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My son went in navy bootcamp Nov 15,2006. It is now May 25,2007, he is still not seperated but he filled out paper work to be discharged at legal on May 15,2007. He said in a letter he will leave in 10 to 15 days from May 15th. since he will be in over 180 days will he qualify for any benefits? He had stress fractures and other medical problems while he was in, but the last Month he was well and tried to pass the run part of the fitness, but failed. he was out of shape because of the medical problems. He is not overweight. 6'3" 165 pounds. Also, he flew up there and they are making him ride a bus back unless he wants to pay extra for airlines. I thought they had to fly him back?
Hi Randy,
I'm sorry, but there's no way I can answer the question, because I don't know the characterization and the official reason for discharge.
You may wish to see the VA's official website at: http://www.va.gov For each separate VA program, it requires a different minimum time-in-service and characterization of discharge.
In most cases of involuntary discharge, the member is only entitled to the cheapest means of transportation to their home of record (which is usually bus transportation).
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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