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Susan A Johnson
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  • Paragould, AR
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My son may be getting an administrative discharge for depression

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My son may be getting an administrative discharge for depression
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Nadine Premo Aug 21.

Cell phones in Sasebo, Japan
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Nadine Premo replied to Susan A Johnson's discussion 'My son may be getting an administrative discharge for depression'
My son has been deployed since the end of July,and last night we received an email from hm that has us really concerned. He said he is totally miserable and has been talking with the chaplain and chain of command about a discharge. We are, of cour...
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Mom of 3, youngest is in the Navy, currently in "A" school at Great Lakes. He will be done early July, and after his leave will be going to Sasebo, Japan. I work as an RN in a local ER. I have 2 grandchildren who are my angels!
I am here to support or represent my:
Bryan
Stage of (Sailor’s) Navy Career?
Enlisted
When I heard “Navy,” I:
Was proud, Encouraged him/her
From my experience with the Navy, the most important thing I learned was:
Finding the Great Lakes website and figuring out how bootcamp worked!!!
Through this Navy experience, I now believe:
This was a maturing experience, The Navy has a lot to offer, This was the best decision he/she could have made

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At 12:05pm on September 19, 2008, Rose R said…

Hang In There


At 12:14pm on September 8, 2008, Jeanette said…
Dear Susan, I am so sorry for what your son, you and your family are going through. Your son will need much love and encouragement after returning home to your safe and loving home. I will keep you all in my prayers. My heart goes out to you as a mom; we moms tend to shoulder the responsibility for our children even after they are grown. We always want the best for them and when things don't go as planned moms suffer sometimes the most. Your son will pull through this with support from you and your family. Be strong and supportive for him so that he'll realize that he can move on. Love, Jeanette
At 8:32pm on September 7, 2008, Jennifer Flynn said…
Susan,

Sorry to hear things have not worked out for your son with the Navy. Sounds alot like my son too. For myself, coming from a family where my sister & I were 4th generation sailors, yet we were the first in our family to actually serve a full 20 years each, when my son told me what was happening there at BC for him, I felt as if my heart was breaking there with him. He has now been home for just a bit over 2 weeks and I just haven't had the heart to go online much since his return. If he had stayed in, he would have had PIR this past weekend. Guess I was a bit jealous of those families that were going to PIR. But, I am mentally starting to move along finally. Guess it helps that I work & things have stepped up for me there now that I have a ship in the shipyard again. That, plus having been tasked with doing a technical report on recent work on a different ship (even though I wasn't as directly involved as I am on this one - should have been the other guy doing it, not me) has helped to distract me.

When this all started for my son, I had a couple of long talks with my parents and my older sister. Part of me was afraid of what my family was going to say, but they all put me to rest on that subject by how they responded to me when I was hurting that day when my son called my telling me he had been admitted to the hospital. I now realize that maybe all of this is happening for a reason. Whether he was severeley homesick, missed his girlfriend (never has introduced us - think she came by the house today!), I don't know & probably won't until he decides to tell me more. But, if there is any way I can help him, I will. End of that. Not the way I thought this fall was going to be, but such is life.

Ultimately, the Navy cannot take a chance of having someone that, if on a ship out in the middle of the ocean, having this person mentally lose control. When a ship is out to sea and there is a problem, all hands must work as a team or the ship as a whole can suffer. If one person is taken out of a specific task then someone else has to now cover that position as well as their own.

What will hapen next? Alot will depend on how long he has been in. Most things will depend on that - whether he has made it past six months since the day he entered in the Navy.

I have sent you a friend request that way I can respond offline with more info that may help you. I'll keep your family & especially your son in my prayers.
At 9:09pm on June 10, 2008, Karen Gallagher said…
welcome aboard!

We are so glad you are here and look forward to hearing about your sailor This is is a great support group or all of you from boot camp to the fleet.

What is your sailor doing with the navy?

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At 1:48pm on June 10, 2008, Navy for Moms Admin said…
Momma Johnson:
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