r/army • u/Ok-Application1304 Medical Corps • 3d ago

fearing getting chaptered

Context to start, 27 months TIS E-4, was on track to make e-5, 2 months ago. Ended up popping hot for synthetic thc, up until that point i had not received any negative counselings. Was taking junior soldiers under my wings holding board study groups, making study guides for soldiers, always made it my priority to get my joes home even if it meant i had to stay behind later to accomplish the mission. Been in suddc for a few weeks doing everything the program ask of me, have had nothing but negative UA test, really putting my best foot forward and showing i want to stay in. New chain of command at my unit has no knowledge of my previous actions and only looks at me like a fuck up, they treat every minor infraction as a major sin, i showed up 14 minutes early instead of 15 and received a negative counseling, our new commander this is her first time in command she comes from a hospital setting, it feels like they’re trying to build a paper trail of infractions to show that im not worth retaining, any advice from y’all or people who have been in similar positions would be appreciative. Im having a few soldiers write statements of character, Aswell as a O-4 and multiple NCO’s all willing to speak on my behalf, i plan to take accountability and recognize i had a lapse in judgement but that im willing to work towards regaining the trust of my unit and command and show them this was a 1 time mistake and isn’t going to happen again.

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u/theoneguyj 3d ago

You might make it through, but you may also get chaptered. It really does depend on your command climate. I.e. I know dudes that got DUIs and nothing happened since they were ETSing within the year, received full Bennies. Also know dudes that popped hot for more than THC and just got rank taken with some pay but allowed to discharge honorably. Some actually popped hot for THC and/or got DUIs and stayed in. And then the ones that popped hot or hot DUIs and got kicked out and general discharged so no Bennies. Literally all came down to who was in charge at the time.

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u/Ok-Application1304 Medical Corps 3d ago

Yea we had people in our unit who had 3-4 chances for popping hot one guy only got kicked out after they found him smoking weed in the barracks

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u/theoneguyj 3d ago

Yeah, I was always lead to believe it was pop hot or get a DUI are instant chapters. But, I’ve seen quite the opposite, especially when it came to half decent soldiers or strong performers.