LOR Rebuttal
Negligence in Duty Performance

Rebuttal Comments: MEMORANDUM FOR XXXXXX

FROM: SSGT XXXXXXX

SUBJECT: Response to Letter of Reprimand, dated 30 November 2012

1.   I am writing in response to the Letter of Reprimand I received on 30 November 2012. The letter is stating that I was negligent in my role as an NCO in the Central Storage section. I respectfully request that you consider the following information.

2.   I acknowledge that the issue document should have been logged in and should check with SrA XXXXXXX later after she processed the issue for the customer to sign. As an NCO in Central Storage, I should be setting the example by exceeding the standard. I sincerely apologize for this and will strive to become a better all-around NCO to make up for my downfall.

3.   When I was given the 2005 with the location on it I went in the vault to pull the part so SrA XXXXXXXX could be sure we have the part before she processed the issue. She said she would bring the document back to me after the customer signed for it but she put it in the Customer Service box because she was told to by someone there. When I later found out why she did that I told her not to do that and just bring the document back to Central Storage. I was told that we are a night shift cell and that we should work together as a team so I trusted her as a member of the team. The customer now has the part to complete the mission. It was stated that this could of lead to a double pull but we were zero balance after I pulled the part. If someone went to pull the part again they would see that there is nothing there and do the right research to find out that there is already a signed document for it. Also it was brought up that I have had double pulls with my name on them before. There have been other double pulls because people didn t check the logs after a previous person printed out the document off the CTH on night shift and then on day shift the computer room would print it out again. When day shift gets the documents people didn t make sure it wasn t pulled again. There have not been double pulls with my name on it because I didn t log the documents in and if so please show me. A LOC in my opinion is not justified because it s based on mistakes made with a missed appointment and not signing off the front door of the vault that we never needed to have signed in the first place. We have all made mistakes in this section but it seems this mistake is being pointed out for why things have been done wrong.

4.   In conclusion, I would like to take this opportunity to again apologize to my fellow airmen, supervision, and flight leadership. I have already taken corrective actions upon myself to improve my section and even the morale of my co-workers that talk to me in private on the weekend or on swing shift to discuss what they go through just in this section. This mistake is completely unacceptable and despite the potential negative impact that this issue could have had on my section, I will use it as an opportunity to better myself and move forward. I appreciate you taking the time to review this response and hope that you know that I have not let you, my flight, my squadron or my fellow airmen down and don t plan to ever.

XXXXXXX, SSgt, USAF