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Likelyhood of Being Sent home during BC
I'm still waiting on my fiance to get sent to BC. I'm already starting to make myself nervous reading all these posts. Especially when I read the ones about Sailors being sent home and told they can't become a Navy Sailor during that first week. I think that is my worst fear at this point, that the thing he's been so looking forward to, the thing we have started planning our lives around, could possibly not happen. We've talked about how the chances of it happening are slim because he passed MEPS down here just fine.
What is the likely hood of this happening?
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Permalink Reply by nightingale cvn72 on
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My husband was worried about the same thing. Don't worry its normal. But its very unlikely of it happening. He passed MEPS so they shouldn't kick him out. When I talked about it with my hubby he said after you go rtc the only way you are sent home is if you choose to be. Not that I'm an expert, but thats what I've been told. Try not to worry too much, I'm sure he will be just fine :)
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Permalink Reply by sailorwifenmom on
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There are a few things that can cause them to be sent home - most of them are in the control of the Sailor him/herself.
1) Like the other ladies said - he lied about something major on his application - which you (or at least he) would know about, and if he didn't, then there's no worries there.
2) He chooses to. You can get sent home for "failure to adjust". This can happen for awhile after boot camp, too - it's not common, and it has to be pretty bad, but it can happen, and honestly, this is also something that is in the control of the Sailor. My husband had a Sailor sent home from here for failure to adjust. The Sailor had a lot of psychological issues (made up a dead pregnant fiancee, lied about his mother being in the hospital, tried to kill himself, alcohol issues, and refusal to cooperate with treatment for these things, among other things). While it's debatable what of his actions he could or couldn't control, again, it's not behavior that is going to "blindside" you and your Sailor.
3) This is the one that is beyond his control - but this is the one that you should be glad for, because it could literally save his life - and that is if they find some sort of previously unknown health problem. You wouldn't want him going through that - or through life in general, with some sort of major health issue that he didn't know about (and because it was unknown, it went untreated).
But like I said, the first couple of things are things that are in your / your Sailor's control, so you don't have to really worry about them, and while the last one is beyond your control, it's really very rare that they find something medically wrong with them after they pass all the screenings and stuff at MEPS, so you really don't need to worry about it :-)
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Permalink Reply by Tiffany51908 on
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The chances of that happening are SO incredibly slim. If meps went well then he wont have any issues. I do know a couple of guys who got kicked out prior to bc but that was because of something that is on theyre record. If he makes it to bootcamp then all he has to do is follow orders. One of the guys in my sailors division got kicked out but it was because he threw a fit and broke a door....childish. As long as your husband does the right thing he will be fine. And yes they will test you so like snmouse said, don't let them fool you
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Permalink Reply by Anti M on
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The percentage is actually very small, we just hear about it more than the thousands who make it through successfully. A couple other things can get them sent home, failure to pass written tests, failure to pass the fitness tests. However, if he did fine through DEP, those should not be much of a concern.
Heck, I passed boot camp on time, and I failed the run at first. It really isn't that hard. At least, I didn't think so. Basically you shut up, pay attention, and do exactly as you are told. Easy as that.
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Permalink Reply by meagan5220 on
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I knew a guy thay got sent home bc they found something wrong with his elbow. Idk what it was for sure but it was something abt the way it moved when he did push ups so they ran further test and found out it was messed up so he got sent home for medical reasons. its really rare that they get sent home for that in what I have seen. It happens but I think with some medical things I have heard that if t he y can they work with it or fix it. Idk if thats true or not just what I have heard. I would say help him focus on how easy it will be (i know isnt rainbows and sunshine) but he needs support to get through the anxiety my husband realllllly didnt wanna go the last few weeks before he left. Mostly bc we were planning a wedding...and our life just made him anxious to leave.
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My friend broke his leg in boot camp, some other guy marched over him. Two divisions crashing into each other. He was in boot camp, on the medical hold ship (different from the separating ship), for over four months. He's a first class petty officer now, so he didn't let it get him down.
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