uncharacterized discharge?

[Rascus]

Originally Posted by ryu954rr

Ok let me get this straight Trav... your buddies gf got pregnant so he quit a job that guaranteed him housing, healthcare, and extra pay for spouse/child. Good Plan.

I was thinking the same thing.

[Travis71902]

Well I think what happened was he basically went AWOL after bootcamp and somehow fell thru a loophole and got out. Im not real sure though.

[Travis71902]

Originally Posted by ryu954rr

Ok let me get this straight Trav... your buddies gf got pregnant so he quit a job that guaranteed him housing, healthcare, and extra pay for spouse/child. Good Plan.

BAsically. But he makes more money now than he would if he was an e-6 with 4 years in. Plus theres that whole being with your family and not getting shot at everyday. The militarys not for everybody. Dont try and make him out to be chump cause family means that much to him.

Would I have personally stuck it out? Yes. But like I said, its not for everybody.

[Blackduc]

Originally Posted by ryu954rr

Actually the uncharacterized discharge is what they give you when you are ELS (entry level seperation) which is when you are seperated in less than 6 months of service. This can also be given if you receive an EPTS (existed prior to service) medical discharge due to a disability that MEPS didn't catch and you did not know about. Again this must happen before 6 months of service.

The ELS is a bullshit way for basic trainees to quit and go home without encurring the penalties of a dishonorable discharge.

+1

[Blackduc]

Originally Posted by Travis71902

Well I think what happened was he basically went AWOL after bootcamp and somehow fell thru a loophole and got out. Im not real sure though.

Ther was ai guy I was in with that went UA (Unauthorized Absence) and wound up with a General Discharge after he got up with his congressman and wrote a bunch of letters, kind of bullshit in my opinion but, to each their own I guess.

[ryu954rr]

Originally Posted by Travis71902

Well I think what happened was he basically went AWOL after bootcamp and somehow fell thru a loophole and got out. Im not real sure though.

Actually with less than 6 months of service the Military feels it is not worth the cost to prosecute an AWOL offense so they just ELS you. Strip all the benefits you've earned and send you packing. It's cheaper.

Originally Posted by Travis71902

BAsically. But he makes more money now than he would if he was an e-6 with 4 years in. Plus theres that whole being with your family and not getting shot at everyday. The militarys not for everybody. Dont try and make him out to be chump cause family means that much to him.

Again still BS. Family or no family when you join the military you swear an oath. If you leave the military for any reason other than medical before your term of service is up then you have broken that oath and, in my opinion, do not deserve the same rights as other citizens. If you don't want to serve this country that is your choice but don't swear to defend it and then puss out just because some factor of your life changed. My mother spent the first year of her marriage alone while my father was stationed on the DMZ in Korea. With his degree in accounting he could have made MUCH more in the civilian sector than he did as an AA officer even after 20 years of service. My family is the reason I joined the military. Without our military we would not have the freedoms to raise our families and live our lives the way we do.

"People sleep peaceably in their beds at night because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf" - George Orwell.