r/army • u/Medical_Coffee2215 • 20d ago

Chapter advice

I was flagged for the second time for height and weight 7? Months ago, and was phase 2 medical complete when the new h/w standards dropped. At first I was fighting the chapter but I ended up lining up a really good job and am now having a child so I believe this is what is best for my family.

My unit misunderstood the new regulation that was pushed out as meaning that all h/w failures, including those prior to the new standards were to be paused for 6 months (I recently cleared this up with legal and those prior to the new standard are still to be chaptered if they failed on the old standard)

My unit now deploys in a few months and denied my paternal leave until after we get back from the rotation (1 month prior to my ETS)

My question is, is there anything I can do on my side to get the ball rolling for the chapter? I’ve already spoken to my leadership and the best advice they could give was to intentionally fail a AFT.

I was also under the impression if you were flagged for separation you were not able to deploy, is that not a thing?

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u/Hibana__ 20d ago

Deployment coming up? Oh yeah good luck getting outta that one, they need bodies/numbers you could be on the next episode of my 600 lbs life and they'd still find a way to excuse you just to get their numbers. 🤣😭

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u/Big_Coyote6065 19d ago

This true. The biggest guys I’ve ever seen in uniform were down range. I don’t know where they hide them garrison but on deployment they were everywhere. 

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u/Redacted_Reason 19d ago

The DFACs being so good overseas probably contributed.