I am curious how this may translate for me as a medically retired Navy Chief:
Within a month of my eligibility for Senior Chief I was injured in Kabul and sent to NMCSD Balboa where I spent the next 4.5 years on MEDHOLD. My command however was based in Hawaii.
I understand the reasoning behind the Navy putting advancement on hold until a members' PEB decides if they are staying or going out on TDRL or given severence, but is there any guidance/precedence on an extenuating case like mine where I ended up on MEDHOLD so long and ultimately stayed at that rank for 8 years while on active duty prior to TDRL through no fault of my own, and despite being the 001 selection when I put initially put on Chief? Multiple people who I was selected to Chief ahead of, made Master Chief(E-9) before I even went on TDRL 4.5 yrs later.
I am 100% T&P and don't collect pay from the DOD because my disibility pay is greater. I simply believe I earned the next rank even as I served as the senior enlisted advisor of my command as a CPO up until I was injured. I'm not looking for pay benefits.
I just read today that the Commandant of the Marine Corps James Jones had given Lee Ermey the honorary rank of "Gunnery Sergeant" nearly 30 yrs after he was medically retired ftom the Marines as an E-6 and he wasn't injured in combat.
Also, shouldn't I also be eligible for CRSC since I was in combat and being paid combat pay the day I was injured? My PEB ppwk does not reflect it despite all of my medical records confirming my injury occurred in a combat zone.
Thanks in advance for your time in response
Within a month of my eligibility for Senior Chief I was injured in Kabul and sent to NMCSD Balboa where I spent the next 4.5 years on MEDHOLD. My command however was based in Hawaii.
I understand the reasoning behind the Navy putting advancement on hold until a members' PEB decides if they are staying or going out on TDRL or given severence, but is there any guidance/precedence on an extenuating case like mine where I ended up on MEDHOLD so long and ultimately stayed at that rank for 8 years while on active duty prior to TDRL through no fault of my own, and despite being the 001 selection when I put initially put on Chief? Multiple people who I was selected to Chief ahead of, made Master Chief(E-9) before I even went on TDRL 4.5 yrs later.
I am 100% T&P and don't collect pay from the DOD because my disibility pay is greater. I simply believe I earned the next rank even as I served as the senior enlisted advisor of my command as a CPO up until I was injured. I'm not looking for pay benefits.
I just read today that the Commandant of the Marine Corps James Jones had given Lee Ermey the honorary rank of "Gunnery Sergeant" nearly 30 yrs after he was medically retired ftom the Marines as an E-6 and he wasn't injured in combat.
Also, shouldn't I also be eligible for CRSC since I was in combat and being paid combat pay the day I was injured? My PEB ppwk does not reflect it despite all of my medical records confirming my injury occurred in a combat zone.
Thanks in advance for your time in response
