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Mil Div-being masted
Hi all I am wondering what it means to be masted. My son is in Power School right now and he was late a few times and his SLPO masted him. I have no idea what that is and what the details are of this. Does anyone else? He is having some marital problems currently so that don't help him any. I hate this because he has had his phone and internet privileges taken away and I don't know what is going on with him. If anyone has any thoughts please share them with me. He is now off of restriction but his wife has his phone with her in Texas and so there is still no way to contact him. Just a really worried mom here. Please share info if you have any. Thank you in advance
Shelley
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Permalink Reply by Cheryl-Steph's mom on
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Being masted is a discipline for doing something wrong. They can punish the sailor by taking away privileges, restriction and sometimes they will make the sailor forfeit some of their pay. In worse case scenarios some sailors can be demoted. If the sailor continues to get masted, then the Navy can either kick him out or reclassify him in another job which is not in the nuclear field. With your son being late several times, it may not be serious enough to warrant the more severe punishments. They are trying to teach the sailors to follow orders and do things by the book.
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Permalink Reply by skimbel on
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Thank you for the information Cheryl...I am sure it will be behind him from now on. He is working to make things better for himself and his career. He is as far as I know off of restriction and his wife is no longer with him in South Carolina so hopefully things will get better.
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My understanding of a Captain's Mast is disciplianry(sp?) action. It isn't a court martial but it can be serious. I think they take peiviledges away, which is what it sounds like with your son. They won't kick him out my they will make his life miserable. They don't care what personal problems he has, he has to leave them at home. It's rough. It might help if he contacts the chaplain and talks about some of the stuff he is going through. Good luck to you both.
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Thanks Surfermom I appreciate the info he is off of restriction now and I so understand he has an obligation to the navy and it will be that way for the next 5 years give or take a month or two. He is doing well other than being late a few times. His wife is no longer with him in SC so I am hoping it stays that way for his career's sake. Thanks again for the info.
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it has been many years since i was there but in school they really like to make examples of people. since he is in power school he should be an E4, it is possible that they reduced him in rate to back to E3 which means he is now taking a pay cut. If they were nice to him then taking away privileges and putting him on restriction may be the most they did. He is now in the scope though, if he gets in trouble again I am sure he can pretty much expect to be kicked out of the nuke program.
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Permalink Reply by Karen on
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Oh Shelley, I'm so sorry you are experiencing this. My son is in Power School also. Since he started, I have talked to him about a number of sailors that were masted. The degree of punishment can vary. Sometimes they are kicked out of the program, and sometimes they have privileges taken away for a short time. I hope your sailor is one that lost privileges for a short time. My heart goes out to you. Hang in there. He is a young man wanting to show he can take care of himself on his own. I'll keep you in my prayers. Karen
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