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Dear sir,
my husband had 4 years and 8 months in the navy as an enlisted that he really wants to join any branches right now, but he has some medical problems:diabeties, hypertension, depression ect. - he does not take any medication now that I can get letter from his doctors to support that, and he has 90 percent disability rate. He will have his BA in august 2007,he is 40 years old, and he wants to join as an officer. I respectfully request any advise that could help him.
Hi Alta,
I'm sorry, but it he has a "90 percent" disability rate, he is not going to be able to join any branch of the U.S. Military. It's just not going to happen.
Even if he had only a 30 percent disability rate, it wouldn't happen. I'm sorry, but you can't be "legally disabled" and be eligible to enlist in the U.S. Military, or access as a commissioned officer.
For more information about the United States Military, feel free to visit my U.S. Military information site at: http://usmilitary.about.com
Hope this helps!
Rod Powers
http://usmilitary.about.com
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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.
Experience
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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