Careers: Military--Army, Navy, Airforce, Marines, Coast Guard/Breach of Guaranteed Job Discharge

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Expert: Rod Powers - 11/7/2006


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Hi,
   I reciently joined the army under the MOS 18x. I went to basic and found out that my foot condition (pes cavus) was causing me too much pain and I was denied the abbility to go to Airbourne school which in turn forced me a drop my 18x contract. I am still in constant pain considering that I am an infantry soldior and all. Does my situation fall under the Breach of Guaranteed Job Discharge? and if it doesnt what is the best way to go about getting decient medical help since now I am stationed in Germany and its much harder to find civilian doctors to help me out.

  I appreciate the help,
      Matt

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Hi Matt,

I'm afraid not. Under the 18x option, if you fail to complete training for any reason, you are reverted to 11x. That's in the contract, so it's not a "breach of Guaranteed Job."

As an active duty member, your options for medical care is limited to the on-base medical facility, unless the medical doctors refer you to an off-base specialist.

You can, of course, see a civilian doctor without such a referral, but it will be at your own expense.

Hope this helps!

Rod Powers
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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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