I ship for Fort Benning in exactly 1 month for an 11x option 40 contract, however I just got back from a visit to a sports medicine doctor who told me that I what I thought were simple shin splints that would clear up in a few weeks is actually a stage one stress fracture. My doctor says that I need at least 3 months to heal my shins back to full and that I should postpone my ship date. My recruiter is currently on leave for another week, when he returns should I tell him that I want to push up my ship date? Would it be possible to keep my contract if I did push up my ship date? Has anyone here ever run into similar issues or problems? I tried using the search function but couldn't find any solid information. Sorry if this question seems silly, I've actually been ramping down my training tempo over the last month in an attempt to avoid injury so this is pretty frustrating.