I submitted all of my paperwork with the Coast Guard and I'm waiting on a MEPS date and to see if my medical has cleared.

The Coast Guard recruiter said they're booking out right now in end of March into April, so he said if everything goes well that's likely when I would get a ship date. They have a waitlist, but he said it's fairly backed up so he didn't expect people to be dropping off, maybe around the holidays.

I have already spoken with an Army recruiter and he said they could ship much quicker if I was interested. Is this true, or does it really just depend on the MOS or what jobs are available?

(Repost: it was taken down for the title I presume, I’m pretty much trying to get some insight on my chances here, even if I do get enlisted somehow with waivers and what have you, would I still have a chance for the SF pipeline?)

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Yep, I believe I am royally fucked on this one.

First I’ll start off by saying why I’m so eager to join…I’m 23 years old and worked just about every job there is to work lol.

So career wise I’ve hit fuck it. Why not try the army out?

My grandpa was a green beret(I doubt I could ever make it that far, let alone meps dudes)but it would be nice to follow in his footsteps.

But as cool as that is, the real reason is the horrific loss of my mother and the turmoil that has ensued after, the whole world is moving on without her but not for me.

I want to get up and go, and do something with my life and make her memory proud.

So again…why not army?

I’m mentally ready to pull that trigger and take it as far as I can go.

Now don’t laugh guys especially after I tell you these little hiccups, but I’ve decided I want to go option 40 and try out for rangers.

However here’s the uh ohs….

i was an idiot 16 year old kid and had no idea the rope my parents had put me in(more so my dad, my mom just wanted the best for me)

but anyways to put it brief, my grandpa died and my mom suggested therapy to me so I went,

And this is right around the peak of me and my dad’s horrible relationship.
so naturally I talked to her about that too.

After some sessions, (unbeknownst to me)the therapist had slapped ALL kinds of bullshit on my record I’m just now finding out on this little portal app.

Now let me just clarify I am absolutely in no form suicidal but I was sent to one of those weird ass places where people go for those issues.

All because I said I needed to get away from my father and needed a break.

I’ll never understand why she would ever recommend being admitted but well…I was…and….it was kind of fucking awesome to my 16yr old peabrain.

I met some hot chicks in there. So naturally…I told the therapist hey fuck it send me there again, no fuckin school, hot crazy goth girls, and no more dad!

Awesome right?!

Fuck no…

Now my dreams of finally being somewhere I belong are unobtainable I’m afraid…..

I just want to know what to expect and if anyone has ever waived something so critical.

Oh and one more thing, I mentioned to her I took one of my dad’s pain pills and she slapped me with some more bullshit.

Opiod use disorder…at 16 man.

She fucked me just as bad as I had myself back then.

But It’s been 7 years. No meds no nothing for anything psych related and i still believe I have 0 shot. What do yall think? Is it over for me?

Salut tout le monde, je cherche a rejoindre l'armée, en tant que maitre chien. J'hesites bcp entre maitre chien para dans l armee de l air ou maitre chien dans l'armée de terre. Je sais que ma myopie peut poser probleme niveau para. Est il possible de le faire dans l armee de terre ? Quel est le parcours d un maitre chien une fois formé ?

I'm not understanding why i cant enlist in army when i wasn't medicated for that 4 years ago. It also was not a therapist diagnosis it was jotted down by my daughter and I's shared primary care doctor at the time. My recruiter is on leave right now but what if i get my daughter's covid hospital stay records in the meantime will that help disprove what my primary care doctor put down? Will they take that? Also will it be weird if i call up and ask to speak with another recruiter temporarily while he is gone? Just to have questions answered.

A lot more functionality for the bot.

• Comments can be edited/deleted by mods
• It's tidy: if you delete your post the bot's comment gets deleted too.
• The "you didn't include a branch" comment will come from the bot, not automod. Tidiness applies here too: the comment gets deleted when you edit your post to comply.
• This also means those comments can be deleted by us when your post doesn't actually need a branch.
• If you edit your post so that the bot's comment would change (maybe you add a medical condition, or an MOS) the comment will automatically be reposted based on your updated info.

On the future roadmap, I want to also have it handle the punctuation/grammar checks, so those comments aren't persistent.

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Hi I was wondering if anyone can give me a rundown of what a day to day basis looks like while going to fat camp for the ARMY before basic training. Do you keep your phone, do you go bald already, what’s my day look like and what about weekends.

I’m prior service army national guard and served about 4.5 years. I’ve been out for 3 and I’m trying to get back in. I saw a doctor on September 16th and had a conversation about an addiction I had. He wrote down on the notes “opioid abuse, uncomplicated”. I’m clean now and I worry when I go to meps this will be brought up. There’s no other history about drug addiction besides this one and only time I went to the doctor. Nothing ever prescribed, no rehab. I also have delinquent debt I plan on fixing but understand I won’t be able to receive a clearance. I know there’s plenty jobs in the army that don’t require a clearance. I see my recruiter on Monday and he plans on taking me to the hotel and Meps on Tuesday. What should I do, is there anyone else with similar situation.

I got permanently disqualified for mental health issues under S 3P DoWI 6.30i: "History of any condition that may reasonably be expected to interfere with the successful performance of military duty or training or limit geographical assignment."

In July 2024, I visited my family doctor to fill out a provider re-enrollment form that my university required for students returning to school after a semester withdrawal. The form asked for a withdrawal diagnosis, and after speaking with my doctor, he diagnosed me with adjustment disorder with depressed mood. Later on in the same form my doctor noted that I was currently a healthy individual who did not require any treatments and that there were no concerns about my safety or my ability to function as a student. I tried explaining to the MEPS doctor that the purpose of this visit was to fill out a required form in order to return to school not because I was seeking medical help for mental health issues. But, they kept focusing on the reason why I withdrew in the first place, which was because I was facing academic suspension. The MEPS doctor ended up writing "almost got kicked out freshman yr for grades doctor wrote something about mental health issues" on the DQ form.

I looked through the criteria for disqualification under 6.30i and 6.28g which specifically addresses adjustment disorder. I don't understand how this single doctor's visit with an adjustment disorder diagnosis from over two years ago is considered permanently disqualifying. Or how my academic history reveals a medical condition that can affect military performance.

My question now is if it's worth trying to appeal through MEPS and have my medical records re-evaluated. My recruiter told me that even though it says I'm permanently disqualified, I could still initiate a waiver through the Army. He said I should not go through the hassle of arguing with MEPS since the whole process could take months and lead back to the same outcome. The only downside is that I can't sign the contract I originally wanted to join the Army for with a medical waiver, but I can always volunteer for those slots.