Hello everyone.
My husband is an E-4 in the Army. He was just recently given a field grade - article 15 for reporting to duty 45 minutes late when the road conditions on base were Amber. He lost his E-5 rank and is now working extra duty hours for 45 days.
For the last 4 days he has been working from 0500 to 2300, scrubbing cement steps, washing sidewalks and doing very physically demanding tasks.
My husband got home from work at midnight absolutely drained, blood shot eyes and almost delirious. He fell asleep on the couch in full uniform and was supposed to wake up 3 hours later to get ready for work.
He accidentally slept in and woke up at 6am. Needless to say, he showed up to work late and now they are starting his chapter packet.
My husband is literally working himself to death and I just do not think this is right. He has never been over an hour late to work, he's never been in big trouble in his 9 years of serving. The punishment for being late when the roads were amber is extreme and now he's very sleep deprived and expected to get 3 to 4 hours of sleep. This is after doing extremely physically demanding jobs for 18 hours.
Is there anything that can be done to save his career? What route should we take? I know I am just a spouse, but I have to step up and try to defend his career because he just simply does not have the time. Thank you. [/B][/B]
My husband is an E-4 in the Army. He was just recently given a field grade - article 15 for reporting to duty 45 minutes late when the road conditions on base were Amber. He lost his E-5 rank and is now working extra duty hours for 45 days.
For the last 4 days he has been working from 0500 to 2300, scrubbing cement steps, washing sidewalks and doing very physically demanding tasks.
My husband got home from work at midnight absolutely drained, blood shot eyes and almost delirious. He fell asleep on the couch in full uniform and was supposed to wake up 3 hours later to get ready for work.
He accidentally slept in and woke up at 6am. Needless to say, he showed up to work late and now they are starting his chapter packet.
My husband is literally working himself to death and I just do not think this is right. He has never been over an hour late to work, he's never been in big trouble in his 9 years of serving. The punishment for being late when the roads were amber is extreme and now he's very sleep deprived and expected to get 3 to 4 hours of sleep. This is after doing extremely physically demanding jobs for 18 hours.
Is there anything that can be done to save his career? What route should we take? I know I am just a spouse, but I have to step up and try to defend his career because he just simply does not have the time. Thank you. [/B][/B]