Question about discharge

I am from Indiana and I was a member of the U.S. Army ROTC and I am a member of the National Guard. I recently received a medical discharge from the ROTC. Does this medical discharge automatically discharge me from the National Guard?

crwalker2 said:

I am from Indiana and I was a member of the U.S. Army ROTC and I am a member of the National Guard. I recently received a medical discharge from the ROTC. Does this medical discharge automatically discharge me from the National Guard?

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Probably not, since, unless you are called up, ROTC is federal and Natl. Guard is run by the state unless you are called up by the President for national service.

Whenever you go to a drill, don't actively advertise the fact you were medically discharged from ROTC. The only time you will have a problem is if you are mobilized you WILL need to disclose this at SRP, and they are very strict. You could have a broken toe and be non-deployable. If you wanted that badly to stay in the gaurd then a favorable second opinion from your primary care physician would maybe prevent a discharge from the gaurd. It is a long process so honestly I think you have nothing to worry about.