Posted on Aug 4, 2019
Can a solider in Korea get a compassionate reassignment if wife is suffering from postpartum and can’t get proper help?
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Because she doesn’t Have childcare and the spouse in Korea is also needing behavioral health assistance ?
Behavioral Health
Spouse
Korea
Children
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Yes, but probably not. The issue can be resolved by returning the dependent to the states and serving an unaccompanied tour. Since Korea is already a dependent restricted tour, and is often used to reset the Soldier's dwell time without disrupting the dependent's EFMP, her medical provider would have to show some extremely compelling evidence as to why the Soldier would be required to be physically present with the spouse, and why it would warrant retaining the Soldier as opposed to separating for family hardship.
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That doesn't make sense... Going TO Korea would make more sense. The Korean medical system is amazing and makes American medicine look like voodoo doctors and exorcists. Plus the Korean hospitals know Tricare is footing the bill, so we always end up in VIP suites.
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SFC Michael Hasbun
SFC Christopher Smith - The post specifically says the spouse is with the Soldier in Korea. You might want to check that...
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SPC William Weedman
I have to guess the Korean medical system has moved forward light years in the 30 years since I left. I and a teammates had a time where our aid bags were better stocked than the “hospital”; nurses were treated like bed pan changers, we young medics had more medical sense than the “doctor” who ran the place. Granted we were in a rural area and it was the dead of winter we were looking for a place to warm up our patient and wait out a snowstorm. Finally we called 121 in Seoul and got a chopper to fly to a nearby frozen rice paddy. I’m certain the doctor billed USFK to the max.
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SFC Michael Hasbun
SPC William Weedman Good lord, literally everything has progressed in the last 30 years... That's not much of a yard stick.
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