WH1_T-Type
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- Joined
- Jun 1, 2009
So as some of you know I'm in the USN. I'm an ET1 (E6/Petty Officer First Class) on submarines. I've been in 11 years. I've got a wife and two kids and I've been in the military my entire life. My dad did a 31 year career in the USAF and after I moved out I joined the Navy at 20...I'm 31 now.
Why is this important?
In 2009 I was diagnosed with asthma while on shore duty in Norfolk VA. I was told at that time that it was NOT an issue with me being on submarines.
In June I transferred to Bangor WA to complete a year long training period (I'm in a technical job) and in October I received orders to report to the USS Ohio (blue crew) in March 2013. Part of the requirement to transfer to the submarine was to finish what is called a submarine physical...which is a standard physical plus a complete medical review to make sure it was safe to send you onto a sub that has zero access to a doctor.
End result of mine was that I was disqualified to be on submarines due to the asthma.
Being on subs pays me an extra $400 a month (due to rank and years I've been in). So that is gone. The surface fleet is ACTIVELY kicking people OUT of the Navy due to trying to fit the slimmer and slimmer budget we have been getting from Congress. So now I have to deal with that.
I'm hoping to be able to cross rate to a job called Navy Career Counselor because they are critically manned (they don't have enough people) so there is a LOT less of a chance that I would get booted due to overmanning from that rate.
However, they might not even take me due to the disqual in the first place.
So basically I might be screwed. Crap.
Why is this important?
In 2009 I was diagnosed with asthma while on shore duty in Norfolk VA. I was told at that time that it was NOT an issue with me being on submarines.
In June I transferred to Bangor WA to complete a year long training period (I'm in a technical job) and in October I received orders to report to the USS Ohio (blue crew) in March 2013. Part of the requirement to transfer to the submarine was to finish what is called a submarine physical...which is a standard physical plus a complete medical review to make sure it was safe to send you onto a sub that has zero access to a doctor.
End result of mine was that I was disqualified to be on submarines due to the asthma.
Being on subs pays me an extra $400 a month (due to rank and years I've been in). So that is gone. The surface fleet is ACTIVELY kicking people OUT of the Navy due to trying to fit the slimmer and slimmer budget we have been getting from Congress. So now I have to deal with that.
I'm hoping to be able to cross rate to a job called Navy Career Counselor because they are critically manned (they don't have enough people) so there is a LOT less of a chance that I would get booted due to overmanning from that rate.
However, they might not even take me due to the disqual in the first place.
So basically I might be screwed. Crap.