Reply #7: Interesting b-i-l story here [View All]

[sandnsea]

My daughter's b-i-l is Navy, the upshot is that he's been an officer for 7 or 8 years and was in the Gulf just after the war started. He got diagnosed with bi-polar this year due to problems with his wife and other stateside behaviors. Now just how in the hell do you spend time on a ship and the Navy NOT NOTICE you're bi-polar. :crazy: They pick him for AWOL or something he's done, put him in for observation, he signs himself out and it starts all over again.

If I were in your shoes, I'd be getting an independent diagnosis and take it to the JAG. And make it clear you will hire a civilian lawyer if they don't give the b-i-l a medical discharge immediately.
The military isn't supposed to take people with mental illness diagnoses.