Posted on Dec 3, 2019
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Little back story: I'm pursuing a dual degree in physics and engineering, and last year I had to miss the month of May for AT. This set back my degree path a whole year, and now they want me to do it again. I was scheduled for BLC in June to avoid having to skip a quarter of school, but low and behold, my BLC seat was revoked for no reason. If my command can't schedule me for another BLC date then I am planning on just skipping AT.
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SGT Chris Stephens
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In the NG, we were doing a mission over in South Korea. I had an E-7 NCOIC who got on the plane with us in Atlanta, but before the cabin doors closed, got off the plane without letting us or the second wave that had still yet to get on a plane scheduled for later. They demoted him to E-6, but because of a death of the E-6 that took his place and another E-6 team leader getting commissioned into the Coast Guard, they allowed him back into the unit as just a regular team leader and he had some other punishments that I wasn't made aware of.
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Possible outcome:

UCMJ for violation of Article 87, Article 91, Article 92 and Article 134.

What you need to do is sit down and speak with your Chain of Command and request to be left off orders for AT and see if you can do a Home Station AT this summer. Explain all the facts to your situation and concerns/ramifications if you miss up to an entire month of school again (academic and financial hardships).

There had to be a reason for your BLC to be revoked.

And if you do get put on orders, and don't show up because you just planned on skipping it, you not only screwed yourself, you screwed your buddies and you screwed the mission. This is basically the UBER Blue Falcon.
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From my understanding, I wasn't even told I got dropped from BLC. Didnt find out until I checked my military email, and talked with my FFL and he said my reservation was dropped. I'm passing everything, APFT and height and weight.
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I would talk with your professors and your university’s reasonable accommodations department and military liaison. It is easier to have the civilian side bow to Uncle Sam than it is to have Uncle Sam bow to you. AT is important as it is what shows you are trained and prepared to actually do your job when the country actually needs you and your unit to go to work and not just play weekend drill. It’s what all the training and drills are to prepare you for. It’s not something to be missed or taken lightly. When you signed up you knew it was one weekend a month and 2 weeks a year. I understand you have school, but they usually will work around a soldiers schedule for military duties. If you want to not have drill ever interfere with school then you either need to transfer to the IRR until you finish school or go ROTC while completing your degrees.
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