Friday, July 22, 2011

What is your take on this situation?

So I arrived to basic training back in August and everything was a typical basic experience up until mid September when I started to have pain in my right leg. I went to sick call and got on a profile that ended on an APFT day. My leg was in pain so I needed it to get re evaled but a drill sergeant denied me sick call and made me run 2 miles on a bad leg. The next day I was seen for my leg and after 4 weeks of appointments(bone scans and xrays) and still training. I was diagnosed with a stress fracture on mid femur. waited till the 10th week still training and got 30 day con leave for the month of November. Had fun at home and came back eager to get the rest of training over with. Got back during the cycle break and went for another reeval to get an RTD, X-rays revealed possible fractures on the hip and femoral neck (did not happen while I was on leave). I was put on crutches and went back to my unit to wait for another bone scan. In the meantime of waiting, our company had to move from one building to another.This meant me and about 2 to 4 other privates( they left at different times) had to lift heavy desks, couches etc. for about 12 hours during the week. I was allowed at the time to go out on weekends but not much to do here. When the bone scan results came in, it said no problems even though I knew there was something still wrong. They told me to wait till Christmas Exodus was done since everything was closing done cause it was a week away. So exodus came and I went home again on Dec 17 till Jan 4. Came back dreading the fact that I would be stuck in a feeling of limbo. I started to refuse medical treatment by never going back to sick call. All at the same time I was still working for my company. Things got even worse when we got back. We still had to move heavy objects with all our injuries ( the other 2 guys had injuries as well) and we also had to paint the barracks. The usual workday was from 8am to about 10 pm for 5 to 7 days a week. Things started to hit the fan and it just got really bad, I had to pay nearly $50 for paint, somebody paid $100 and the other nearly $200. They stared taking privileges like our phones away and we weren't allowed mail cause they didn't have an address. It got to a point where somebody who I have no clue who it was called IG and the company caught some flak. All our superiors were trying to track down who did it like it was some sort of crime. Some of my drill sergeants easily described it as "slave labor" and another said that we was seriously "disgusted at the way we got treated". When things finally seemed to get better cause it seemed like the slave labor came to an end, the staff duty came. That is where we just sit there for 24 hour shifts doing nothing but waiting for a phone that never rang. We did 24 hour shifts every other day for about a week and then once every 4 days for about 3 weeks. One time, I got screwed over and had to do a 48 hour shift. All this time I was developing some sort of emotional distress type thing and kept it in for about a month. It got to the point where after that 48 hour shift I felt like my head was about to explode and I would have lost it, so I seeked mental help and got scheduled for a discharge. i was scheduled for a chapter 11 and waited about 8 weeks for the papers to finally stop getting dicked around and was about to go home. 5 days before I was scheduled to leave. I got told I wasn't eligible for CH 11 cause it only works for people with 180 days or less of service. Mine was signed 183 days of service. I was ordered back to my company and get a new chapter. It's been over a month and I've still been waiting for my paperwork to get signed. Just wanted opinions on this situation.

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