Recent content by daveesl77

You people are simply amazing! My counterpart on the other Army board told me that this board was a life-saver for his son, who after 4 IED hits was medically discharged (100%). He was a medic with an EOD unit and you kind people helped them make the correct decisions throughout the entire...

Margaret, I agree completely. This is an area I'm having to do the "Yeah, I know what you want now, but in 30 years do you want to be like me - constant pain?" He has an MOS that can provide him with amazing opportunities in the civilian or govt world, same as my daughter. He is like we all...

I asked this on a different thread, but perhaps I should have done it here. New to the site so please forgive the double. Quick overview, son-in-law is stationed in Korea (RA), has been for 18 months. PCS is end of this year. Daughter, also RA and also in Korea, PCS at same time, going to...

Thank you for that answer Loco Moco. I guess he needs to wait until the remaining 30 days of his "observation/physical therapy" time is over, or should he try to put in for a transfer now or does he need to wait until after this period is over and he finds out if they are going to try to do an...

As a secondary thread to my original post, I've been reading some conflicting info that I hope can be addressed and answered. As I put in my original post my son-in-law, OCONUS Korea, suffered a back injury resulting in at least 3 ruptured/herniated discs. He was told that if the MEB process...

Hello again and thank you for the responses. I spoke with my daughter at length today, she is also stationed in Korea but at a different post. This conversation helped to clear things up a bit for me and hopefully will assist in the guidance from this board. After his injury he was...

I'm new to the board and first want to thank you for having this. I'm writing on behalf of my son in law. He is stationed in Korea, initially enlisted for a period of 6 years with the goal of a minimum of 10 years. During a recent training exercise the command tent he was working in...