From OPNAV6110.1 Jul 2011:
“Members failing to meet PFA standards three times in
the most recent 4-year period shall be processed for
administrative separation (ADSEP) from the Navy.”
so it looks like admin sep for her, sorry to say. I saw another post that had a link for info regarding job opportunities.
Recommend she use the GI Bill to obtain computer or nursing related job. Not teaching!!!! Get something that is portable, i.e. either done at home over computer, or easily relicensed wherever she desires to live. If she if mechanically minded, medical equipment repair technicians usually start out with 6 figure salaries...
Best of luck to her; don’t let her PRT performance get her down. Nowadays the military wants Olympic athletes to do everything. Just one more way to minimalize our military. She’ll probably be better off in the long run...
I stand corrected, sheese. I’d still try to wiggle out of it.
She has a good attitude so far. She worked hard, but didn’t make it this time. With the dang way they measure, she didn’t pass this time. Her neck is thin compared to her waist and hips. She had failed two and passed the one prior to this. But that makes 3 and she’s out. She’s going to ask the Command if she can stay until June (when she was supposed to transfer back stateside anyway) to get her affairs in order and also be there for the benefit of the Command. (They will be short without her.) She is very good at what she does.
BS
1. She will be entitled to utilize her Post 9-11 GI Bill. As long as she had sufficient time to earn it. Her intentions as stated to go back school tells me she has it. She will collect Per Diem as living expense money and will be eligible for unemployment.
2. Do not waste the GI Bill on a Community College just to be close to home. (no offense I attended Community College for awhile) Unless it is unavoidable, use it at a major university. Post 9-11 is the Cadillac of educational grants. There may be better out there I have not seen it. Schools love it, even Harvard likes military folks, but only if they have the Post 9-11 GI Bill. She will also have State Veterans Benefits coming to her. If she goes to a local Community College, try utilizing a State Grant vice the GI Bill. It is such a waste to use 24 months of a 36 month free university education on an Associates Degree.
3. Nursing, Nurse Practitioner, Physicians Assistant or Programmer/Administrator. Obama care will make NP & PA’s golden. Doctors will be too expensive, will leave the practice or not bother to come to USA as those of us that can afford will now travel to them. Son had complete reconstructive knee surgery in China for $2K (US). Healthcare Administrators will become invaluable as doctors and hospital wander through the Obamacare minefield. VA is hiring, as are many other Fed Agencies. Not exactly popular people on this site, but with Bronco Bama in office, I doubt the Fed will shrink.
4. She has the TS, if it is a TS/SCI or above she is already worth $80K - $100K per year to many contractors or Fed Agencies. They really do not care if she passes a PRT, that clearance saves them and easy $150K. If her field was intel, tell her to look at MEA “Hot Jobs.” (Marine Executive Association) Do not worry it is open to all services and they link to NAVVET jobs also.
5. Did she deploy to Southwest Asia or Afghanistan? She may be entitled to free VA medical care for up to 5 years. She must check in with the local VA clinic when she returns and have a physical done. They will tell her what benefits she rates.
If all other aspects of her service were honorable, it is simply time for her to move on to something new. Military life is not for everyone, many people never quite adapt. ADSEP (under honorable conditions) is how the military deals with those who never quite adapt. This is especially true during a draw-down. If she was really making an effor and was a good Sailor, 10 years ago her Chief or CO could have found a way to keep her through her enlistment. With Perform to Serve boards and Officer rank reductions, even the Chiefs and CO's are at risk.
No kidding. We had an applicant for a job who looked good on paper, so we hired him. He scored high on the Army Physical Fitness Test and his record was fairly good. Within a month or so, we figured someone else had prepared his application. The guy could not write a sentence without several spelling and grammar errors.