Pima
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Dakota,
Please re-read this paragraph of your post, but from a leadership position as a Nurse in charge of the floor.
Where in your 2 short sentences did you acknowledge the benefit the Army would have if you defer? However, I read 7 times in those 2 sentences how you would benefit if they defer you.
Be a nurse with scheduling issues, do you care about the nurse's needs, or do you care about covering the floor and if it means they signed a contract with the hospital to do whatever you will tell them do it or your out as a floor supervisor in a mgmt position you would do exactly as your CC. You would pull that card.
You are married, you have a child, that is the real world. You would not as a nurse say "I" can't do it without the fear of losing your job. Sorry, but that is what your commander is saying. "I" has no place when you say, if you let me defer I can concentrate more on my skills. You had 3 yrs.
Harsh, I know, but should you get a deferment compared to the engineering cadet that has carried 21 credits for the past 3 yrs and goes to LDAC?
You have yet to state a defense why you deserve a deferment. Sorry, but ROTC didn't place you in this predicament, you are asking them to play favorites with you.
JMPO.
I would get it if you asked for LDAC to be deferred if there was a life or death health issue within your family. I just can't support your defense of deferment because My senior year will be a lot lighter of a course load and I could concentrate more on developing and refining my skills for LDAC.
You had a yr to train just like your brethren at your cadre as any MSIII.
Come back and say why it is in the Army's best interest to defer you, and than I will be the one cheering you on with pom-poms.
I get your fear, I graduated from college in 87 with 15K in loans. It is frightening. However, as harsh as this might be you took those loans, you and not the Army. You have admitted you are not AROTC scholarship. You state you put the uniform on 7 months a yr every morning. Do you honestly put it on EVERY morning?
I know you will think I am a Beaach every which way from Sunday because of my response. I accept that fact and any animosity you feel towards me because of my response. I have yet to read anything from you that would sway me for deferment. I have yet to read your cgpa, your PFT, your jobs in the AROTC unit. SWAY ME, tell me you have a 3.8 cgpa, 99 PFT, Cadet Commander. I am sorry you had severe medical issues after your DS was born, but that was 12 months+ ago.
I am only trying to get you to see the cadre has no real issue with you being a MOM and do not play favorites. It is all about the OML.
In the end if you really feel that the unit has acted inappropriately there is a recourse. It is called IG. File a complaint with the IG. The command at your unit are AD, thus they must follow regs and the IG will investigate to see if they failed to follow the regs.
IMPO, it appears that the command has made their decision. You have made yours. It is at an impasse now
Please re-read this paragraph of your post, but from a leadership position as a Nurse in charge of the floor.
If I cannot attend the majority of the training labs that are required and I will not be able to go to class weekly I thought it could be benificial to defer LDAC for a year and go after my senior year. My senior year will be a lot lighter of a course load and I could concentrate more on developing and refining my skills for LDAC.
Where in your 2 short sentences did you acknowledge the benefit the Army would have if you defer? However, I read 7 times in those 2 sentences how you would benefit if they defer you.
Be a nurse with scheduling issues, do you care about the nurse's needs, or do you care about covering the floor and if it means they signed a contract with the hospital to do whatever you will tell them do it or your out as a floor supervisor in a mgmt position you would do exactly as your CC. You would pull that card.
You are married, you have a child, that is the real world. You would not as a nurse say "I" can't do it without the fear of losing your job. Sorry, but that is what your commander is saying. "I" has no place when you say, if you let me defer I can concentrate more on my skills. You had 3 yrs.
Harsh, I know, but should you get a deferment compared to the engineering cadet that has carried 21 credits for the past 3 yrs and goes to LDAC?
You have yet to state a defense why you deserve a deferment. Sorry, but ROTC didn't place you in this predicament, you are asking them to play favorites with you.
JMPO.
I would get it if you asked for LDAC to be deferred if there was a life or death health issue within your family. I just can't support your defense of deferment because My senior year will be a lot lighter of a course load and I could concentrate more on developing and refining my skills for LDAC.
You had a yr to train just like your brethren at your cadre as any MSIII.
Come back and say why it is in the Army's best interest to defer you, and than I will be the one cheering you on with pom-poms.
I get your fear, I graduated from college in 87 with 15K in loans. It is frightening. However, as harsh as this might be you took those loans, you and not the Army. You have admitted you are not AROTC scholarship. You state you put the uniform on 7 months a yr every morning. Do you honestly put it on EVERY morning?
I know you will think I am a Beaach every which way from Sunday because of my response. I accept that fact and any animosity you feel towards me because of my response. I have yet to read anything from you that would sway me for deferment. I have yet to read your cgpa, your PFT, your jobs in the AROTC unit. SWAY ME, tell me you have a 3.8 cgpa, 99 PFT, Cadet Commander. I am sorry you had severe medical issues after your DS was born, but that was 12 months+ ago.
I am only trying to get you to see the cadre has no real issue with you being a MOM and do not play favorites. It is all about the OML.
In the end if you really feel that the unit has acted inappropriately there is a recourse. It is called IG. File a complaint with the IG. The command at your unit are AD, thus they must follow regs and the IG will investigate to see if they failed to follow the regs.
IMPO, it appears that the command has made their decision. You have made yours. It is at an impasse now
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