Screwing Private Ryan « Robot Pirate Ninja
simply have to wonder about this. It really sounds like someone dropped the ball. If he was a legal member of the armed forces for more than 180 days he should, according to the UCMJ be entitled to any and all benefits. Unless he was subjected to a less than honorable discharge for something that he was personally responsible for.
Also, if he was being discharged because he was now a sole survivor he could have applied for a waiver. I needed a waiver because I was a sole surviving son of a veteran killed in action. It just was not that difficult to get.
I think that there probably is more to this than what is being released.
Conservative Libertarian Outpost 
April 16, 2008 at 14:29
Seems the beef is that he was separated. When you separate unless you’re disabled or retired benefits are not in the equation.He was in a situation (pregnant wife) that needed benefits that outlasted any of the transitional benefits that came w/ separation. Waivers keep you in and can be reviewed. If this was an issue of staying in he could’ve gotten a compassionate reassignment. The Army is granting those in more and more cases. Anyway in the books it’s a little weak other than it’s an honorable separation….AR635-200-5.4
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April 17, 2008 at 10:29
I have to agree with In2the fray. He should have explored the various options that were available to him. I think that almost certainly the career counselor for his unit wouldn’t have told him about those before separation.
Especially what with so many deaths in one immediate family.
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