Yes it was pretty much a total fucking nightmare. There was all sorts of games being played: like when they'd take me in to bitch at me; theyd make me bring an ESL(English second language) as a witness , so I'd basically have no witness. Or when I filed an EO(equal opportunity) complaint for religious discrimination ( they'd talk mad shit on Christianity, say fuck your God, etc); they pulled in the sergeant I filed it on and she tried to intimidate me into withdrawing it; saying shed file one back because this was clearly about her being a black Muslim woman, and she said she'd win that fight no doubt. (I had no idea her religious background). The commander basically said the same thing, he said " you really think this is gonna go somewhere, against a Muslim?". Apparently this is only at ft sill though, from what I've heard they get the most complaints of any base in America, and they're the only one not letting people progress through basic while waiting for a waiver
Yup, there were 11 of us who refused it. They tried all sorts of intimidation, said we would go to jail, get a huge fine, etc. We would have been fine applying for a religious exemptions and then continuing training, but the battalion commander made the call that all anti vaxers couldn't train and had to sit in reception until their exemptions went through. So everyone ended up getting out, because none of us were gonna wait 7-9 months for an exemption that may or may not go through; when we could always just reenlist in 6 months if the rules changed or exemptions started being granted. The whole situation was pretty fucked, the drill sergeants fucked with us constantly, we had one who filed a false police report, another who would try and get female trainees to accuse us of sexual harrasment; honestly if I wasnt worried about catching a fake case I could have stuck it out. Im not gonna risk bogus sexual harrasment charges in my record though.
I'm getting kicked out atm from reception. Chapter 11 uncharacterized. You can check my post history. We had the drill sergeants threatening us with dishonorable discharge, 77,000 dollar fines, and jail time. They told us religious exemptions were not a thing, and basically fucked with us the entire time. It's text book coercion, IG reports and EOs have already been filed. The good news is that if you're national guard, they're refrading back to your units and letting them decide what to do with you. For reservists and active you're fucked. I don't get phone privileges cept once a week so I won't be responding to this
Going to basic on Monday. If they won't give me a religious accomadation I'm out. Admin discharge. It's a hard line for me
Yes. I also live in a big city, and was able to find a small congregation to attend. They're pretty kooky, but the JAG said if I wanted a religious exemption it had to be a specific tenant of my faith, so standard run of the mill protestantism wouldn't cut it.
Thank you, hopefully everything works out for your grand daughter
Yeah, I signed on the dotted line 9 months ago. My AIT is only done once a year which is why my entry is delayed. I put Christian Science down as my religion; they're no vaccines whatsoever; so hopefully they'll give me a religious exemption
I'm freaking out. I'm going to basic next Monday. What kind of exemption was it? Did they hold her down or threaten to?
Well if you were in Texas I'd take you up on that. I've got no problem busting ass as long as I get comped like that. Most employers expect the world for 12 dollars an hour.