Justin A

I am in the military. I was ordered by a commissioned officer to not speak about a potentially embarrassing event for the chain of command. Is this lawful? It seems like my chain of command is just trying to cover up a mistake or protect the person that made the mistake. Does the 1st Amendment protect me from this and how would i fight it in a court martial?

Is there any specific amount of sleep you are required to have in army ait. Currently we get lights out at about 9 pm, have a two hour fireguard shift, back to sleep and then wake up at about 3:45 am. This equates to about 4 and half hours of sleep a night. These weird fireguard shifts just started and i am currently in my 4 month of an 11 month ait that is very electronics intensive. To say the least it is very taxing and alot of us are falling asleep in class, any ideas on how we can change this through our chain of command or other means?

I know that army tradoc reg 350-6 says 7 hours of continuous sleep unless on some sort of guard duty, but what if we have guard duty every night?

Any help on explaining the regulations would be greatly appreciated.

Ok i am a 19 year old male in the u.s. army, i weigh 128 lbs and i am 5'7". Every time i go in for a weigh in i get sent to the doctor for being underweight. Its not that i am unhealthy, i have the highest pt score in my company, i just get looked down upon for being so small. I need a way to gain some weight while staying healthy. I already run about 45 miles per week and spend at least an hour a day in the gym lifting weights. I eat at least 4000 calories a day and i am using supplements to add about 70 grams of protein to my eating regimen. Unfortunately i work for the army so i cant just stop exercising and see if that works. I just dont know if this could be a medical problem. Anyone else have this problem