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09/014- Nuke with injury- ?s about being set back
First of all, HAPPY VETERAN'S DAY TO ALL THAT HAVE SERVED, AND THOSE THAT ARE NOW SERVING!!!
I am a Navy Dad with a few questions for anyone that can help. My son Justin (09/014) is in basics at Great Lakes. He has an injury which looks like will set him back. We received a letter that he wrote on Sun Nov. 6, mailed Mon, recvd yesterday- He has a stress fracture in his right leg. He will now have 6-8 weeks physical therapy, and can not graduate with his division (I don't know why he can't participate with the rest of his PIR-???).
At this point, it looks like he will miss Christmas at home (which he was to have), go thru basics again (seems harsh-???), Nuke school will be post-poned (don't know how often they start a new class-???), and wedding date likely delayed due to scheduling.
Worst thing is we never got a phone call (we had been told earlier when we first found out about a "hurt leg" that if it was serious and he needed treatment, they would allow him a "free call home"-???). I just hope we don't have to wait another week for a letter to get to us.
If anyone else from 09/014 gets a call, pls ask if they know anything about his status (if anyone does hear anything, or if you know how this kind of situation has been handled in the past, please feel free to answer here, or send me an email me at- markhartman5@sbcglobal.net).
He says (WRONGLY) that he feels like he has let us down! Can you imagine??? Does anyone know if we can send recruits a letter by Fed-x, since no mail today, at least he might get it Monday???
I will go by and see if his recruiter knows anything more on Monday, if we still don’t hear from him over the weekend. If anyone does get a phone call from a recruit that knows Justin (tall skinny kid on crutches) please ask them to pass on a message- “We love him and he HAS NOT let us down!”
Thank You to anyone that can answer any of the above!
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Permalink Reply by Anti M on
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The Fed-ex letter would not reach him any faster. It would still enter the mail system on base.
The Navy doesn't call the parents when the recruit is injured, as the recruit is now an adult and his privacy is protected. He should get a call but knowing when will be difficult. He can sign HIPPA release to allow medical to discuss his condition with you if needed.
He can't participate with his original PIR group as he won't be in that division anymore, and will not be training alongside them. He will go to the division for recruits with medical issues, and concentrate on healing, not boot camp. When he heals, he will join a new division and pick up the training schedule from there. A lot depends on how far along he was. Do tell him to stay positive, ask the POs if there is anything he can do as far as studying goes, and if they have work he can do for them to keep busy. The medical hold division gets depressing, he has to keep his chin up. My ET2 had the same thing, leg fracture, and boot camp took him much, much longer, but it all worked out. Your sailor will heal, and it will all work out, just not the way anyone has planned! Best wishes to him and to your family during this stressful time!
I will look for the group for injured recruits, I know there is one on here.
His nuke school will be alright, they class up all the time. I am very sorry about the holidays and the wedding, but unfortunately, that's very much how the Navy goes. He'll be in nuke school still by this time next year, and will almost certainly have Christmas off then. In the meantime, you may have to celebrate Christmas on a different day. I know I did often enough.
Wedding date (mini lecture, sorry, not the first thing on your mind, but important) .... nuke school is the easiest training command at which to marry, and the long training schedule affords more planning. Most couples with shorter schools do a courthouse wedding, waiting until after school means the sailor gets orders as a single, and the Navy will not move the wife. During nuke school, marrying between A school and power school or right before prototype is common. Just do NOT let them wait until he is "all finished" with nuke school.
As for the wedding date changing, I'd say it already has. It is nearly impossible to pick a date, spend money on a venue, and invite guests, until after the recruit is a sailor and has checked into their school command and gotten their training timeline. Even then, the sailor must submit a special request chit to inform his Chain of Command he will be marrying, and he may have to go to classes or counseling. This way he gets ALL the information he needs on dependent's benfits and rights. I can't tell you how many young wives are here asking questions because their sailor thought he'd avoid this step, and are out a pocketful of Navy money because they didn't follow the rules.
Many choose the courthouse when they can, then plan the reception for later, when they know the sailor will be granted leave. It is complicated, and little of the traditional wedding planning applies. NEVER put a deposit down on anything related to a military wedding unless it is 100% refundable.
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Permalink Reply by Denise-- Seabee Mom on
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Looks like AntiM got it all covered. The only thing I can offer is there is another group that had a lot of information.
Ship 5 Moms(Formerly Ship 17)
http://www.navyformoms.com/group/ship17moms
Stress fractures are pretty common up there
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Permalink Reply by Angie on
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Ship 6 is where they go when they are hurt to heal.
Ship 5 is where they go if they can't get back to 100% and are being sent home.
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Permalink Reply by mark5 on
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Anti M, Thank you so much for all the info!!! It's very helpful to know others have been thru this too.
Denise and Angie, Thanks for the links! I've got enough to work on now to keep my mind from worrying (ALL THE TIME)!
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We got a short letter from Justin yesterday (still no phone call), sounds like he's still with 09/014 as he bragged about a perfect 5.0 score on the “zone inspection”, and his division’s 4.88 PFA (physical fitness assessment) that other 09/014‘s had mentioned. He wasn’t able to do the “live fire training” as he’s on crutches. Still says he feels like he "has let us down”...so I sent another letter assuring him that HE HAS NOT!!!
He says the x-ray (on the stress fracture in right leg) wasn’t “definitive”, so he was to go to VA Hospital on Thur 11-10 for a “nuclear bone scan”…ugh…He still thinks he won’t be able to come home for Christmas (as originally planned). Rebecca and I will go to recruiter tomorrow and see if we can find out more, if we still haven’t gotten a phone call.
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Don't be suprised if the recruter can't tell you anything...anything medically releated is under HIPPA laws and by law they can not tell you anything..he is an adult now..it isn't like when they where in high school and something happened and they told you everything.
Also letters are always days behind so you don't know what is going on right now....just keep writting him and wait
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Permalink Reply by TN Navy Mom (Stennis Nuke Mom) on
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If he is on crutches and still participating with his division, it sounds like he is LLD (limited light duty) and not yet sent to RCU (Recruit Care Unit). Once they go to RCU, they are "set back". They also make a phone call if they are officially "set back"
Mine was LLD in bootcamp until they sent him to RCU. He spent approximately 5 weeks in RCU and another 5 in THU (temporary holding unit) waiting for his order to Goose Creek. Mine didn't PIR and went on to Goose Creek from THU. His 8-9 weeks of bootcamp turned in to 4 months. BUT he was taken care of and received treatment and physical therapy until he was healed enough to resume training. He was at week 5 day 1 when sent to RCU and is now in Prototype training in Goose Creek.
Hang in there!
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