Posted on Dec 26, 2022
Since I am on medication for seizures and can't drive, what are my options after being moved to a company over an hour away?
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My company is deploying so I got moved to a company in FT Stewart, which is over an hour away. I can’t drive due to seizures. How do I go about moving around? I can’t medboard until 3/23. I can’t drive and currently on medication. I was told I can move my house a no cost move which I don’t want to do and I’ll probably be moving again within a few months due to being sick and most likely medboarding. What are my options?
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SPC (Join to see), I'll be blunt since it seems there are aspects of this that keep being asked over and over (although this one regarding "what can I do about my housing situation" is new).
I see your options as pretty straightforward - You can't drive due to medical conditions and need to be within walking distance of your duty location:
1) Move on-post and live in the barracks.
2) Learn public transport schedules and how to get back and forth from the base.
3) Move closer to post.
I assume you rent off-post based on your comments in this and other topics. Put your stuff (household goods - HHGs) into storage and move into the barracks on base. This will address your transportation issue as well as a concern that you'll be moving in a few months. You said you were offered a no-cost move, so I assume they are giving you a 'PCS entitlement'. If so, you'll get your HHGs packed up - designate some as a 'partial shipment to go to the barracks' and the rest for 'longer term storage'. After the MEB and you have a resolution of where you'll be going, you can have everything delivered there.
If you don't want to move, you're going to have to suck it up. Learn how to use public transportation. Many people do this day in and day out. A quick search on 'Fort Stewart public transportation' turned up a lot of links telling someone how to get around using the bus (Liberty Transport) and such.
I don't think the third option is realistic considering your situation.
I see your options as pretty straightforward - You can't drive due to medical conditions and need to be within walking distance of your duty location:
1) Move on-post and live in the barracks.
2) Learn public transport schedules and how to get back and forth from the base.
3) Move closer to post.
I assume you rent off-post based on your comments in this and other topics. Put your stuff (household goods - HHGs) into storage and move into the barracks on base. This will address your transportation issue as well as a concern that you'll be moving in a few months. You said you were offered a no-cost move, so I assume they are giving you a 'PCS entitlement'. If so, you'll get your HHGs packed up - designate some as a 'partial shipment to go to the barracks' and the rest for 'longer term storage'. After the MEB and you have a resolution of where you'll be going, you can have everything delivered there.
If you don't want to move, you're going to have to suck it up. Learn how to use public transportation. Many people do this day in and day out. A quick search on 'Fort Stewart public transportation' turned up a lot of links telling someone how to get around using the bus (Liberty Transport) and such.
I don't think the third option is realistic considering your situation.
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COL Randall C.
SPC (Join to see), Lt Col Timothy Cassidy-Curtis gave solid advice about contacting the new unit. Have you? From what you previously stated your you're supposed to report there tomorrow. Have you find a shuttle (you mentioned the sick call bus) from HAAF to main post - is it still running?
The last thing you want to do is just not show up because it's too hard to do and/or too expensive. You need to push this with your chain of command.
The last thing you want to do is just not show up because it's too hard to do and/or too expensive. You need to push this with your chain of command.
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My wife was off tomorrow to give a me ride. They said the shuttle no longer run but there is something called the red bus which I don’t know what it is but they’ll help me with transportation. COL Randall C.
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COL Randall C. - just an update Sir. I ended up losing my clearance for a medication they wanted to try me on. I was told I couldn't do my mos without it, so I was up for an administrative discharge, but I talked to my PCM who initiated a MEB.
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Is there a post shuttle? Do you already know a person in the unit you're going to? If so, do they have a vehicle? Have you already spoken with the unit regarding the transportation issue? If moving your household closer is the most beneficial COA, for both you and the unit.....
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Yeah but most live on post there. I hoot my orders last week to report on the 3rd however I didn’t want to move out when all of my medical doctors are here off post less than 3 mins away.
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SPC (Join to see) - Dude...it's easier to get you to/from medical appointments than it is to get you to/from medical appointments AND to/from home to work. Pack up. Move closer to the unit. Learn public transportation.
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I take a new medication which has helped but not curing. COL Randall C. Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen
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Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen
Not sure medications change ability to drive. When I was working we had an employee who had a seizure and doctors were required to report it to DMV. Her driving privileges were revoked and she had to apply every 6 months to get them reinstated. Don't know for sure but think she had to go X number of months without a seizure regardless of what meds she took.
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Same my driving privileges have been revoked, so I was walking to work, but the company I was with is about to deploy and I got moved to a company over an hour away and I can’t drive. I wouldn’t mind going to the barracks I just want to make sure my bah wouldn’t stop due to me having a family. Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen
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