I'll start from the beginning. My husband signed up in August 2008. He is infantry and went to Ft Benning, GA. During basic training, he messed up both knees, fractures in both. After basic he was assigned Ft Lewis as his first duty station and got on profile. He can't stand for more than 10 minutes and can't carry any amount of weight. Shortly after arriving he heard the news of "we're deploying in August".. and obviously my heart stopped when I heard this. He was told he wasn't going to go to NTC due to him being on profile, but he left last week for NTC in California for a month. He's now on what they call "white cell". He sits on his butt all day, and has LAUNDRY duty for 6 hours a day. How this is suppose to prepare him for war, BEATS ME! When he returns home, they are saying he is going to go to physcial therapy.. and if this doesn't work they are going to reclass him or switch his MOS to something else. My husband thought this meant no deploying, but found out last night that the same thing happened to a friend of his and he's deploying in August but will be sitting around the whole year he's over there due to him also being on profile. Personally I think it's stupid to have guys over there that can hardly walk, etc.. who didn't even TRAIN before hand.. besides learning how to do laundry duty/gym duty/etc. My husband wants to start a family, and does not want to deploy leaving us home without him for a year. He is literally willing to give up everything to not leave for this deployment as we both do not feel like he is ready for it. He literally mentally can't do a deployment and YES I KNOW HE SIGNED THE DOTTED LINE, but he literally is willing to do ANYTHING and everything to get out. Don't say "Oh he signed up he should defend our country", because majority of the US won't sign up themselves. The army isn't for everyone and he found that out the hard way. PEOPLE MAKE MISTAKES. The world isn't perfect. I'm not trying to be rude, but I don't want people bashing my husband. We weren't married when he joined in August, and when we got married everything changed. We wanted kids, etc.. and like I said, he decided the army WASNT for him. A little too late.. we know. But I do know several guys that have gotten out of the army, we just don't want a dishonorable discharge. So PLEASE help.
So my two questions are...
1. I don't want my soldier going over there with two messed up knees.. without training since he JUST got to base not even a month ago. So how can he get out of a deployment? Is there any ways of him staying in the army (because he does enjoy his job).. and without getting discharged.
2. If this is not possible, how can he get out of the army completely without it affecting his career later down the road. My husband has always dreamed of being a doctor, and I don't want him smoking weed and getting a dishonorable discharge and it messing up his career later down the road.
Please help us! Answer answers will be great and I appreciate you taking the time out to read this! Have a great day!
Thanks, Private Valario Wife's
So my two questions are...
1. I don't want my soldier going over there with two messed up knees.. without training since he JUST got to base not even a month ago. So how can he get out of a deployment? Is there any ways of him staying in the army (because he does enjoy his job).. and without getting discharged.
2. If this is not possible, how can he get out of the army completely without it affecting his career later down the road. My husband has always dreamed of being a doctor, and I don't want him smoking weed and getting a dishonorable discharge and it messing up his career later down the road.
Please help us! Answer answers will be great and I appreciate you taking the time out to read this! Have a great day!
Thanks, Private Valario Wife's