Unfortunately for me, and I apologize if I took this out of context, the command have the same outlook on this situation. Things outside of my control are happening (and continue to happen once every two-ish weeks) and they view it as a situation of "someone trying to sad out." If I could stop these things happening I would, but I cant; they've been so bad that cruising down the interstate I've had to pull over due to the fact it feels like I'm drunk, how do you feel knowing I'm controlling a Reactor in a 1,000,000+ populated area where your family could possibly live or driving down the road with your family? Their not going to let this slide...
I have benign MVP/MR brought on by a bout with rheumatic fever some years back (painful stuff).
At my age (52YO) it all gets caught up in getting older, no big deal, age with grace you know.
You seem to be a little young to have this affecting you to the degree you describe, without insight into your medical history (which is no more our business than you care to make public) we can only opine from our own perspectives.
Mine ranges from you could have brought this on yourself with diet pills before you entered boot camp to you had an undiagnosed strep infection which morphed into a mild RF that you passed off as not feeling well and has now manifested itself as MVP/MR or even that the Navy just did not catch it during your physical evaluations when you enlisted which would mean the Navy medical types got it wrong,....perish the thought (hey, they told me I was colorblind and yet here I am today, all Navy nuked out yadda, yadda, yadda)!!!!!
As we are not medical doctors, we have no ability to assess service related or bad luck or bad genes or whatever,...
As to the statement about feeling like you're drunk on the interstate you do have a fundamental responsibility to everybody in the larger society to have a competent medical practitioner determine if you should still have an operators license.
As you have come here publicly and stated you may not be fit to drive or operate a reactor keep in mind the reactor operation issue is the Navy's purview, the safe operation of a motor vehicle is your responsibility.
And yes, I do live next door to an NPTU and you (collectively) are driving the same roads as my family.
I'll have to trust the Navy to keep my family safe from improper reactor operation, for three decades plus they have performed well.
Safe motor vehicle operation is your and the Department of Motor Vehicle's responsibility, for three decades plus they have been extricating sailors tangled up with civilians in dozens of severe and fatal motor vehicle accidents on the local roads.
Are you safe? Or do you want to hold on to the freedom of that drivers license regardless of the potential damage you have admitted here in this forum that you may wreak on other persons?
The Navy has little to do with your drivers license, that's all on you pal, show us your character,.....
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OBTW, thank you for your service and here's hoping it's all a just a temporary holistic imbalance with a benign MVP/MR diagnosis,...
...Any POSITIVE input you have will be greatly appreciated gentlemen....
You're young, you're smart, you will have the opportunity to have most if not all of your higher education subsidized by a grateful public, you may be able to continue your enlistment, if you can make it through the enlisted NNPP you can probably make it through most higher education curriculum's, as long as you keep your attitude focused towards the positives you will separate with an honorable discharge which is a good thing, heart condition or no there is still a lot of opportunity for you in what is arguably one of the best countries to live in at anytime anywhere, and I could go on but you should be getting the picture,...
And you can't fix the Navy 'cause it ain't broke, it's just the Navy, it's not what you want it to be, it's what it is, so roll with it and do the best you can with it,....
Your Honorable Discharge at the end of the day tells everybody everything they need to know,...
Don't let attitude attacks screw up that little piece of paper,.....
