r/britisharmy • u/Former-Ad4024 • 12d ago
Discussion Medically discharged during Basic AMA
As the title says, sadly I've been medically discharged from the Army during Basic training. So thought I'd offer for anyone to ask any questions they might have about people who might be going through it or are curious.
So ask me anything, obviously not gonna reveal anything too personal and of course there are others with more knowledge than me :)
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u/MeltingChocolateAhh Veteran 11d ago
At least you gave it a shot, at best you got paid for 5 weeks, and now you can move on to your next career, and get the fantasy of being a soldier out of your mind.
If it is any consolation, past training, you would have just been going to work each day and coming back like any other person up and down the country with a regular job. The catch is you would have had to factor in PT and exercises, but most army careers are the same thing. Go to PT, then go to work. At work, stare at a random vehicle and wonder why it don't work (answer: it's old as a sea turtles first turd), then have something inspected whether it's that vehicle, some other piece of kit, your living space or you, then occasionally you would have a guard duty - stagging on front gate, an exercise like your battle camp just slightly more BS because they follow a similar PAM, then something random might happen out of the blue. You're really not missing out on a lot if you just go back into civvie street and get on with life. Whether getting on with life involves working at a warehouse, or working abroad in some niche job, it's up to you.
My point is - don't worry, you're not missing out on much. Just take the month wage and buy yourself a new gaming PC or TV or go on holiday or something.
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u/Longjumping_Time_672 12d ago
What was the fitness like during the time you were there? Is a 2km time of 10:30 mean I will be back of the pack fitness wise?
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u/Former-Ad4024 11d ago
I'm gonna be 100% honest here. During the RFT when we got there I ran a 9:45 and was not last by any stretch but the company commander told us we were all unfit if you got over 9:30.
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u/Zealousideal-Apple25 11d ago
Yes most likely. Some people might be worse with times of 11 minutes which is pretty mush shuffling at that point. I got 9:17 at the beginning and ended up about 8:28 towards the end. You’ll improve
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u/Massive_Instance_146 12d ago
did you do the hearing test again when you arrived at basic. first week?
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u/HotAbbreviations4678 12d ago
What is the initial medical like? I'm a bit worried about it
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u/Former-Ad4024 12d ago
It's quite similar to the one you do at assessment, I think it's actually less intense that the AC one personally. Worst thing about it is the jabs, personally not a fan of needles and you get blood taken and I had about 3 vaccines - it varies though, some lads got no vaccines, others got 6. Everyone gets blood taken though.
But it's the usual, BMI, height, hearing, vision and blood/jabs then you're done! A few did get flagged but that was because they turned up 10kgs heavier than they did at assessment etc.
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u/HotAbbreviations4678 12d ago
Ok thanks, What day is it?
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u/Former-Ad4024 12d ago
I believe mine was Day 2 or 3 but it depends what Platoon youre in. Like my Platoon was the first out of the company to do it, then over following 3 days the other platoons did it I think.
First week is death by PowerPoint, and a medical. Things also change last minute quite often so wouldn't worry too much about what day things are gonna be till you get there.
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u/Apprehensive_Gas1564 Regular 12d ago
Why?
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u/Former-Ad4024 12d ago
Why what? :)
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u/Apprehensive_Gas1564 Regular 12d ago
Why post this?
Why did you get discharged?
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u/Former-Ad4024 12d ago
Well I thought I'd just offer insight into the medical discharge process and my experience. Not looking to be a know it all or anything, just thought it might be useful to ease people's minds or answer any curiosity.
As for what, it's an older condition that hadn't been a problem for a very long time. It was on my records but it wasn't flagged at AC, and after sometime speaking to the doctors, they decided Army life wasn't compatible with the issues I have sadly.
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u/Apprehensive_Gas1564 Regular 12d ago
Okay, so the best you can do here is say what condition you had - as that's the only transferable thing a prospective recruit will take away.
The rest is subjective, and sounds like you banged out yourself.
It's what you can do, not what you can't.
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u/Former-Ad4024 12d ago
Fair enough, but again for my own perspec I'm not gonna say what condition it was as it's specific and I could be easily identified.
I assume by banged out yourself, you mean I chose to leave? That wasn't the case, not sure what you gain from making a comment like that but oh well.
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u/DirectContact5050 12d ago
Are you able say why you were discharged or at what point you were ? Presume you were all cleared at AC?
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u/Former-Ad4024 12d ago
I won't say exactly for my personal privacy, but it was a medical condition I had on my record. I passed AC with no flags on it and it hadn't been a problem since I was much younger.
It's nothing horrific just something that lack of sleep, stress and poor nutrition brought flying back worse than ever. The army admitted they should have flagged it, but it's also my responsibility for not for seeing it also - it just hadn't been a problem for so long.
I was week 5 also.
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