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Expert: Rod Powers - 11/1/2009


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when I get older I want to be a marine but I was diagnosed with asthma at 12 but I know it was a misdiagnosis. so how can I prove it was a misdiagnosis? should I just lie at meps? I know for sure I dot have asthma I never used my inhaler ever. right now I turn 15 in 2 months and I am going to ask my mom to take me to the doctor to get tested. so if I test negative for asthma should I just not tell meps because I can run with out a problem? I currently do not have asthma it just went away after a couple of days I think I was just sick. How many waivers does the marines give out for asthma? Will I require a waiver? I did not have asthma past my 13th birthday.

Please help me all I ever wanted to do is become a marine.

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Hi, Pierre,

See http://usmilitary.about.com/od/joiningthemilitary/a/lungs.htm

If you haven't had any symptoms of Asthma *AFTER* your 13th birthday, you're qualified for enlistment, and won't need a waiver.

For more information about the United States Military, feel free to visit my US Military information site at: http://usmilitary.about.com

Hope this helps!

Rod Powers
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Rod Powers is considered one of the premire experts about U.S. Military career information on the planet. He has more than 30,000 articles about U.S. Military career information on the About.com U.S. Military Careers Information website at: http://usmilitary.about.com. Additionally, he is the author of "ASVAB for Dummies," "ASVAB AFQT for Dummies," (available in Dec 2009), and "Veteran Benefits for Dummies," all published by Wiley Publishing. He is also the author of "Barrons' Guide to Officer Candidate School Tests," published by Barron's Educational Series.

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Rod Powers is a retired Air Force first sergeant, with 23 years of active duty service, 11 of those years as an Air Force First Sergeant. He has helped thousands of military members, recruits, and military applicants since he took over the About.com U.S Military Careers Information site in 1999. He has a reputation for "telling it like it is," so questions may not be answered based on "what you want to hear," but will be answered based of the bast available information, concerning the service/situation.

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Rod is a distinguished graduate of the Air Force Noncommissioned Officers Academy, the Air Force Senior Noncommissioned Officer Academy, and the Air Force First Sergeant Academy. He also holds an Associates Degree in Personnel Administration from the Community College of the Air Force (CCAF).

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