties of NCO's, and failure to report.

Websters dictionary describes accountability as “the state of being accountable, liable, or answerable” and the DOD describes it as “The obligation imposed by law or lawful order or regulation on an officer or other person for keeping accurate record of property, documents, or funds. The person having this obligation may or may not have actual possession of the property, documents, or funds. Accountability is concerned primarily with records, while responsibility is concerned primarily with custody, care, and safekeeping” and responsibility as “the state or fact of being responsible” respectability. While some actions may be …show more content…

Military members who fail to obey the lawful orders of their superiors risk serious consequences. Article 90 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice makes it a crime for a military member to willfully disobey a superior commissioned officer. Article 91 makes it a crime to willfully disobey a superior Noncommissioned or warrant Officer. Article 92 make it a crime to disobey any lawful order and the disobedience does not have to be willful under this artice.

It states that under article 90 during times of war a military member who willfully disobeys a superior commissioned officer can be sentence to death. The importance of rules and regulations in the military aswell as NCO's to uphold them in the military are there so a soldier knows how to act and behave while in the military as well as to instill upon a soldier how to properly conduct himself while in military uniform or even off duty.

The US Army itself is a uniformed service where discipiline is judged and by the manner in which a solider wears his or her uniform aswell as by the individuals personal appearance. Therefore a neat and well groomed appearance by all soliders. What do NCO's have to do with this? An NCO contributes to building pride and morale essential aswell as keeping people in regulation and doing things disciplined and orderly. This meaning an NCO

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