i need compassionate reassignment from the army, what must i do?

Question

my son is ill, seeing an internal medicine specialist for about a year, my wife and i are in counselling sessions because of the toll of the illness. what must i do to make this happen for us. we need about a year to get back on track, hopefully.....

Answer 1

I'm having a difficult time figuring out your question as it seems some words or sentences or maybe some part of an explanation is missing. Like, are "you" the person in the army? How long have you been there? Have you been to Iraq? Remember that you are property of the army and as they say in basic training, "if they wanted you to have a wife they would have issued you one". So you will more than likely go and do what the army wants you to do. You didn't say what's wrong with your son. And, if you have a wife then your wife should be taking care of your son. Frankly I don't think you have a leg to stand on (so to speak) on your reassignment, however if you are in the army then you know you can talk with your commanding officer and request a transfer but only if you have all the data on your son (detailed records on how ill your son is and if death is imminent, proof that your wife is too ill to take care of your ill son, etc.). You mentioned your son "seeing" a doctor but "seeing" is different from being hospitalized, and so we can't make a determination for you.

Answer 2

Talk to the chaplain, they are usually the ones who help people work through the system. It could be that family therapy would make a bigger difference. I'm not sure what you think you can do. A brief leave to be with the family, but otherwise, counseling would do more. For the most part, the military does not care if your family is messed up. And a 13 year old with anger issues, locking herself in her room, and not doing homework is relatively normal.

Answer 3

See your Chaplin and get him into the loop, he will advise you of what exactly will be required for a compassionate reassignment. On the home front have the medical professionals involved with your son's condition put together documents to be submitted to the Army via the Red Cross. It has to come via the Red Cross in order to be validated. Best wishes...

Answer 4

get verifying documents together from the doctors, then submit a request to your chain of command.

Keep in mind that Compassionate reassignment does NOT get you out of deployments, it only allows you to PCS to an area where better care can be had for your child. your military duties will still be required of you.

Answer 5

Yes here is some info:
http://usmilitary.about.com/od/armyassign/a/humanitarian.htm

And in certain circumstances and depending on the problem it can keep you from a deployment.

Talk to your chaplin or/and Red Cross. And also keep your chain of command notified on what is going on and what is happening.

But sorry to say that marriage problems don't really consititute a reason for compassionate assignment.

http://www.army.mil/usapa/epubs/pdf/r600_8_11.pdf
http://search.yahoo.com/search?ei=utf-8&fr=ieas-tb&p=Army+compassionate+reassignment

Each post is different but needs to be handled by your chain of command.

Good luck

Answer 6

Have we become so incompetent that questions like this are asked on Yahoo Answers instead of to the people who can answer them....say, a First Sergeant or commander????

Answer 7

Speak to your Chaplain and the Red Cross to verify your situation!

Answer 8

submit request via chain of command, get documents from doctors, counselors etc. Maybe ask red cross for help, they used to be really good for this stuff.

Answer 9

chaplain, and the right paperwork, he may be able to expedite things, the chain of command can be a very slow and frustrating process!!

i am a surviver of end stage liver cancer, god bless and good luck!!!

Answer 10

"who cares" is right on track. Also get your congressman involved. Nothing makes the military move faster than when it is a matter of congressional inquiry.....