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Dear Rod,
I am an Army Captain and have been in for three years. I plan to leave the Army at my four year mark, but am having problems maintaining PT standards for the run. I have had a series of nagging injuries that make it difficult for me to train properly. Hypothetically, if I don't receive a medical profile and fail two PT tests, what will be the consequences of getting a Chapter 13 even though I have served honorably? Are officers even chaptered for this reason?
Hi Bob,
It's certainly possible for officers to be Chaptered for failure to meet PT Standards, just as it's possible for enlisted members.
I wish I could help more, but whether or not you *would* be processed for administrative separation, depends primarily upon the recommendation of your commanding officer.
Some commanders will help "protect" an officer (especially one getting out, anyway), and some commanders insist that officers should set the standards and will go out of their way to punish/separate an officer who doesn't.
I don't know your particular CO, so I don't know which way he/she might go on this.
Rod Powers
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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