Careers: Military--Army, Navy, Airforce, Marines, Coast Guard/bipolar and the military

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D wrote at 2007-05-09 02:41:44
I don't agree with the other answers points on medication being a reason for the military not taking a risk on your son. I'm currently active duty and will be deploying soon. I require daily medications to be combat ready and they're not volunteering to kick me out. If he wasn't allowed to go to AIT though, he should probably look into doing something else. There are civilian jobs that allow people to "serve our country", i.e. contractor jobs, government employee jobs, etc.  

poor man wrote at 2010-12-10 04:46:22
Yes they are correct that you can not server when you have BP but there is a way around it. If you are diagnosed with BP but don't take your medicine  for 3 or more years you are allowed to still sign up this is coming right from the USMC post that i was at, at about 4:30 9/11/10 but i am not able to serve because i felt an episode coming on today and deiced to take a pill when i was off for about 5 years and now can not serve in any branch of the military which is a downer because i was really looking forward to join since a kid.  

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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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