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06-05-2012 at 11:00 PM
CatiW2008
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National Guard question

My husband is in the Army National Guard. He is supposed to do his 2 weeks of active duty around my due date. Does anyone know if they let them come home early if I go into labor while he is gone?

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06-06-2012 at 12:09 AM
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I think it probably depends on his chain of command.  It might be different since my H is AD, but the unit he is currently in is super family friendly and lets people leave training (or not attend the training at all depending on what it is) for things like births.  Other units have not been as family friendly. I know my H has some over night training (but on post) for a few days leading up to my due date and he can leave when/if I go into labor.

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06-06-2012 at 1:09 AM
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It really depends on his Command and exactly what he is doing during the 2 weeks. 

When my father was AD, he did not get time off for my birth (vietnam era - but not actually in country at the time).  But he DID get off for my sister's birth (different command and job).

By the time DB came around, Dad was Title 10 Reserve and out in the field with a two week training session.  He could not get home because of what they were doing on that training session. 

He can ask and then take it from there.  Please just do not an early induction.  There is more and more studies coming back that those extra days DO matter A LOT.


 
06-06-2012 at 8:50 AM
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I'm due 8/16 and DH is scheduled for his training the 1-23 (preparing for deployment).  The commander said I would need to call DH on his cell phone and someone would drive him to the hospital.  The commander also said that since this is technically considered "active duty" I would also need to call the Red Cross to make it official.  Depending on when I go into labor DH may or may not have to make up his training. 

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06-06-2012 at 8:50 AM
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My DH will be away for AT for three weeks (he leaves Friday) and during the last week will be when I stop taking Procardia and I could go into labor.  He spoke with his chain of command and they are letting him take a personal vehicle in case he needs to leave quickly.  However, I've had a high-risk pregnancy and he has already had to miss one drill because I was in the hospital so they are aware of our situation.  My experience is that they are family friendly - if he can, approach someone in his command who has a family.

Also, you will need to have the Red Cross number handy to notify the Guard officially and that way he will be able to take leave if granted and you'll have covered your tail.  He'll likely have to make up the time as always when you miss a regular drill. 

All you can do is ask.  Best of luck. 


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06-06-2012 at 1:14 PM
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I'm not sure about during AT, but I know DH had just arrived at the mob station the day I was sent to L&D, and I had to call the Red Cross number for him to be able to come home.  If you have to go through the Red Cross, I wouldn't expect it to be instantaneous that they get the message to him.  I called the Red Cross, they called my OB and then called the hospital to make sure that it was a medical emergency, and then DH's CO had to fill out the paperwork and it had to get signed off on before DH could even think about getting on the road.  Patience is key!

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06-06-2012 at 2:36 PM
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H is National Guard and he had drill weekend during my due date.  I know it's not the same length of time but he still attended drill.  But his unit is family friendly and not that far away so if I had gone into labor they would have let him come home immediately. 

But yea like pp's said, it totally depends on his unit and chain of command.  I can't imagine them NOT letting him leave or not attend if you're in labor.  They probably won't excuse him just because of your due date because who really knows when a baby will come.  But I would just make sure he can have his phone on him and you have a number to call in case you can't reach him.


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06-06-2012 at 4:09 PM
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Is he going away somewhere for AT? Has he requested a home station AT over different dates?

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06-06-2012 at 5:56 PM
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If he is within traveling distance it won't be a big deal. They can transport him to the hospital. I was an XO of a guard unit and had situations like this arise all the time. Just make sure he openly communicates to his chain of command up to the commander. If he is going to be a significant distance away then try requesting some of the options below.

If we were going away I would just transfer their AT to another unit, advance them in an earlier rotation if we had rotations that year or a local duty for 2 weeks. 

I recommend getting a note from the Dr. with your due date for his file (not necessary but helps). Also, is this your first child? If so a very small percent is on time. He can also request to do an earlier AT, he could be a part of the advance party so that he could be back closer to your date. What rank is he? Is her new to the unit? Is he in good standing? Has he missed any other duty dates?


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06-06-2012 at 7:06 PM
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That's his AT (Annual Training).  He needs to talk to his command.  I have rescheduled my AT a few times for different reasons.  He can ask about doing what is called home station AT where he works at his unit for those two weeks.  He can also ask for a slot to a class that will count as his AT.  Basically, he needs to either call them up or go talk to them at drill and see what he can do.  They will usually understand, depending on the unit.  

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06-06-2012 at 9:45 PM
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Mine got out of his 2 weeks for that reason.  He had to make it up later.  Hard to say though, if they'd let him do it or not.  I think it really depends on the particular unit.  Doesn't hurt to ask. 

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06-07-2012 at 12:53 PM
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I'm in the National Guard.  I know every unit is different, but I know when we do our 2 weeks we can choose whether or not we go.  They just make it up at a later time.  But like I said, every unit is different, and I am also in the Air Guard, not the Army Guard.

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06-09-2012 at 12:49 PM
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Its up to his command.  But DH could look into changing his 2weeks. 

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06-15-2012 at 8:20 AM
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Hi there, both my husband and I are in the Army National Guard.  I've kind of got experience with this, one of my superiors had missed a drill weekend on really short notice because of his wife having their baby and made the weekend up sometime.  Maybe your husband will be able to leave on short notice and make the dates up at a later time.  That's what I'm hoping for if my due date and both my drill weekend and my husband's drill weekend all coincide with each other.  It really does depend on his unit, like all the other people have said.

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06-20-2012 at 11:10 AM
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Every unit I have ever been in allowed individual scheduling of AT, there were years when I did 2 extra days a month, one week at a time...only once was it a mandatory unit AT and that was for deployment preparations. DH was scheduled to do his AT a week prior to my due date, he was able to switch it to go earlier, thank GOD because I was a week early and needed an emergency C/S. 

BUT we were in the same unit and EVERYONE knew just how pg I was... 


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