History Main / PostInjuryDeskJob

* One ''Series/AdamTwelve'' episode had Reed working the information desk after an arm injury. He’s sporting a cast on his wrist and uses his pencil to try and stop the itching at one point. Malloy has an annoying temporary partner.

* {{Series/Legion}}: After his encounter with David leaves him terribly burned and scarred, Clark is assigned a desk job by Division 3 as soon as he returns to the office. He then promptly [[{{DefiedTrope}} refuses to take the job]], claiming that [[{{ItsPersonal}} he'll hunt and capture the man who almost killed him]].

* ''Literature/StarshipTroopers'' has a heavily-wounded recruiting officer actively trying to dissuade Rico and Carl from joining, or at least making them think really long and hard about doing so. The book also has several heavily-wounded [[VeteranInstructor veteran instructors]], including a "dirty fighting" instructor who's wheelchair-bound and wears a neck brace...and is apparently ''still'' able to take just about anybody on in a fight and win.

* A {{Subvert|edtrope}} sports version appears in ''LightNovel/EndoAndKobayashiLiveTheLatestOnTsundereVillainessLieselotte''. Endo was a high-school baseball team member, but was forced to retire due to CareerEndingInjury. The team manager offered him a managerial position on the team, but he declined in favor of the Broadcasting Club, possibly intended to have a career in sports commentary.

After a CareerEndingInjury (in the line of duty or otherwise), someone is reassigned to an administrative position. If the injury is serious and permanent, the reassignment can be permanent as well; otherwise, the reassignment will last as long as it takes for the injury to heal. Usually, the injury has to be fairly serious, with a lengthy recovery time, in order to justify such a reassignment. In terms of severity, it typically takes at least a broken bone to cause this reassignment. Anything less severe or with a shorter recovery time would probably result in the individual being placed on convalescent leave for the duration of their illness or injury. On the other hand, a more severe injury, or one that causes brain damage, may result in them being permanently discharged.

* Astronauts Alan Shepard and Deke Slayton both had this. Slayton had atrial fibrillation and Shepard Ménière’s disease, an inner ear condition that wreaks havoc on balance. Slayton was made Chief of the Astronaut Office and he later moved to the Director of Flight Operations job and made Shepard Chief of the Astronaut Office. Both later did one more mission each, after Slayton’s a-fib went away on its own and Shepard underwent experimental ear surgery. Shepard commanded Apollo 14 and walked on the moon and Slayton flew on the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project mission.

* Crops up fairly frequently in [[Creator/TomClancy Tom Clancy's]] works.

* On ''Series/ChicagoPD'' Sergeant Platt was shot in the line of duty and the injury permanently restricted her mobility, making her ineligible for street duties. She instead took the position of desk sergeant in the 21st District.

* In ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'', Ragdoll goes from an active hero to someone who supports her team with desk work after she loses her Quirk to All for One.

** In ''Literature/PatriotGames'', this is how Jack Ryan met his BlackBestFriend Robbie Jackson; Jackson, a naval aviator, broke his leg when his airplane's ejector seat spontaneously activated due to a faulty circuit, and was given a job teaching at the Annapolis Naval Academy (where Ryan worked) while the injuries healed. Ryan was himself a former Marine officer, but his injuries from a helicopter crash were so severe that he was invalided out of the service entirely.

* ''Literature/StarshipTroopers'' has a heavily-wounded recruiting officer actively trying to dissuade Rico and Carmen from joining, or at least making them think really long and hard about doing so. The Book also has several heavily-wounded [[VeteranInstructor veteran instructors]], including a "dirty fighting" instructor who's wheelchair-bound and wears a neckbrace...and is apparently ''still'' able to take just about anybody on in a fight and win.

Usually, this trope applies to those in the military, police, or firefighters; however, this could apply to other physically demanding or dangerous occupations, such as construction, logging or mining.

After a CareerEndingInjury (in the line of duty or otherwise), someone is reassigned to an administrative position. If the injury is serious and permanent, the reassignment can be permanent as well; otherwise, the reassignment will last as long as it takes for the injury to heal. Usually, the injury has to be fairly serious, with a lengthy recovery time, in order to justify such a reassignment. In terms of severity at it typically takes at least a broken bone to cause this reassignment. Anything less severe or with a shorter recovery time would probably result in the individual being placed on convalescent leave for the duration of their illness or injury. On the other hand, a more severe injury, or one that causes brain damage, may result in them being permanently discharged.

After being injured (in the line of duty or otherwise), someone is reassigned to an administrative position. If the injury is serious and permanent, the reassignment can be permanent as well; otherwise, the reassignment will last as long as it takes for the injury to heal. Usually, the injury has to be fairly serious, with a lengthy recovery time, in order to justify such a reassignment. In terms of severity at it typically takes at least a broken bone to cause this reassignment. Anything less severe or with a shorter recovery time would probably result in the individual being placed on convalescent leave for the duration of their illness or injury. On the other hand, a more severe injury, or one that causes brain damage, may result in them being permanently discharged.

* [[Literature/TheCenturyTrilogy ''Winter of the World'']], book 2 of ''The Century Trilogy'', has a Colonel Beck, who is reassigned to staff headquarters in Berlin after losing a lung on the Eastern Front.

* Wehrmacht officer Siegfried Knappe's memoir ''Soldat'' recounts that one section of a staff headquarters he served with during the Battle of Berlin was manned entirely by amputees.

* ''Film/TheBlueMax'' provides the page quote; Kettering is the squadron adjutant, and throughout the film he walks with a pronounced limp.

->'''Stachel''': Are you the adjutant?\\
'''Kettering''': I fly a desk now.''(taps his leg) ''Antiaircraft fire.
-->''Film/TheBlueMax''

''Kettering''': I fly a desk now.''(taps his leg) ''Antiaircraft fire.

->''Stachel: Are you the adjutant?''
->''Kettering: I fly a desk now.''(taps his leg) ''Antiaircraft fire.''