(04-16-2019, 10:26 AM)mikesez Wrote: Do they try to force these soldiers to get psych evaluations before discharging them? Should they?

As to our community, it is a constant. There are professionals embedded and at a fingertips reach before, during and after deployments or heavy training. A thorough medical evaluation is conducted before discharge and depending on your reason for leaving. At the very least, treatments are available free of charge for six months after. After that expires, there are numerous avenues for free treatment. This can be a problem as now it falls to the hands of the member to seek that treatment. If the member made it to the VA as part of their outprocessing, there is usually an assigned VA representative (most times prior srevice) that follows up monthly with your status and is available to you to contact at any time. Additionally, the DoD has done a decent job of recognizing the issues associated with leaving military service and returning to the civilian world. All services provide a week to two week long mandatory seperation class that goes over topics related to medical, insurance, education, finances, and employment. Unfortunately, there isn't a one size fits all approach or magic pill and those in the most amount of pain hide it very well!

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