is there any way to get out the army?

Question

my boyfriend is in bootcamp and he doesnt want to be there anymore. is it true that you have the option to leave when you in training? They found turburcolosis (a lung diseases) in him. can they take him out because of this?

Answer 1

First let me say up front, I am a former US Army officer so my response to you inquiry may be a little bias! Your boyfriend made a considered decision to join the service and has a copy of his signed contract to remind him of that. I have heard that under the right conditions and tons of paperwork some people have been released from service after they completed basic training. Although with the current forces demand and stop-loss order in effect I don't see that his chances are very good.
A couple of things your boyfriend might want to think about. #1...NO ONE likes bootcamp...heck, I sure didn't but it does eventually end. Just not liking bootcamp is a pretty lame reason for wanting to quit; and that is what it would be, quitting. #2...if he is released he will not receive an honorable discharge as one of the respondent's to your question suggested; he wouldn't have earned that privilege. While there is nothing wrong with a General Discharge he will be given he might want to remember one thing regarding his future employment. Practically any job worth having will ask if you have military service and the type of discharged the applicant received. In my experience, most employers will move on to the next application as soon as they see General Discharge. Why....a lot of reasons and he will never know that was the reason he was passed by. Besides, there are probably enough people applying for the same position who have an Honorable Discharge listed. Is it fair? No, but I have been in the business world for 25 years and have hired over 200 people and I never once even considered hiring a person with a General Discharge. You might tell him that his decision to get out will follow him in regard to obtaining a job.

Also, if he has TB I find it incredulous that it wasn't discovered during his medical evaluation. The military is very big on keeping people with communicable diseases out of the service.
Good luck to your boyfriend. I really hope things work out for him.

Answer 2

If he wants out because he thinks he made a big msitake in joining, then all I can say is, too bad for him, but he should try to stick it out. However, declaring himself gay would probably do get him out. So many have tried that though, he may need to tongue kiss his drill instructor to convince them he's swish.

When you say they found TB in him, he had an obvious reaction to the TB tine skin test they give you in Basic. I'm willing to bet it is the "Inactive" kind, treatable by taking medication everyday for one year.

But take some hope: There ARE other ways of getting out of the military before your hitch is up.
1. Win a huge lottery. The Army has no use for millionaire privates.
2. Get cancer, preferably a brain tumor, or some other hard to cure disease. AIDS, cancer, leukemia, Cirrohsis of the liver, emphysema (sp), have a stroke, or oddly, high blood pressure which cannot be lowered would probably get you out.
3. For women, getting pregnant is a sure ticket out of service, but not an option for your BF.
4. Declare your intentions to renounce your US citizenship and plans to go live in N. Korea, "with the right-thinking folks". In other words, be a Concientious Objector, unwilling to fire a weapon at another human being for any reason whatsoever. But of course, they may ask him why he joined in the first place, but HEY... your Boyfriend's a coward, why should he care if he gets a Dishonorable Discharge and spends the rest of his life working at McDonalds and knowing he never had the stuff that makes great soldiers?

Answer 3

I'm not sure if this will work or not, but I was in the Army 7 years ago, and I flipped off a drill sergeant, and then on one of the last days of basic I got into a fight with my "battle buddy" and got my happy tail kicked out. However the Army is needing all it can get right now to go to Iraq, so I doubt that will work. Also one gentleman that I was in with literally started acting "mental" and nobody could tell whether he was faking or not and he got kicked out as well, but for the most part everybody that got kicked out the same time I did, was kicked out for being gay. Good Luck

Answer 4

If he want to ruin his own life forever, then tell the drill Sergeant he can't take it anymore, then he can stop the training, and get out the army after the Basic training is over

Answer 5

I went to my chaplin and explained that I didn't think the military was the correct decision for me. (the TI has to let him see the chaplin if he asks, it's a rule). But he has to be persistent! Tell the chaplin it is really important that you get out... He will make an appointment for him to talk to a few people and take a couple tests... they should transfer him to a discharging squadron then it will take 1-2 weeks for him to be sent home... after alot of paperwork! Tell him to make sure and tell the chaplin and everyone he talks to after that how unhappy he is and the army is not the place for him! VERY IMPORTANT!

Or if you tell people you are gay - but I don't recommend that!

Answer 6

The TB thing is most likely a positive TB skin test, not an active lung disease. That is why no one is making a big deal out of it.

I think he should try to stick it out. If he can't, he should talk to the Chaplain.

Answer 7

He should look into the lung thing. A medical discharge would be most honest since there really is something wrong with him.He should do it the honest way though and be a real man about it.

Answer 8

First of all if you care about your bf and want to help him, don't encourage any plans about trying to get out. instead encourage him to be a man. if he doesn't do this now trust me he'll regret it. boot camp is intentionally designed to put stress on you. i can assure you he is not the only one in his unit who feels like he wants to quit right now. i don't know his age, but sometimes in younger recruits it's a bit of homesickness too. it's grow up time. can you read your first sentence and see how inappropriate it sounds? here you have someone obviously of sufficient age and of sound enough mind to enlist in the army...and here we are in a war...and you write..."my boyfriend is in bootcamp and he doesn't want to be there anymore." excuse me..that almost sounds like "mrs. jones can you please come pick up little johnny, i'm afraid he just doesn't like our daycare and he want's to go home". not trying to be mean here..just trying to make a point. sometimes we don't make the best decisions, but often we have to make the best of the decisions we've made. don't you let him quit because THAT will be the worst decision he's ever made. good luck to you both.

Answer 9

Yes, they can take him out because of that.
Also if he can prove a hardship with his family due to his being in the service.
He can fake epileptic seizures while standing in formation.
He can pee on his bedroom floor every night and say he doesn't remember. (sleep walking)
He can put a penny under his tongue at night and barf his guts out every morning.
He can miserably fail basic training.
Let your imagination go.
But why did he join in the first place? He certainly wasn't drafted.

Answer 10

My husband was in the Army, and the only thing he said anybody ever got out of boot camp for was attempting suicide. I don't recommend that. He better just suck it up and deal with it. He must have signed those papers for some reason, he better start trying to remember why.