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In reply to the discussion: Maybe it's because I've held a Top Secret security clearance once... [View all]MADem
(135,425 posts)Initially, anyway, and maybe through the course of his recovery, if his breaks were uncomplicated.
It was a "training injury." He broke both legs. We'd have to find someone in his squad to get more details, I imagine.
He went into a National Guard training program for Special Forces, apparently. I believe, based on what I've read, that it's a combined deal--boot camp with immediate follow on training (I will be pleased to be corrected if anyone from ANG knows more about this). He was in the military for four months, per the Army (he said five, maybe six? months and got the year wrong) --now, it is unclear if that is boot camp (ten weeks), training (who knows how long), and hospitalization (who knows how long). I think it might be, though. Your discharge documentation shows when you went on active duty to when you're shown the door.
He would have gotten either a medical or uncharacterized discharge for that brief amount of time in--there was almost certainly a "med board" at the end of his time in service, as well, that recommended discharge. He could have fought it, but without access to those records, we have no way of knowing if he did or not.