Posted on Nov 2, 2025
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Hi! I’ve got anxiety and depression eating at me, staying in my current MOS - 11 Bravo. I’ve already spoken with a few NCOs and they’re incredibly supportive of whatever route I want to take. I went to Behavioral Health with a list of symptoms I’ve been having for a while now. They weren’t exactly helpful in getting me where I want to be -> getting out of this MOS; I won’t go into detail but yeah.

One of my NCOs wants to see if we could talk to our squad leader when he’s back from Poland to see if I’m able to get a conditional release. I’m not happy where I am right now, I’m miserable, miss my own freedoms, not having to deal with toxic leadership when my NCOs aren’t available, being a civilian again, and not like feeling like an empty cog in a machine; everyday, my anxiety eats at me every morning on the way to First Formation - weekends, I barely relax, just waiting for the next workday, dry heaving nonstop, and just thinking about how miserable and empty I am when I go through the infantry classes.

To note, I’ve never been on the line, but I told my team leader - if for some random reason, I left the SUAS section to go back to the line, I just know even with therapy, meds, it’ll inevitably get worse. I told him in an ideal world, I’d just go Guard/Reserves and reclass. I took BSEP to get my line scores up, with a 116 GT. I’m thinking the most straightforward path is to request a voluntary reclass (preferably into intel, since everyone I work with recommends I go with it), get it signed off by my CO, and wait to see what HRC has to say. Another idea I’ve had, rather than green to gold, apply for an ROTC university and commission as an officer into Guard/Reserves. Or conditional release to go civil affairs/psyop reserve reclass. Or just separate entirely.

Highly unlikely I will get these options but all I know is I can’t stay where I am right now and try to enjoy it, because that isn’t helping. Talking about it leads to no action. I need to see what’s viable. The only thing I’ve got going right now are the two NCOs who’ve understood me and are open to helping me out. Last time I went to behavioral health, all he talked about was confidence training; talking to therapists won’t get anywhere.
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I was an 11B for a long time. I've seen guys banging their heads on trees, saying "come on, come on" to the enemy just to relieve the great amount of stress that they where under as we where on the line. It can be hard to be an 11B, harder than a lot of people realize. Trust in your NCO's, they sound like ones that will support you through this. I wish you all the luck in your endeavor. It sounds like you want to remain a Soldier, which would be for all of us.
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Infantryman
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Thanks, sir. I appreciate your comment. I want to remain a soldier but on my own terms and I reason that being infantry is not the best use of my talents. If you have further insights or similar cases about pushing paperwork to get to where I need to be, I’d be glad to hear it. Toujours Pret.
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Lt Col Charlie Brown
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I invite you to join us on Warriors for Life and let us support you until things sort themselves out.
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Don't give up.
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SSG Roger Ayscue
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You have to be careful. A Soldier can get an Honorable Discharge with a "RE Code" indicating they were separated for reasons that would prevent them from re-enlisting. Many employers know and look at RE Codes before making a hiring decision. I don't know your ETS date, but, having read your previous post on here about your PT Test and Body Composition situation, I would suspect that many of your issues stem from this.
If at all possible, get the areas you are short on under control and run steady until you can ETS with a decent RE Code in the box next to the one that says Honorable on your 214.
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