My ex is in navy bootcamp and is/was on antidepressents & is being discharge. whats the chance of a C.M.?

Question

C.M. (court marshall) and whats the chance of it being honorable or not

Answer 1

What is he being discharged? If he was legally taking them, honorable.

If not, OTH. or for medical reasons.

No Court Martial.  

Answer 2

Taking antidepressants is disqualifying. Taking them & not telling anyone is considered a fraudulent enlistment & he will be discharged. He will not get an honorable discharge - he lied and there is no honor in that.  He won't go to jail over it, but it will disqualify him from service.  Recruits are specifically asked about medical conditions, medications & any changes since enlistment. If he didn't mention it when asked, he's pretty much finished with his career. It will take a little time to process him for discharge because he'll have to get another physical, paper work, etc. Once he's out, it will be next to impossible for him to get back in.

Answer 3

too much trouble for a courtsmartial.  he will get a RE 4 code for Fraudulent enlistment and a GUH or OTH discharge.  

he lied, and committed fraud,  he doesn't DESERVE an Honorable discharge.  

Answer 4

Zero chance of being court martialed. Too expensive and time consuming. If he ADMITTED to it he MIGHT get a discharge of "Other than Honorable" or perhaps "For the convience of the Government". Either way he would be administratively discharged and sent home within 4-6 weeks.

If he DENIES taking anti-depressants they can force him to take a pee test for testing. If he comes up positive he would be discharged anyways.

Anti-depressant use (if properly prescribed) is not cause (by itself) for a discharge....unless he is tasked with handling weapons or other dangerous duties. It all depends on what he job is. If he would be working on the flightline, or carrying a firearm...then they would re-assign him temporary duty. Sometimes they simply re-assign you to other duties while you are on the meds.

Good Luck

Answer 5

They will not waste the time on him .  Since he reported for duty,  did duty and received pay and benefits he is now under the UCMJ and can be simply separated with a general discharge as unfit for service under Article 16 of the UCMJ..

If he wants to argue,  they can then court martial him under Article 83 of the UCMJ.   If it turns out he was on the medications and had the problem before he joined they can nail him for making false statements during enlistment.  He will forfeit all pay, benefits and allowances and could be sentenced up to two years in federal prison.

If it turns out he "went nuts" and needed the medications after the enlistment and actually does not have a problem,  they can nail him for fraudulent separation.   Same punishment in regards to pay, benefits and allowances but he could be sentenced up to five years in federal prison.

Your ex sounds like a real loser.   You are well rid of him.  

Answer 6

Depends on whether or not he lied about taking them. if he lied about taking them he will receive a dishonorable discharge. Sounds to me he lied.

Answer 7

probibly just a general or less than honorable discharge. Chances of an honorable discharge are like zero. I doubt he will be C.M.ed but they can, he should have told them about the depressants.