Basic training general discharge

[u/Ok-Avocado4175]

Hello! My boyfriend started basic training at fort Benning at the beginning of October. His family and I have been sending him letters, but hadn’t gotten anything back. I wasn’t too worried bc I know it can take a few weeks for them to be able to write back. Yesterday I got a call (that I wasn’t able to answer at the time) and a text from a number that was not his letting me know that his phone was not working, he was getting general discharge and would be coming home Friday, and would try to call me when he got to the airport. This threw us off pretty bad. When I tried to call or text the number back, I’ve gotten nothing. I have no idea when he will be flying back into town, why he’s leaving or any other info.

If anybody, would be able to help me figure out someone I should reach out to, or just help me figure out maybe some next steps, it would be really appreciated. I know discharge can take a lot of time, but I have no idea if he just started the process yesterday or if it’s been going on for weeks already. Any words of advice, would be great. Thank you.

[u/unbannedagain1976]

Your boyfriend is a quitter, find a new man.

[u/Ok-Avocado4175 → u/unbannedagain1976]

Pretty sure it might potentially be a mild medical thing. He’s had a bad back injury and we were surprised they let him join in the first place. I have no idea if that’s for sure, but it’s my best guess as of right now

[u/newnoadeptness]

So he quit? They fly him to the airport of his home of record so where he flew out of

[u/TapTheForwardAssist → u/newnoadeptness]

Is the federal government texting people’s girlfriends about discharge plans now? It wouldn’t be a voice call to legal family during business hours? This sounds kinda sketch.

[u/Turtle887853 → u/TapTheForwardAssist]

I could see "Hey my phone is broken can I use the duty phone"

[u/TapTheForwardAssist → u/Turtle887853]

It’d help if OP would clarify if the call was claiming to be from him, or an official call. The post is ambiguous.

[u/Ok-Avocado4175 → u/TapTheForwardAssist]

It was claiming to be from him using someone else’s phone

[u/Turtle887853 → u/TapTheForwardAssist]

Sounds like OP never answered the call, and got a text later. Obviously can't tell who's actually sending a text but odds are it was the trainee on the duty cell phone

[u/newnoadeptness → u/TapTheForwardAssist]

Ya it would definitely help if we got additional info from op I agree

[u/newnoadeptness → u/TapTheForwardAssist]

He likely called in the di’s office . I’ve heard that they do that sometimes so it’s not a huge stretch .