¶ … Keeping My Army ID Card Safe and Secure Whenever something occurs, especially one that may have dire consequences or effects, the first instance of which can be deemed as an "accident" or something that just so happens by mistake. When the similar event ensue a second time around, then there is already a trend and fault should be accorded to the person who committed the same flaw twice. The reason for not letting the fault pass a second time around is that the mere fact there was a reoccurrence of the event, the person has not learned the lesson at the first instance. Consequently, provision of punishment or penalty that is commensurate to the infraction is apropos in order for the person who committed the act to finally learn the wrongness of is way. Absent any sanction, then the person may again repeat the same mistake over and over until it becomes not only a trend but a very bad habit that would cause not only detrimental effects but injuries to the person, those who the person works with and for, as well as the organization where the person belongs to. For my part, the mistake or fault that I committed twice was leaving my military identification card still in one of the Common Access Card (CAC) readers in the clinic I am assigned.

The CAC is the standard identification card in used in the military and provided to personnel who has business with the United States Department of Defense. The CAC is a smart card that contains vital information (i.e. name, service number, etc.) on the personnel it is assigned to. Aside from being a form of identification,...

As an Army Medic, I used the military's information systems to deal with patient information, make and manage appointments, do online training and a host of other tasks relevant and necessary to the performance of my duties in my specific military occupation specialty. Thus, the importance of securing and ensuring the safety of the identification card cannot be emphasized enough. I have gone to an intensive training and have been briefed extensively on the criticality of ensuring that the card is not compromise in various ways such as theft, misused, loss, others. I have been made to understand the policies, guidelines, regulations and statutes related to the identification card and I have signed various forms and documents attesting to my understanding and acknowledgment of these rules. Accordingly, my leaving my identification card still in one of the card readers was in direct contravention to the legal documents that I attested to.
Although I may be mitigating the circumstances with having completed a 24-hour shift and I was exhausted, this is still no excuse because I have still been remiss in the execution of my duties responsibilities, and obligations not only to the military service but to the patients I serve as an Army Medic. Numerous things could have happened or have gone wrong whilst my identification was in the card reader during my absence. Primarily, the card could have been stolen my mischievous…