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Can you join the military if you have health problems?
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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 509021" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>They might not keep a recruiter from making all sorts of promises but they WOULD keep him out of actually serving. I had a friend in HS who was accepted into the Navy but the day she reported to basic training they sent her home for having IBS. A friend's son had to go several years with-o treatment of any kind for asthma before he was accepted and he got sent home from basic because the asthma anyway. It started to act up when he hadn't had problems with it for years. I think most branches say 2 yrs free of any treatment for adhd, etc... before you can enlist, and that is only if you have no other problems. Janet might have more up to date info, but the friend's son was just about 4 yrs ago.</p><p></p><p>Would ROTC accept him? You can also think about Job Corps, Peace Corp, and there are probably some other programs I can't think of. I am sorry he is having so many problems. Have you considered a vocational program for him? Wiz absolutely loved the course he took - and he was eligible for a free year after he graduated HS and most kids need that year but he finished all the coursework in 2 yrs instead of 3. It was machinist training but using a computer to make the machines do the work, not the old fashioned kind my Gpa, Dad and Uncles all did. He totally loved making the computers make things out of big pieces of metal. I think it was another video game to him, sort of.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 509021, member: 1233"] They might not keep a recruiter from making all sorts of promises but they WOULD keep him out of actually serving. I had a friend in HS who was accepted into the Navy but the day she reported to basic training they sent her home for having IBS. A friend's son had to go several years with-o treatment of any kind for asthma before he was accepted and he got sent home from basic because the asthma anyway. It started to act up when he hadn't had problems with it for years. I think most branches say 2 yrs free of any treatment for adhd, etc... before you can enlist, and that is only if you have no other problems. Janet might have more up to date info, but the friend's son was just about 4 yrs ago. Would ROTC accept him? You can also think about Job Corps, Peace Corp, and there are probably some other programs I can't think of. I am sorry he is having so many problems. Have you considered a vocational program for him? Wiz absolutely loved the course he took - and he was eligible for a free year after he graduated HS and most kids need that year but he finished all the coursework in 2 yrs instead of 3. It was machinist training but using a computer to make the machines do the work, not the old fashioned kind my Gpa, Dad and Uncles all did. He totally loved making the computers make things out of big pieces of metal. I think it was another video game to him, sort of. [/QUOTE]
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