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Can a difficult child join the military?
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<blockquote data-quote="Marg's Man" data-source="post: 509335" data-attributes="member: 4085"><p>Having been in the [Australian] army I know why the military have health checks on the people they enlist. Marg mentioned Joe Blow the friend of of difficult child 1 who joined up. </p><p></p><p>There are a HUGE range of jobs in the military and not all of them front line that can accommodate the otherwise unfit but you do need to be able to hack and produce the goods. Whatever those goods are.</p><p></p><p>Many of our kids with their splinter skills in computers and games will be brilliant in the modern forces but I sure as heck wouldn't want be on point during a night patrol with a bloke behind who might get 'twitchy' because I was in front of him at the mess line that morning or who is likely to go 'down' with an attack of severe allergic reaction to those bushes we just had hide under from the enemy. Army food (while on patrol, camp food is usually good) will kill a someone with IBS faster than a bullet and far more unpleasantly.</p><p></p><p>The mental issues MAY be a problem depending in his expectations and what the recruiting officers have told him. If they're doing their jobs right they will tell him right off what he not suitable for. He should not go in expecting to join the SAS/Special Forces if he's not disgustingly fit but if he just wants to push papers in the battalion HQ or work a radio spotter's station then he may have a chance. </p><p></p><p>The military is very different from civilian life but it CAN be a fit. The very regimentation that drives so many 'spare' can be very reassuring to some types of mind. There are two sides that need to be considered, the mental and the physical. I'm very much afraid that your son will strike out on the physical side - he has just too many problems.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marg's Man, post: 509335, member: 4085"] Having been in the [Australian] army I know why the military have health checks on the people they enlist. Marg mentioned Joe Blow the friend of of difficult child 1 who joined up. There are a HUGE range of jobs in the military and not all of them front line that can accommodate the otherwise unfit but you do need to be able to hack and produce the goods. Whatever those goods are. Many of our kids with their splinter skills in computers and games will be brilliant in the modern forces but I sure as heck wouldn't want be on point during a night patrol with a bloke behind who might get 'twitchy' because I was in front of him at the mess line that morning or who is likely to go 'down' with an attack of severe allergic reaction to those bushes we just had hide under from the enemy. Army food (while on patrol, camp food is usually good) will kill a someone with IBS faster than a bullet and far more unpleasantly. The mental issues MAY be a problem depending in his expectations and what the recruiting officers have told him. If they're doing their jobs right they will tell him right off what he not suitable for. He should not go in expecting to join the SAS/Special Forces if he's not disgustingly fit but if he just wants to push papers in the battalion HQ or work a radio spotter's station then he may have a chance. The military is very different from civilian life but it CAN be a fit. The very regimentation that drives so many 'spare' can be very reassuring to some types of mind. There are two sides that need to be considered, the mental and the physical. I'm very much afraid that your son will strike out on the physical side - he has just too many problems. [/QUOTE]
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