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Mr. Powers,
I am active duty in the navy. I have been in for 10 years and 10 months. I have recently been made aware that if I fail this term of the BCA that I may be admin separated. A question I have is since it falls under honorable conditions is that the same as an Honorable Discharge? Also, is a true fact with it being involuntary that they would have to pay me for putting me out? I do not want to get out this way as I am trying on a constant basis to lose the weight.
Thank you
MA2 McKinnon
Hi Montego,
The majority of separations for weight or fitness are honorable discharges. The commander can separate using General (Under Honorable Conditions) discharge, if he/she feels it is more appropriate (such as if there are negative factors in your military record, such as poor duty performance, missing fitness appointments, etc.)
For weight or fitness discharges, you would be entitled to 1/2 involuntary separation pay. See the paychart for involuntary separation pay at: http://usmilitary.about.com/od/fy2009paycharts/a/isep.-uVl.htm
For more information about the United States Military, feel free to visit my US Military information site at: http://usmilitary.about.com
Hope this helps!
Rod Powers
About.com US Military Guide
http://usmilitary.about.com
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Rod Powers is considered one of the premire experts about U.S. Military career information on the planet. He has more than 30,000 articles about U.S. Military career information on the About.com U.S. Military Careers Information website at: http://usmilitary.about.com. Additionally, he is the author of "ASVAB for Dummies," "ASVAB AFQT for Dummies," (available in Dec 2009), and "Veteran Benefits for Dummies," all published by Wiley Publishing. He is also the author of "Barrons' Guide to Officer Candidate School Tests," published by Barron's Educational Series.
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Rod Powers is a retired Air Force first sergeant, with 23 years of active duty service, 11 of those years as an Air Force First Sergeant. He has helped thousands of military members, recruits, and military applicants since he took over the About.com U.S Military Careers Information site in 1999. He has a reputation for "telling it like it is," so questions may not be answered based on "what you want to hear," but will be answered based of the bast available information, concerning the service/situation.
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Rod is a distinguished graduate of the Air Force Noncommissioned Officers Academy, the Air Force Senior Noncommissioned Officer Academy, and the Air Force First Sergeant Academy. He also holds an Associates Degree in Personnel Administration from the Community College of the Air Force (CCAF).
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