U.S. Army Now Taking Applicants With Histories Of Mental Illness, Drug Abuse And Self-Mutilation

As a current Drill Sergeant I second this whole-heartedly. Our Chain of Command thinks we can fix everyone to maintain there numbers. Hold the standard? Ha! The standard is a less than 4% attrition rate. By any means necessary.

SFC (Join to see) My question for you, is how hard do you have to work to chapter someone out of the military in a basic training unit? I have a Soldier that is well past 12 months on ABCP(First enrolled Dec15). He has been extended for every reason under the book, and is currently sitting at 68lbs overweight and 8%.

SFC Jordan Gaudard Unless it’s medical or a founded SHARP complaint (and even these aren’t 100%), they are not getting chaptered. We will hold them until we can find a way to make them graduate and ship them off to AIT. It is shameful.

SFC (Join to see) I've watched more IET Soldiers get medically retired out of DLI than I've seen careerist that had to re-class because they were so broken. I feel like AIT Platoon Sergeant is an excellent place for senior leaders because they get to see all of the Chapter processes in work, and also know the process for medical retirement. If I ever make 1SG, I'm going to be a monster when it comes to knowledge.