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Hello. I am currently in the process of getting my Navy discharge upgraded. It appears that it was issued in error. The Navy told me I had asthma, but a recent medical test says I don't have asthma. I was issued an RE-4 code.
I would like to join the National Guard. Do you know which states would be best to work with? I was told by a Colorado recruiter that the RE-4 codes don't matter any more in that state. Is this true and will the National Guard waive an RE-4? Thank you for your time.
Hi,
The National Guard is operated by the individual *state* government, and not the Federal government. Therefore, if a particular state is having problems meeting their National Guard recruiting goal, they *may* be more willing to favorably consider a medical waiver than other states, which are not having problems meeting their recruiting commitment.
I'm afraid I don't have any information about which states may be making their NG goals, and which may not.
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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