If you’ve done 23 years our time overlapped for 5-8 years(I don’t ever give the actual years to avoid doxxing)
Besides medical, the only way I saw lower enlisted able to get out with honorable discharges were being overweight and being forced on a diet, doing extra PT and they’d sneak food to keep the weight on. Risky if they catch you or suspect you’re doing it on purpose.
Failing a PT test and then doing extra PT until your next test and failing it again. Risk factor is the same as above.
The other one was becoming a problem child and getting in trouble all the time, that one was iffy, if they liked you and it was just a bunch of small stuff that finally added up, you could walk away with an honorable otherwise it was a general. Risk factor same as above.
Going AWOL for 21-28 days without a deployment pending/missing deployment. That was an article 15 and then an honorable discharge.
I wanted out a few times but could never do anything like that. It just felt wrong, I signed the contract/s and couldn’t lower myself to look like a failure. Anything I do if I’m not the best I practice until I am or close to it.
I couldn't do any of those other things either, but the thought crossed my mind once or twice over the years. I spent 16 years enlisted before crossing over to the dark side for better retirement pay. The trade-off was 10 years commissioned service. But this vaxx is a hard line no for me.
At least when I was there officers could tender their resignation whenever they choose to. Has that changed or did you sign a contract stating you’d stay commissioned for 10 years after OCS?
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