Can someone voluntarily drop their Airborne status? If so, will they be reprimanded or just moved out of the unit to a non-airborne unit?

SGT Private RallyPoint Member — Fri, 16 Dec 2022 22:34:29 -0500

Have a soldier that’s tried to overcome her fear of jumping, however, she just can’t. She’s a great soldier and the command sees this. Will she be in trouble if she brings this up and just wants out of jump status or will she get moved? (Which she completely fine with)

Response by SSG Roger Ayscue made Dec 16 at 2022 11:05 PM

SSG Roger Ayscue — Fri, 16 Dec 2022 23:05:24 -0500

Unless things have changed, any Soldier can voluntarily terminate Jump Status. I have seen units that made Soldiers terminate after having been manifested, making them Jump Refusals. The Actions take depend on the unit. There will be some repercussion. The absolute best NCO to answer this is SFC Private RallyPoint Member

Response by SPC James Neidig made Dec 17 at 2022 1:20 AM

SPC James Neidig — Sat, 17 Dec 2022 01:20:04 -0500

Don’t Know About Now But Back In The Late 90s
We Had A Spc In My Squad Who Refused To Jump Anymore, And They Reclassed Him
To 88 m , However He Still Got To Wear His Jump Wings

Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Dec 17 at 2022 3:02 AM

SFC Private RallyPoint Member — Sat, 17 Dec 2022 03:02:15 -0500

A Soldier must serve three years on jump status. If they voluntarily terminate their jump status prior to that they can be subject to UCMJ. If they terminate prior to three years, they lose their wings, after three years, they keep the wings and only lose the "P" identifier.

Whether your command will move or prosecute your Soldier is at the discretion and policy of your command teams all the way up to your Division.

Response by CSM Darieus ZaGara made Dec 17 at 2022 7:40 AM

CSM Darieus ZaGara — Sat, 17 Dec 2022 07:40:48 -0500

SFC Boyd is all over it. Also keep in mind that Commands make decisions based on Policy, Soldier performance can weigh in where appropriate. The commands discretion also looks at presidency in an organization.

An additional step they may be able to take would be a mental eval based on the fear expressed. That too has a double edge.

Response by MSG Private RallyPoint Member made Dec 17 at 2022 11:05 AM

MSG Private RallyPoint Member — Sat, 17 Dec 2022 11:05:16 -0500

How did she get thru Airborne School?

Response by SGM Bill Frazer made Dec 18 at 2022 12:21 PM

SGM Bill Frazer — Sun, 18 Dec 2022 12:21:32 -0500

Depends on the length status they have. 2. HTF did she make it thru the course and be in your unit, which I assume is jump qual? 3. Command will have very little love for her- from Command point of view- she has wasted resources and time. If your unit is a jump unit- then they will damn well send her to leg land, God knows where. SFC Boyd has damn good answer on here.

Response by SPC Private RallyPoint Member made Jan 29 at 2023 8:01 PM

SPC Private RallyPoint Member — Sun, 29 Jan 2023 20:01:13 -0500

I’m in the same position, how is this going? And what was done?