They will not sep you for failing your first pfa. It's pretty common.
If someone gets sepped for failing pfas, it happens like this.
Fail 1st PFA - no problem, it doesn't count
Fail 2nd PFA - no problem, it doesn't count
Fail 3rd/Final PFA - division sends you back to try again as many times as they can squeeze in. If you don't pass by the day of battlestations, you're sent to FIT.
In FIT: You have 10 more chances to pass. You run the PFA 3 times a week unless you get sick or your time's really bad (in which case they'll do specialized exercises to build you up physically for a couple weeks before you try again).
Getting separated for failing your PFA takes at 3 or 4 months, all told.
If your buddies are getting separated already and they only shipped out this month, this is mostly likely a case of standing up at the moment of truth with something big or asking to go home. My division lost a good 10~15 people in Pdays because they gave up and asked to go home. What they didn't realize is that the fastest way out of bootcamp is to graduate. If you're in seps, sure, you're eventually going home, but it takes a lot more time and paperwork to leave that way . . .
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