What happens if you get an upper respiratory infection in Navy boot camp?

2019-11-16T02:21:00-05:00

What happens if you get a upper respiratory infection in navy boot camp? Will they send you home? What do they do to help you with that?

Response by SSG Private RallyPoint Member made Nov 16 at 2019 2:29 AM

2019-11-16T02:29:44-05:00

I was literally dying from an upper respiratory infection, soldier up

Response by LTC Jason Mackay made Nov 16 at 2019 12:04 PM

2019-11-16T12:04:48-05:00

Greg Simmons what do you think they would do to help you with it? Put the leeches on you? Strip you down and force you into the wilds of Grand Lakes for 30 days, allowing you back if you survive? They send you to the Treatment facility and you follow a course of treatment. Where ever that leads.

Response by PO1 John Meyer, CPC made Nov 17 at 2019 1:24 PM

2019-11-17T13:24:26-05:00

Like everyone else said... The only bad thing is that you might end up staying longer at Great Lakes depending on how long it takes you to recover. There was a guy in my company that joined us about half way through training because he got sick and took too long to recover to simply re-join his original company. Seriously... it's no big deal.

Response by SSgt Joe Bromley made Nov 22 at 2019 5:24 AM

2019-11-22T05:24:03-05:00

From an Air Force perspective in 2008:
I had a severe upper respiratory infection that progressed to "walking pneumonia". Medical gave me some antibiotics and other meds to knock it out and when I got back to my unit I was instructed to pack my belongings and prepare for transfer to the holding unit (319th). Luckily, the next office I stopped in determined that I should be able to recover in short order and sent me back to my bunk. I graduated with my friends and now get to tell the story about how I pushed through basic and graduated with honors despite severe illness.

Response by SGT Private RallyPoint Member made Nov 25 at 2019 10:00 PM

2019-11-25T22:00:36-05:00

From a soldiers perspective: I had an upper respiratory infection starting week two of basic until around week 5. At week 3 I went to sick call, was berated by the drill sergeants for being weak, got some prescriptions from the docs on post and was not given any kind of profile. take your meds, suck it up, do the training and graduate. That's really all you can do.