To former and current military personnel:  Can NCOs send a person down range despite doctors' orders?
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Every military member has a physical profile generated every time they see a medical care professional.  This is known by the acronym PULHEES.  Each letter stands for an area of the body or assessed ability.  I believe that the letters stand for:\n\nP - Physical stamina\nU - Upper extremeties\nL - Lower extremeties\nH - Head\nE - Ears\nE - Eyes\nS - Phychiatric\n\nEach area is assigned a number, I believe from 1 to 3.  1 meaning no problem, 2 indicating restricted ability, and 3 meaning non-capable.  A healthy member would therefore have a PULHEES of 1111111 and would be eligible for world-wide duty without restriction.\n\nEvery location, i.e. deployment theater, installation, etc. has a minimum PULHEES flagged in the system indicating the military's ability to treat personnel and the level needed for mission accomplishment.  Typically this is 2222221 but can vary.  During mobilization processing the member's PULHEES is compared to the requirement and if their profile meets the minimum standard they are eligible for deployment.  If it does not, they are not eligible and are pulled from the processing line.\n\nIt should be a simple matter for your husband to check his medical records.  His current PULHEES should be listed on the top treatment record.  It may be a little more difficult to determine the PULHEES requirement for the area of operations.  This information is frequently not publicized as it is considered "unclassified information of possible intelligence value."\n\nRest assured that if your husband's physical profile doesn't meet the minimum standards he won't be deploying.\n\nJust a side note:  NCOs don't issue deployment orders.  I can't speak for the Army's command structure but in the Air Force that's at least Wing Commander or above and typically Major Air Commander.\n\nHere's some more current information on the physical profile system.  I had some of the details wrong, but it's been a while and the system has matured a bit.  It's an Air Force site, but the basic system is the same for all services.\n\nhttp://www.hanscom.af.mil/mss/MilitaryPhysicalProfileSerialSystem.doc
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No, if they are in basic training, the recruits are restricted to the barricks only. Only when they get to the advanced duty station for their mos training (Job type) are they allowed a weekend pass. Even then it is only good for something like 100 miles from base, and they would have to be back at their unit by 6:00 pm Sunday. \n\nFrom my experiences, it is hard on the long distance type relationships, especially if you are or were dating in highschool
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If it is prescribed from a doctor for the appropriate thing, such as weight loss. I believe so. You probably just need to let your first Sargent know or the person above you in your unit. Then there should be no problems. But it would be best to go to a doctor on post to have it prescribed. He would be the best person to really let you know for sure.
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well yeah you can go through his chain of command. or on base it would be the mp.'s but they will just take him for the 72 hour cool down period in the barracks and he'll probably be mad when he comes home. or off base call local police.  then theres restraining orders.  but if he has a fukked up chain of command he'll get away with everything he does  like my ex husband.his whole chain of command lied for him and stuck up for him in court for the domestic violence incidents and hell now hes getting away with murder.
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With the Officer Corps this is a much different issue. They view this as a self-control problem. If you are a current Officer - this would yield a minimum General Officer Letter of Reprimand and would tail spin your career. You can speak to a recruiter, but I think you are in for a ruff ride. It is possible - but there are going to be lots of hoops to get through to obtain the waiver you will need.
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Yes and no. It depends what your MOS is and how badly they need you, though most get a bonus these days as bodies are needed.\n\nBe careful if you pick a place to be sent.\n\nDuring Vietnam people would join to be able to pick to be sent to Germany for instance, rather than to wait for the draft and be sent to Vietnam.. Well, they were sent to Germany for 3 months, and then flown to South Vietnam.\n\nThat's the way they play in the military.
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This is completely up to your commander of your Reserve unit.  Unfortunatly some Reserve units are so undermanned right now that they won't let anyone go active duty.  It's kind of sad.  \n  If this does end up happening to you one of the best things to do is to take you request up the reserve chain of command.  First go to your Batallin HQ, and from there to Brigade.  \n  Be aware that once you do transfer you may loose rank.  I know of some E-5 sgts that were in the National guard that got bummped down to E-2 pvt when they went active duty.  Also your contract will be totally redone.  Hopefully your MOS will remain the same, but it is possible that they will want you to reclass. \n  It definatly isn't as easy as saying Well I want to go active duty for the duration of my contract so i'm just gonna go.  For the record this is somthing I looked into while I was an E-5 in the reserves.  I finally decided against it when they told me that I was gonna loose rank and be an E-4 again, and would HAVE to reclass and go through AIT again.
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i read an article that said that men in the military would not feel comfortable, therefore would lack trust--and since they are entrusted with each other's lives, then it would be dangerous.\n\ni don't really understand that line of argument...you are given orders--then you carry them out, as i see it.\n\njust contributing
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That is just the replacement detactment at Fort Hood.  All incoming soldiers go there.  If a soldier already has orders to a specific unit they will get assigned to that unit.  However if the orders take them only to the replacement unit then they will be placed in a unit according needs, and the soldiers MOS.
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Good luck with that one.  The Air Force can be rather selective since they usually aren't hurting for recruits.  I knew someone who had a minor drug possession charge which had been wiped through an ARD Program and the only way the Air Force would take him (after spending months on the paperwork) was if he took any 'job' they gave him despite him scoring 98 percentile on his ASVAB.  He didn't want to get stuck doing something he didn't like, so he joined the National Guard instead.
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Having joined the Air Force (twice) I know first hand recruiters are not always the best source for this infomation.  I had a surgery on my face in 1990 and when I went to join the first time in 1992, my recruiter just threw up his hands when I was turned down.  Luckily, my doctor knew someone at the Surgeon General's office and I was able to get a waiver.  One thing I have learned in 12 years of military...just about EVERYTHING is waiverable.  First, find where it is written, that is not allowing your condition.  In that regulation, there should be a "waiver authority".  Most regulations are searchable on the internet.  Recruiters are good people, but most take the job to get out of a job they didn't like and/or get stationed somewhere they desire.  They are not looking out for your best interests no matter what they tell you.  I am not telling you the military is a bad choice.  The military has been very good to me, but the only person who is going to look out for you is YOU.
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The military wants one to fallow orders & the chain of command. Some times they do let them have rounds other than in a war zone.\n\nThe police want you also to think on your feet and as another person said while you carry a weapon and may want to shot John Q Public one has to practice some restrain.
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Both previous posters are right, but there is a BIG depends. Here is the scoop - earlier this year, the Army (including all the reserves and guard) COMBINED the MOS of the field medics and hospital techs into one. So everyone holding the 68W MOS can now serve at a hospital, CASH (we don't have MASH's anymore), BN Aid station or with a line unit. Those fortunate few who have previous medical training, higher education or had the knowledge and forsight to inquire before enlisting - are sent to what is called the M6 school after AIT (I would be absolutely SHOCKED if any state national guard is willing to pay to send any of their soldiers to this school - very very very doubtful), which trains 68W over an extended period of time (nearly a year) in a hospital setting to become licensed practical nurses (LPN's). Those 68W's who don't have it guaranteed in their enlistment contracts....Ruck Up!!  You're heading out to the Aid Station or the unit. \n\nNow...with all that said...if he is going to be an eye doctor (an actual board certified optometrist)...why on earth enlist? Once he is certified, the Army/Guard will take him on a direct commission as a Captain and put him right to work in a hospital/clinic taking care of troops' eyes!!! If he enlists in the Guard as a medic he has an uphill battle to get his contract invalidated so that he can transfer and apply for a commission later. Not too mention he may end up being deployed which will delay his schooling while he does his time in the sandbox. Best bet here - tell him to get his schooling done and then take his Captains bars doing what he is trained to do. The enlisting thing in this particular case doesn't seem to fit.
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All military personnel regardless of thier job, have strict rules to live by.  It's called the UCMJ, (Uniform Code of Military Justice).
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Active Soldiers don't get letters we get orders. They are called TCS orders\nTemp. Change of Station. and they are printed on normal paper\nOne BN recives the same orders with everyones name on them.
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well, if he is somewhere where alchohol is forbidden( say the litter box, for instance),then yeah, a  Court martial is definitely legal.  he's probably being made an example of, at his age, and I also assume his rank as an NCO, he should have known better than to disobey a direct order.  Now he has to pay the piper.
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You usually can't pass a medical admission test for firefighter, police officer, public safety type stuff because it's reasonable to consider that there are risks involved in the above professions and it's reasonable to reduce the risks by denying employment.\n\nBut once you're in, they usually let you get injured and come back to work after the accident/surgery, etc., along with mental illnesses that are treatable. Even alcoholic doctors and nurses can get another chance if they're not too stupid to begin with.\n\nYou could even make a case that you'd be BETTER equiped after a surgery than before hand.\n\nI couldn't become an army flightnurse after my radial keratotomy. But if I was ALREADY a flightnurse, they wouldn't have cared.\n\nThe whole basis of decision is transfer and assumption of risk. Like getting married...