Can my son fight being chaptered out after drug use and DUI?

Sorry but as a senior NCO, I might give your son one break, but after being popped for drug use he goes out and commits another mayor breach of trust, I wouldn’t want him in my Army

There is nothing he can do, even war heroes are not exempt from being chaptered once they are targeted. The Army has gone away from rehab and retrain . They instead want them to be quiet, don't argue, don't make waves,be skinny and pass the pt test. HOUAH

Back in the late 80’s I was stationed at Ft. Hood, Tx. There were some soldiers smoking marijuana inside a tank on a live fire excise when they fired on another tank killing all inside.

He is toast.

He didnt just make a mistake, he made two and one was a zero tolerance mistake

I'm not a lawyer,but drug use is prohibited at any time. Adding drinking and driving just added fuel to a flame that got out of control. Either one could lead to medical or dishonorable discharge. If the ucmj is lenient they may try rehab,but with both charges highly unlikely.

No...but drug & alcohol rehabilitation, therapy, and some self evaluation may do the trick

He was told the consequences of using drugs and drinking and driving when in basic. He decided to play Russian roulette twice and lost. Now he must pay for his mistakes. Sorry.

This isn't during the height of Iraq and Afghanistan when the Army needed people badly. It's going back to the nearly zero tolerance of the 90s when any drug use would get you kicked out without a second chance.
DUIs would sometimes be cause for a second chance if a lower rank and in the US. Higher ranks or overseas and people would be chaptered out very quickly.
Once you are caught you can't use rehab as a way to not get kicked out. Too late at that point.
He got busted using drugs, then a week later put other people at risk by drinking and driving. He's a good kid sure. He used up any possibility of a second chance almost immediately.

Good kid or not, illegal drugs + dui = chapter discharge.