Soldier Injures Head in Basic, Gets Thrown Out
By
ews48
on March 29, 2009 at 01:21 am
Airman Chris Smith was tripped by another Airman while going down the stairs and fell and hit his head knocking him out. Airman Smith is strong and he did not want to get in trouble so, he did not report to the hospital.
After he reported to his technical school at Sheppard AFB, as a result of his head injury, he began having a little trouble with his classes, but learned to compensate by outlining the chapters in his book several times until he could do well on the tests. However, this did not stop other issues that he began to have. Sometimes, he could not understand people when they spoke to him and he did not always remember things.
He was cruising through his last week of class, had completed all of the class work, and had already received his orders to go to his permanent duty station in England when a couple of minor incidents resulted in him being set back in class for two weeks. He was studying while eating at the chow hall and left his notebook with all of his work for the last block on the chair next to him as he left and he was reported for using his cell phone while trying to get a problem that the Air Force had created with his pay cleared up. He had been told by other Airmen that since was in Block 4 and Phase 3 that he was now allowed to use his cell phone, wile on duty, but it turned out not to be the case.
The new training instructor that he received when he got set back and his new MSGT were predisposed to consider him a problem because he had been set back and they mounted a campaign to force him out of the Air Force that involved a bogus room inspection and search. He was sent for out processing, but his head injury came to light and he was placed on medical status. He is still scheduled to be released from the Air Force when he is released from medical status.
Read the entire story here.
After he reported to his technical school at Sheppard AFB, as a result of his head injury, he began having a little trouble with his classes, but learned to compensate by outlining the chapters in his book several times until he could do well on the tests. However, this did not stop other issues that he began to have. Sometimes, he could not understand people when they spoke to him and he did not always remember things.
He was cruising through his last week of class, had completed all of the class work, and had already received his orders to go to his permanent duty station in England when a couple of minor incidents resulted in him being set back in class for two weeks. He was studying while eating at the chow hall and left his notebook with all of his work for the last block on the chair next to him as he left and he was reported for using his cell phone while trying to get a problem that the Air Force had created with his pay cleared up. He had been told by other Airmen that since was in Block 4 and Phase 3 that he was now allowed to use his cell phone, wile on duty, but it turned out not to be the case.
The new training instructor that he received when he got set back and his new MSGT were predisposed to consider him a problem because he had been set back and they mounted a campaign to force him out of the Air Force that involved a bogus room inspection and search. He was sent for out processing, but his head injury came to light and he was placed on medical status. He is still scheduled to be released from the Air Force when he is released from medical status.
Read the entire story here.
