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I recently signed up for the coast guard, took my asvab, and physical and filled out all the paper work. My recruiter though, wasn't the best, and left out alot of info that I needed. So when the day came for me to go to bootcamp, i find out that i don't make weight. After a few weeks, Im finally able to get another recruiter, make weight, and get another date, and then they tell me they are no longer acceoting G.E.D ( I was taking coller classes, but had to drop them to join) After I go through the chain of command and see if I can get a waiver, im told that thats possibly not going to happen. Is there anything else I can do ,since I started this porcess before the restriction changed? I haven't herd from my recruiter. amd right now Im not able to get those college creidts that would be needed in order to join.
Hi Silvio,
I'm afraid that the only thing you can do is to keep working to get those college credits.
The Coast Guard accepts fewer than 1 percent of all enlistees each year with a GED.
In other words, the possibility of getting a waiver is about the same as the possibility of being struck by lightening.
In order to be considered on the same level as a high school diploma-holder, you must have at least 15 college credits.
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.
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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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