Postby Allen » Fri Jul 18, 2014 9:52 pm
When my son joined 3.5 years and 6 years were standard. I had always understood that my Dad had joined for 3 back in the 50's but my uncle told me recently he had thought it was the same as my son, about 3.5 years. When I looked at the Navy back in the 80's I think their's was 4 years. I dunno.
He has a Sergeant that was due to get out, had a school and part time job lined up but the Army refused to release him at the end of his enlistment since he was injured. He fractured his pelvis while in Afghanistan and didn't know it. It healed incorrectly, go figure, and they have to do surgery and rehab to correct it. Once he is finally released he will be on 90% disability. However much for his pelvic injury qualifies for plus his hearing loss and bad knees (standard among infantry) plus some sort of automatic disability he will be getting from his first deployment. Military disability is different than civilian, you can collect it and still work without penalty.
I imagine it's the same with Bergdahl. Even if they aren't forcing him to stay in, which I can almost guarantee they are since I assume he is under investigation and treatment, it would be to his advantage to stay in while they are treating him, from a financial stand point.
