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recently i got a call from my wife telling me she was being discharged for an epts during basic for bipolar and depression. she said they told her she would be home within 4 to 6 weeks, is this true. the paperwork was started this past tuesday i guess. and i have not heard from her since last sunday.
Hi Josh,
When the decision is made to discharge someone from basic training, they are removed from the active training unit, and placed in a "special unit," pending discharge.
Such units are still a "disciplined, basic training-type" environment, so phone calls are limited.
Basic training discharges do take time (between four and six weeks). Several hundred basic training recruits and discharged each month, and the process is paper and time-intensive. For a basic overview of the process, see my article at: http://usmilitary.about.com/od/justicelawlegislation/l/aadischarge1.htm As you can see, the process is a bit more complicated than just saying, "go home."
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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