So Im broken, messed up spine, hips, neck, arm and nerves. Most days i can barely stand more than 5-10 min at a time without being in crazy pain. My legs give out, it makes me sick to my stomach. I ETSed in june and ive had 3 different jobs, I just phsycially cant do them. Im 100% VA so im not going to be homeless but I really need a job for my mental health and financial secuirty. Where am i supposed to find these magical jobs that ive been told so much about. "Just get an office job" like yeah thatd be nice but where are they. This post is just me being frustrated and a little cry for help. Yall have always set me on the right path in the past.

Hello, I’ve only been in about a year but got diagnosed with bipolar, I know my time in the army is coming to an end. I haven’t reported it to my leadership yet because my Chaplin told me to wait until my next PHA to bring it up.

For context I tried to take my own life during my AT, I begged not to go to the hospital and ended up being fine rest of my AT. Only after that I got diagnosed and I am stable now.

Am I able to receive any disability for it in the reserves? I can’t afford my meds without tricare.

And do I need to pay back my bonus, I’ve hit over a year in.

Thanks for any help👍

11X - Infantry recruit
12B - Combat engineer
12C - Bridge crewmember
12K - Plumber
12M - Firefighter
12W - Carpentry & Mansonry specialist
19C - Bradley Crewmember
19D - Cavalry Scout
19K - M1 Armor Crewmember
19U - Armor Recruit
68E - Dental Specialist
68G - Patient Administration specialist
68J - Medical Logistics specialist
92A - Automated Logistical Specialist
92F - Petroleum Supply Specialist
92G - Culinary Specialist
92R - Parachute Rigger
92S - Shower & Laundry Specialist
92W - Water treatment Specialist
92Y - Unit supply Specialist

The ones i really like are 92Y, 92A, 68J, 68G, 68E

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I think I fucked up. Been in almost ten years Active, 35 series, TS/SCI, background checks, single scope poly, worked NSA sites, done background and fingerprints for youth services, all good.

Except when I was enlisting I told my recruiter about an expunged shoplifting misdemeanor from at the time 8 years ago. He did a FBI check on me, and said because they didn’t find anything, it was totally gone and not to worry about it. He pointed to the part of the SF-86 where it mentions disclosing things that happened in the past 7 years, so even if it wasn’t gone, I didn’t have to disclose it.

Fast forward to today, and I don’t know but I’m looking at my SF-86, I notice the section right below that where it mentions disclosing if you’ve EVER been charged or summoned. I had marked “No”. Now I’m freaking out worrying if I have totally fucked over my career and what this means. Brutal honesty please

I just want a Coke Zero.

I’m really looking for any general advice my wife and I are 22 I’m currently at fort Lee for ait (91C). I just got my first duty station its Fort Riley (I’ve already heard how awful it is) my wife and I plan on living off base so I can pocket some bah and to have a little more freedom. If anyone has any advice at all it would be greatly appreciated my drill SSG here aren’t a big help with this kind of stuff

Hey everyone, does anyone know how long in-processing usually takes at Fort Bragg once you arrive? I’ll be reporting there soon for my first duty station.

Also, has anyone had experience requesting a few extra days (around 5) in addition to the 10 days normally authorized for moving? How difficult is it to get those extra days approved?
Thanks!

First time posting, but need to vent. Short story long, I have dodged taking a PT test for 15 months because I'm a shitbag that fucked up his knee on a training exercise, among other injuries sustained by being in.

My command told me today they need a record PT test for my NCOER. I'm off profile, because ETS'ing, and cannot schedule with my clinic in time to secure another. I explained that I'm worried about further injuring myself right before getting out, and was basically told "You're not on profile, you can take it."

Am I wrong for feeling a certain way towards that statement? What the fuck, man? I should be worrying about getting my HHG/POV shipped, out-processing, etc. It's this kind of goofy shit that's making the choice to ETS much easier.

I'll have a Dave's combo, hold the pickles.

Edit: A lot of solid advice, thanks guys and gals. I was over thinking it fr. I appreciate y'all.

I have a soldier who is being charged a substantial ammount for some company property he signed for. The entirety of his plt leadership understood at the time he signed for said property about 1/4 of it was missing. They told this soldier he needed to sign he refused, they pushed back and told him no one is going home until he signs. They go back and forth until the pl swears hes not going to fuck him on this. The soldier signs (dumb we’re tracking) and now the company is presenting him with a statement of charges for said property. He only signed for it one time about a year ago, is ther anything that can be done to weasel out of it.

I was told last minute I was going to be grading for ESB at fort belvoir and would like to get a new fresh uniform ready for it. Does anyone know of places off base that could sew on my name tape, badges and what not fast for an extra fee? Not sure if this can be done but it would be nice to have it ready by the first day. Thank you for your time

Soo today I walk into a recruitment office. They tell me because I am already national certified in my job and scored 80% of the practice asvab that I could skip ranks and be an E4 out of boot camp. Sounds to good to be true. What do you think?

Does anyone know where can I find the bronze badge on the left rather than less detailed one on the right? Thanks in advance.

I'll have a krabby pizza with a diet kelp shake.

Hi. Recently my partner (married for less than a year) told me he has basically no money. Here’s the story he said.

He claims that the Army sent him a debt letter saying they over paid him and that he had to pay it back. He claims he set up a payment plan that has essentially docked his pay for maybe a couple hundred dollars a month. Not only this but he has not been being paid BAH for housing, which he claims to not know why. It has been about 6 months since he says this started, and he has not told me until now.

I need some clarification from anyone who can help me. Is there anyone who has been in a similar situation that can shed light onto this? Like is it possible his pay was docked for something else, as the loss of the BAH is also concerning and odd. Not to mention he also recently got moved to a new platoon where he went from doing PT once a week to doing it every single morning like he did back when he was new to the Army.

He is being very sketchy about it and this all seems very concerning and I am worried he has done something to possibly lose his rank which has caused the pay drop as well as the lying about it all. I just want to know if it could possibly be real that what he is saying is true and if not what could’ve happened to cause this? It’s extremely scary for me and any insight will help. Thank you!

Hey I’m projected to go to 7th SFG in englin AFB as a 92G. Does anyone have any information on how it is being a cook over there, or leaving there in general? What’s it like for single soldiers barracks wise?

I'm a weekend warrior and was told about the Armed Forces Wellness Center to get a body composition assessment and a metabolic assessment. I don't NEED it but I was told about it due to the new Waist to Height standards and I've been getting back into the gym to work on my physical fitness.

I have been told both times I've called that reservists are unable to do this unless they're on orders or are a dependant of an active military member and they won't schedule me because my orders expire soon.

Anyone else dealt with this?

Retired 420A. I'm going to save one of you degenerates a couple decades of grief, so pay attention.

BLUF: One in five of you has high Lp(a). Get your Lp(a) tested and demand better LDL management.

I did everything right. Mostly vegetarian. Ran 15 miles a week. Never smoked, drank light, took my PT indoors when the AQI was garbage. Not a loud PT stud, just diligent. Every box, checked. My body is a temple.

My coronary calcium score just came back. My arteries are 72 years old. I'm 43.

Turns out you can eat like a rabbit and run like you're escaping the CSM's basement and still lose to your own genetics. But here's the part that should have you raising your White Monster in recognition of the system: it isn't really a genetics story, it's a malpractice story.

The first failure of common sense occurred when I was a private in Bavaria getting my pre-deployment physical. My LDL number came back high. Now, at the time I was a vegetarian hitting the gym twice a day. So a high cholesterol flag on me should've made someone go "huh, that's weird, let's look closer." High cholesterol with a maxed-out lifestyle isn't a discipline problem, no amount of shaving would move that number further. Which means it's genetic, and any provider doing the arithmetic would've caught it. Instead, the doc glances at it and tells me to eat more vegetables and exercise more. To the vegetarian…doing two-a-day. I literally looked at him and said "where exactly do you think I'm going to fit in more? Specifically?" (I was obviously destined for dots, lol.) Doesn't ask about family history. Doesn't flag it for follow-up. Just "eat better, drink water," and back to the deployment line I go. Promote that man ahead of peers.

And before you think that was a one-time TMC dud, it happened again and again. Year after year. In my early 30's, Kabul burn pits handed me an endocrine disorder that is known to drive arterial plaque. This time, I think, I'm finally going to get somewhere with my doctors. But no. Same story. Same "diet and exercise" prescription, to the annoyingly over educated, health-maxing Chief who now had a named condition raising her risk.

I read the medical journals, came armed, pushed for the right treatment. I even brought my husband to several of those appointments hoping that a man’s voice might be heard where mine simply wasn’t. That's where I was at. And it still didn't matter, I got the “lifestyle modification” prescription every time. Being informed and engaged wasn't enough.

So what were they all looking at instead of me? A tool called the 10-year cardiovascular risk calculator. You plug in a patient's numbers and it spits out their odds of a heart attack in the next ten years. Plug in a 25-year-old and the window runs to 35. Almost nobody has a heart attack by 35. Even you tornado-inhaling, pack-a-day, energy-drink-for-blood gamers are gonna clear that bar. So the risk comes back low for everybody, which means it's not telling you a damn thing about you. It's just telling you you're young. Meanwhile your arteries are stacking plaque like sandbags.

That calculator is worthless for anyone under 65. It's answering the wrong question. "Will you have a heart attack in the next ten years?" No, genius, I'm 25. Meanwhile my arteries were speedrunning to retirement age the whole time. It was only measuring whether I'd die soon enough to be the Army's problem.

Would you trust a dermatologist who said "don't worry about sunscreen private, your 10 year risk of melanoma is low"? No, you'd find yourself an actual doctor because that's DUMB (even if you are lazy about your sun protection, you at least know the risk you're taking). Same math for cholesterol. Damage is cumulative. Early is everything. They let my treatable number run for two decades because a calculator couldn't see past Friday's safety brief formation.

The recent update that can save YOU: it took until this year, 2026, for the American Heart Association to finally recommend testing Lp(a). A cheap, one-time blood test for one of the most common inherited heart risks, and the guideline geniuses got around to it in 2026. That inherited gremlin was jacking my LDL higher and laying down plaque in my arteries the whole time.

ONE IN FIVE OF YOU HAS IT. Look left, look right. If it isn't them, it's you, hidden behind a clean lifestyle and a good AFT. No amount of garlic supplements or gymbro tiktoks will save you. Hell, even statins can’t fix a high Lp(a). But what they can do is aggressively lower your LDL so you can keep your heart safe while they finish up testing the new drugs to target the Lp(a).

Here's the part where Chief explains how to beat the system:

Get the Lp(a) test, especially if you're scared. That's the workaround. This thing is stupidly manageable once you look at it. High number but young and clean: you stop it before the damage starts. Already built up like me: there's treatment that drives your LDL down and halts the progression, plus new drugs coming that target the genetic part directly. Stuff our grandparents' generation died without ever knowing they needed.

The only version of this that kills you is the one you never look at. I found out at 43, and I'm going to be fine, because now I'm armed. Find out at 25 and you’ll get to laugh at my ghost from your treadmill at 70.

The mission: ask for an Lp(a) test. Once in your life; it's genetic. If a provider tries to low-risk you off the 10-year calculator, push back. Family history counts. Maybe cite the r/Army Chief whose heart qualifies for its own shadowbox.

Get your number. Don't be me at 43, finding out my ticker's been drawing a pension this whole time.

I’ll take a Grilled chicken salad, no dressing. And an unsweet iced tea...gotta get those tannins.

Ive had a series of unfortunate events and injuries and ended up Renoing my contract until later in the year. The time as come and im still working out some family issues, so i wanted to attempt to push it out longer.

The recruiting station commander said that if i medically discharge i wont be able to re-enlist ever again pretty much because i DEP’d twice already, is this true?

Active duty E4, 6 years. Goal from the start has been to stay in and do 20.
A few months ago I self-referred to BH for anger and agitation so I could get help and keep serving. This was my first time going to BH in almost 2 years. I was in BH and SUDCC before, but that was close to 2 years ago.
About a month later my commander counseled me and said I had 30 days to show progress or they would consider separating me. I started weekly off-post therapy and I feel a lot better.
Now they’re saying higher ups want to chapter me anyway because of the BH visits. I haven’t gotten official written notification yet. Sounds like a 5-14 type action. I have board rights.
Wife is due in December. They’re talking about separating me about a month before that.
No other disciplinary issues that I know of.
Going to TDS. What else should I do right now, and has anyone actually beaten a chapter like this?

Good day, I’m currently in the process of applying for CompTia Security+ through the ARMY’s credential assistance program. I’m having trouble in regard to applying for funding because I don’t know if I should make an account with CompTia first and try to get a date. When I try to apply for funding it asks me what my start and end dates are and that I have no idea. If there’s any one who can help and show me what to do and how to get it done it would be greatly appreciated.

In the process of transferring out of the military and rental company asked for LES, proof of income...

Few days later they contact me and say they need an exception to policy memo. This sounds insane to me.

I take terminal leave in a month and a half. Is this normal, or worth fighting for?

I live in the Campbell area.