Posted on Aug 1, 2016
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I'm on my 2nd term and at this point I feel like the army is not for me anymore because of my injuries.
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COL Lee Flemming
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SPC Cook, I have shared a link to the Integrated Disability Evaluation System (IDES). https://www.army.mil/e2/rv5_downloads/features/readyandresilient/ARMY_IDES.pdf
The key is always continued honorable service. Show up on time, ensure your chain of command knows your profile information, exercise within the limits of your profile and do not accrue other service disqualifying conditions or situations. The military has a system to take care of you and there is no reason why you cannot depart on the best terms possible if that is your desire.
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1SG Civil Affairs Specialist
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^This^
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1SG Civil Affairs Specialist
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A discharge would be medical. What kind of benefits you receive would depend on how you were injured and how long you have been in.
I can not emphasize this enough. DO THE RIGHT THING. Stay on your appointments, follow your leader's instructions, and within the limits of your profile, continue to perform your duties to the utmost of your abilities.
A discharge is not a threat. Sometimes our bodies tell us we can't do it anymore. To ignore that to be a tough guy can lead to permanent consequences.
Take care of yourself. I promise that the Army is not against you. If you are running against a specific problem, message me directly and I will point you in the right direction.
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PFC (Join to see) - I am trying to follow here. It seems that you are on a fairly long-term journey. Have you discussed a permanent profile with your provider? It might mean getting out of the Infantry, but it would get you out from under the imminent threat of an APFT chapter.
I think that there are two things at play here. One is that elements of your unit decided that you are a non-hacker - right or wrongly. That would explain the refusal of a pacer (although I have never in 25 years heard of such a thing). You did yourself no favors with bolo-ing the sit-ups and hanging up a 20+ minute two-mile.
The second thing is you have to look after your long-term health, as a bum back can have lasting consequences. I would encourage you to make sure that you have all of your records for a future VA claim, and do whatever you can to continue to heal. That means to knock off stuff like being "hooah-hooah" and breaking your profile.

I wish you luck, man.
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MSgt Jeff Cambell
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Are you active or reserve? 20+ minutes on a 2 mile is horrible to put it bluntly, especially at your supposed age. Just my .02.
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Negative Msgt it was something that i had to get off my chest because I purposily failed my two mile. When coming in at 13:45-14:30 @normal and then now 16+ minutes. I'm active Msgt.
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PFC Infantryman
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It was just fusterating and depressing to be in. I was told to take a permenant profile and I was also given the option to reclass but I let my pride get in the way and stubbornness. Now, unfortunately I am processing out the Army APFT. Work hard and train hard for 6 months get myself up to par and better than what i use to be and show my toxic leadership that I can and will do it again. Thats if and only if the Sheriff Department goes another way. In which I doubt but we'll see..
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I'm in the exact same boat man. Its just that my 1SG / CO have said that they refuse to just get rid of me because they know where I was before and think it can eventually be fixed.
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Exactly but it's like I'm not getting fixed but yet I can go to every field problem and carry a machine gun and a god damn javelin. But yet I'm being disciplined for falling out of a run because of an injury. It just makes me just wanna say f it. This isn't taking care of soldiers.
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