What happens if a troop tests positive for HIV/ AIDS, will he/ she still be sent on TDY or be?

put on medical profile (and made to stay at home base??)
Are troops even allowed to stay in military if they test positive??

I asked my spouse and he had NO clue, and was like I never heard of anyone testing positive or any kind of situation like that happening.

The reason this even came up is my daughters teacher is trying to say that our military is to blame for AIDS/ HIV spreading in Iraq. But I know before a deployment troops get tested and I thought that if they tested positive that they couldnt be sent......

So does anyone know the correct procedures and what happens??

Ok a little update the teacher was not saying it was our troops that are to blame for the spread of HIV/AIDS, he was saying the "American influence". Him and my daughter debate each other all the time and she misunderstood him!
But it was still an answer I wanted to know, definitely piqued my curiosity on what the procedures are.

i don't know the answer to your question....but I would be calling the school and having a little chat with that teacher about what she is saying to the students.....she should not be telling the students things like that!!!!!!

if ya get hiv/ aids your toast, they send ya home.

Wow, I can't believe your daughters teacher is saying that.

I know they are allowed to remain in the military but they are limited to what jobs they can do. Whether or not they are sent overseas..I'm not sure.

If you test positive for HIV, you are allowed to stay on active duty, but are classified as non-deployable. I am sure a few Soldiers might slip through the cracks and become positive after testing and before deployment, but this should be a very small problem. Having sex while deployed is a violation of general order number one. Not that this stops people...

If a soldier tests positive for HIV/AIDS, he will not be allowed to deploy.

A soldier will be discharged if tested positive because anything that makes a soldier non-deployable, medically, will cause discharge. Dependant on the severity, they MAY allow the soldier to remain on active duty and not deploy.

It isn't heard of often because they don't let anyone into the military with this infection. Blood tests are conducted at initial entry training and at other points as well.

The military is trying to STOP problems overseas, not make them worse. Soldiers want to stay as healthy as possible so they can come home to their families. Soldiers are way too extremely busy running missions to be in any position to have time for anything else.

A soldier with HIV would be put on a profile, his training stopped, and he would possibly be placed on quarters. His chain of command would be immediately notified of his condition. His profile and medical tests would be sent to a medical board where they would have to agree for a discharge. (Unless he had it before he entered the service, then it would be considered an Existant Prior To Service Condition. If he had only served less than 180 days active duty he would receive no VA benefits.)

If you got the infection after being in the military then you MAY be able to stay in but you cannot enter with it.

Soldiers are tested for HIV/AIDS every two years and if a soldier is found to be infected with HIV, they are classified as "non-deployable" which means they may stay on active duty, but do not deploy. These soldiers are also medically barred from re-enlistment, which means if you get HIV you can finish your current enlistment, but cannot re-enlist and must get out when your current enlistment ends. The soldier's chain of command is informed and the soldiers is also under direct orders to inform any sexual partners they have been with or will be with, as well as informing any personnel that are in contact with their bodily fluids...like medical personnel. This is not to "call them out" but merely as a safety precaution to prevent further spread of the virus. Harrassment and discrimination against soldiers infected with HIV is prohibited.

You are processed out once you test positive for HIV. Not sure of the exact "procedure" but you are removed from your current unit and placed on medical hold until they send you home.

I would contact the school board, starting with your child's Principal and file a complaint against this teacher.

I don't know what happens, I think they are allowed on active duty but but on non deployable status. however I am a teacher, and I would NEVER say something like that to my students. I would not only talk to her, but her supervisor