Hello,
My son was recently found to be disqualified for submarine duty and was then transferred off his boat to a limited/temporary division, and he has been given a choice of separating or return to sub service on condition of taking psychiatric medication. He doesn't want to take any mind altering drugs and he also doesn't want to separate. I told him to use his chain of command to ask about doing a cross rate to go to the surface fleet but he was told flatly those are his only two choices and it seems there is a weak C.O.C with the temp division he's in. He's been in for 2 years and it just seems like a raw deal because he got pressured into subs when he went to take his oath and he was doing so well until developing problems. He also says he never got screened psychologically for sub service. Does anyone happen to know if he has any options besides getting kicked to the curb?
Thanks
My son was recently found to be disqualified for submarine duty and was then transferred off his boat to a limited/temporary division, and he has been given a choice of separating or return to sub service on condition of taking psychiatric medication. He doesn't want to take any mind altering drugs and he also doesn't want to separate. I told him to use his chain of command to ask about doing a cross rate to go to the surface fleet but he was told flatly those are his only two choices and it seems there is a weak C.O.C with the temp division he's in. He's been in for 2 years and it just seems like a raw deal because he got pressured into subs when he went to take his oath and he was doing so well until developing problems. He also says he never got screened psychologically for sub service. Does anyone happen to know if he has any options besides getting kicked to the curb?
Thanks