Careers: Military--Army, Navy, Airforce, Marines, Coast Guard/re-enlisting

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I have an employee who says was discharged from basic training because of asthma. Also says he became a Ranger. How long do you have to wait to re-enlist after being discharged with asthma? He's only 22. Is this possible? OR is he just full of ______?
Thanks for your time.

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Well your employee cannot become a ranger out of basic training. He would have completed that as a follow on school and, with asthma, he would have been immediately disqualified from attending. As far as waiting to re-enlist, there is no set time with asthma because it is a performance limiting condition. He may not ever be able to re-enlist as the military isn't the place for someone who may have a medical emergency due to the strenuous and stressful conditions we train and fight in.

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