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a friend of ours is active duty navy. she is on ship which deploys in late july. she is married with 2 children. her spouse is really having a hard time with this deployment coming up. he has been having axiety attacks. he went to the doctor and they put him on medicine for that. he also sees a psychologist next week. we fear that he is going to fall into depression. is this grounds for getting her out of deployment? thanks for you help!
Hi Ron,
I wish I had better news for you, but the simple fact of the matter is that the Navy exists to deploy ships to sea, and Navy members are expected to be able to support that mission (That's why they draw a paycheck). Deploying ships to sea is the Navy's primary mission. Not to try and sound "harsh," but if your friend can't deploy on a ship, due to family problems, she has no business being in the Navy. Deploying on ships is what sailors do. That's their primary job.
Your friend may qualify for a temporary deferrment, or hardship assignment (see my article at: http://usmilitary.about.com/od/navyassign/a/navhumanitarian.htm), but note these are normally approved when the situation is temporary (can be resolved in 12 months or less). She can't spend her whole career in the Navy on a hardship assignment.
For more information about the United States Military, feel free to visit my U.S. Military Information Site at: http://usmilitary.about.com
Hope this helps!
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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