what discharge do they give you if you failure to adapt to your work in the army?

PFC Private RallyPoint Member — Fri, 28 May 2021 18:19:05 -0400

what discharge do they give you if your fail to adapt to your work in the army? I searched and no answer come out .

Response by SGM Robert Murray made May 28 at 2021 7:19 PM

SGM Robert Murray — Fri, 28 May 2021 19:19:19 -0400

Not a good one. What's good? Depends upon the relativity of your failure to adapt.

Response by SSG Private RallyPoint Member made May 28 at 2021 8:01 PM

SSG Private RallyPoint Member — Fri, 28 May 2021 20:01:25 -0400

There are other factors that need consideration. It is not a specific discharge. Typically, general or could be unspecified if TIS isn't met.

Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made May 28 at 2021 8:33 PM

SFC Private RallyPoint Member — Fri, 28 May 2021 20:33:12 -0400

It's based upon the recommendation of your commander, that's why you won't find an answer online.

Your commander is handed a memo that says "I recommend this discharge" and then circles the one they recommend.

If this is for you and you're a 42A, just show up and do your job. It's really not that difficult to show up and work a 9-5 admin job, not much harder than working a civilian office job

Response by CPT Private RallyPoint Member made May 29 at 2021 12:24 AM

CPT Private RallyPoint Member — Sat, 29 May 2021 00:24:57 -0400

Any one that knows how to read a DD214 will know you were basically fired from the Army.

I presume you are younger than 25.

The Army is a very low bar in life relative to the perks you get out of it if you manage to get to ETS with a clean DD214 (Honorable, term of service completed). It's a golden ticket in many regards.

Not everyone that wants to serve gets to serve. Just getting through all the hoops at MEPS to many is a challenge itself.

If you walk away from it before ETS and get a black balled DD214 (mined you, you'll lose all your perks, and you'll never be invited back short of extraordinary circumstances) you'd have been better off in life just never having joined at all, verses, just playing the game, and making it to ETS, and getting the golden ticket that you may or may not leverage when you are in your 50's.

Just do the math for the GI Bill. Even if you have no interest in any kind of education the BAH is money left on the table, and all you have to do is take the most basic of classes to meet the hours requirements.

That's my plan. I'm going to retire at 60 years of age, walk into class, and I'm there only to collect that $3500 a month BAH for 36 months.

Response by SPC Private RallyPoint Member made May 29 at 2021 1:30 AM

SPC Private RallyPoint Member — Sat, 29 May 2021 01:30:02 -0400

Without anything to go on and assuming we're working with an administrative separation, and depending on the chapter used for the separation you could see Honorable, General (Under Honorable Conditions), or Other than Honorable. If you're in an Initial Entry Training status then you would see Uncharacterized.

Honorable is what you want. General isn't horrible but it confuses some people based on what's in the parenthesis, and you can lose some benefits. Other than Honorable is bad, not as bad as Bad Conduct or Dishonorable which you can only get from a courts-martial but still bad. Uncharacterized doesn't matter, it's like you were never in.

Adapt, do the job, ETS, get an honorable.

Response by SGT Justin Brothen made May 29 at 2021 2:48 AM

SGT Justin Brothen — Sat, 29 May 2021 02:48:34 -0400

IMO should be dishonorable, you signed up now it's too hard? Good, wouldn't want you down range.

Response by SFC Casey O'Mally made May 29 at 2021 8:54 AM

SFC Casey O'Mally — Sat, 29 May 2021 08:54:25 -0400

More info needed: How is this Soldier "failing to adapt?" That is a very vague description.

Unable to do the MOS? Thinks camouflage clashes with their skin tone so won't wear ACUs? Can't get out of bed in the morning? Refuses to shave? Can't pass a PT Test? Refuses to salute? Is allergic to grass? Consistently shams? Malingering?