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i am currently a DEPr in the US NAVY. i ship june 15th. a friend of mine just informed me that he could not do swcc or seal bc of childhood history of asthma. i need to know if this is true or not, because i had a past history of asthma, but i took the methacolyne challenge and passed with flying colors...IF the rule is true and i cannot, does marine recon have the same regulation?
Drew;
Not that I am aware of. However, because Recon Marines are typically dive qualified, the regulations regarding that are strict, and asthma may, in fact, be a disqualifer. However, it is not an 'automatic' DQ for Recon, as long as you can do the required physical fitness and whatnot. So, if you got in and were accepted, you could still be a recon Marine, even without the dive qual (you just couldn't do certain things, and probably couldn't go to Force Recon).
Here is the regulation pertaining to asthma:
d. Asthma (493), including reactive airway disease, exercise-induced bronchospasm or asthmatic bronchitis, reliably
diagnosed and symptomatic after the 13th birthday, is disqualifying. Reliable diagnostic criteria may include any of the
following elements: substantiated history of cough, wheeze, chest tightness, and/or dyspnea that persists or recurs over
a prolonged period of time, generally more than 12 months.
Hope that helps,
Jason
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