Brigade never gave me ETP and now I am in this huge fiasco. My career got destroyed.My ETS next year. What should I do?

2020-08-06T02:44:13-04:00

OCS candidate, was not given etp to travel. Physical Therapy expired, LHi misdiagnosed, now waiting over 2 months for signature of CG. Why? What are my options?J have to wait one year to go to school, while Active Duty kids get school way earlier than us? If that's the case, why the graduation requirements not different? I am Medically misdiagnosed, I can't even sue the medical center. Why? LHi is not even giving me an apology letter. Wtf

Response by SFC Steven Borders made Aug 6 at 2020 9:18 AM

2020-08-06T09:18:32-04:00

I am only guessing here, as their are a lot of questions. Is the ETP to travel to Physical Therapy, OCS, could you clarify that. Ok, waiting 2 months for a waiver or ETP from the CG? Yes, sometimes in the Reserves depending on classes you may have to await a year for school. Have you talked to your Schools NCO? You can lookup class dates in ATRRS and submit those dates to your schools NCO. They may be full or not available. Others may have more input, but I feel we need a little more info to help you out SGT Private RallyPoint Member

Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Aug 6 at 2020 1:27 PM

2020-08-06T13:27:25-04:00

I realize this may seem like common sense, but I’m asking in a honest way, did you bring this up to your commander? No one will take your career more serious than you will. Express to your chain of command your concerns with this active situation and perhaps they can assist you in your process.

Response by CPT Private RallyPoint Member made Aug 6 at 2020 4:54 PM

2020-08-06T16:54:30-04:00

Did you have orders in hand for OCS school and a report date?

I wouldn't have waited for a permission slip to travel there. Did your chain of command think you were going to beam there? Worst case, you didn't get permission to "travel" and being a Reservist probably weren't on orders to be anywhere else either, so who's going to hem you up for traveling if you are not on orders to be anywhere?

If you are on orders to be somewhere, get yourself there, and the ETP will follow. If push comes to shove somewhere IG and JAG will hash out the conflicts of ordering a soldier to a place of duty and not providing the required ETP for the semantics of getting to the place of duty.

What I'm reading between the lines here is you missed reporting to OCS. That will be interesting to try and fix (if I read that correctly).

When I commissioned into the USAR (direct from SGT) I was given 6 months to complete my commissioning medical exam before the appointment window expired. HRC didn't approve my medical and all the back and forth nonsense until the VERY LAST DAY of those 6 months!!!!!! Then magically included in my commissioning paperwork someone with powerful authority just fixed EVERYTHING with ONE STROKE of the pen, and wrote a FINAL NO NONSENSE memo.
***ALL WAIVERS APPROVED***

Then as a Direct Commission I was a 2LT without any OCS nonsense. POOF the officer fairy granted me my Butter Bar, but I still had to go to BOLC and become branch qualified. I had a BOLC school date, but not actual orders in hand to travel there. I'm looking at the calendar and looking at the travel distance and the math didn't look good.

I was a day out on the road before I had my orders in hand. Otherwise I would have been late getting to BOLC. Say I never got orders. Well, then I just turn around, I'd be out my costs of traveling and life goes on and I would have never been under the authority of the USAR anyway during that time.

It's very common for the USAR to just fix it after the fact.

Response by SSG Private RallyPoint Member made Aug 6 at 2020 8:09 PM

2020-08-06T20:09:17-04:00

SGT Sung,

We have gone over this multiple times now. You are responsible to ensure your physical is valid through your class completion date. You have no options other then to redo your physical and try and be slotted for another OCS course. Active gets priority because the money is centrally funded.

Response by SSG Private RallyPoint Member made Aug 7 at 2020 8:16 AM

2020-08-07T08:16:15-04:00

Trying to understand this.

You initiated movement without an ETP, which is against policy. You requested another ETP, and it was denied several times. While that may suck, that is how it works. The Commander must assume that risk, which is exactly what an ETP is. If he did not agree with it, he will refuse to sign the ETP, as it is his risk to assume.

I understand you may not like that, but that's regulation.

You want to get a class date, but can't because of a misdiagnosis. You must wait for another ETP to correct this issue, but want to sue? You need to wait for the ETP to come back and either move forward with a class at a later date, or not.

P.S. your actions and lack of bearing are VERY unbecoming of the NCO Corps. It gives much insight into your potential future as an Officer.....