Hey guys, so I’m scheduled to go to MEPS to swear in in about two weeks, and I had a question. I’ve already completed my medical and physical, and I ended up needing two waivers, which were both approved, so I’m able to swear in soon.
However, since going through MEPS, I’ve gained a significant amount of weight and am technically considered overweight now. Does anyone know if they will take my height and weight again before I swear in, or if my current weight could prevent me from swearing in?
Any information or personal experience would be greatly appreciated!

My stepdad's in the Navy and I want to be a doctor. They said it was the easiest way through with no debt, but I feel like my mom just wants to live her dream vicariously through me because she wanted to be an air force medic before having kids.

I hate planes, I'm antisocial, and I'm very big on self expression. I have no interest in the military, and I do not do sports or any extracurriculars that would appeal to a military recruiter anyways. I am also an alternative teenager.

I have a boyfriend that no, I will not jeopardize my entire future for, but I do want to be able to, you know, see him to some extent. Gaming calms me down.

All of these things considered, I believe life there would be hell for me.

Are there any other US programs that I could go into the medical field for that would set me up with the most minimal amount of debt, or should I just find an ROTC program, or give up and let my parents cater my life and activities towards the air force academy?

(I specifically want to go into surgery, and currently am expected to graduate high school with an associates in pre-medical sciences)

I wanna join the army but I’m quite a big guy I’m about 270lbs at 6’0. I’m 17 and I’m not gonna graduate for a pretty long while so I have time anyways but I’m curious if the DEP would be something I should look into.

I’m currently in Navy DEP and ship out Nov 9. I been having the thought of joining the Marines since I know it will be more challenging and just having the title marine will make me feel proud of it. I talked to a marine recruiter about it and he said to get discharged from DEP and then we can start the process, I just need to redo my waiver which is for asthma. How long will the process take and how can I Tell my recruiter he’s been helping me out a lot and I know he’ll be pissed for wasting his time

Ive been looking for a career change for a while now and with the recent cap on age being 42, going into the airforce is looking like an exciting option.

I have a masters in engineering. 10 years of management experience. Worked on a bunch of fancy stuff from EVs to lasers to Department of Energy. Im in good physical shape. No drugs or any legal troubles.

Only potential issues: Im mildly sensitive to gluten/wheat (not celiac). Have moderate seasonal allergies. And wear contact lenses / glasses.

I really dont know what jobs I would be best for in the airforce. I wouldnt want to be a fighter pilot. Large aircraft pilot would be fine. Or anything else really.

Thoughts? Worth talking to a recruiter?

Also interested in what life is like as an officer. Is it pretty typical 40 hour work weeks? Travel requirements? Do you get to choose where you live? The officers Ive known seem to live pretty great lives.

I've always felt a calling to join the military and as I approach graduating college it's a real decision I have to make now. With that being said, I was "diagnosed" with Tourette's or OCD (I don't recall them ever classifying either one) around when I was around 13 (ten years ago) I don't recall any medications, could've been something mild, but I did try therapy a few times but ultimately quit it all together whithin a year. I worked hard to beat it and with time I grew out of it. I haven't had any episode in over 9 years. What are my odds of this stopping me from joining, or showing/ having to get medical waiver?

Im AD enlisted Army and I’m pursuing an associates in nursing currently. Once I finish I plan on doing my RN to BSN online since I want to commission as a nurse. Im aware of AECP but my goal is to become a CNM which is a separate masters nursing program. It requires a lot of clinical hours that, even with online classes, I could not realistically do while active. From what I’ve seen online it seems like AECP only covers a BSN and not further nursing education.

Is it possible go use G2G to do my masters in CNM after I get my BSN? If I do G2G will I be a guaranteed nurse or is there a chance they put me in another MOS? 

Would it be better for me to just do AECP to get my BSN, switch to reserves to get my CNM and switch back to active? And is doing that realistic?

Command told me the other day they are going to recommend a chapter 11. I’m at a school right after basic training and AIT and ever since the start of basic I’ve been feeling more and more depressed everyday due to family separation and better opportunities that I left behind at home. I’ve been talking to the Chaplin as well as behavioral health recently. I joined the army on a whim right after college and really had no one around me with prior military experience to kinda guide me or ask questions too. My recruiter chalked it up to be a really fun time that I would 100% enjoy so I signed my contract. I obviously wish I did more research onto what I was getting into. I thought it would get better after basic once in my school but it’s gotten even worse for me mentally and I’ve had some dark thoughts recently. Right now a getting chaptered out seems like my only hope.

My question is if they said they are recommending it what are the chances of it actually going through? I haven’t signed anything or done any paperwork for anything yet I was just told by command at this certain school about the recommendation. Should I just trust the process? Is there anything I could do now to get the ball rolling?

I’ve been lurking here for a while but I haven’t see anything similar to the problem I’m in right now so I just decided to make an account and post. Why do women go infantry especially the Marines? From what I’ve seen here men don’t want women there at all, they can’t meet the standard, and they face lots of discrimination. What’s the appeal?

I have a 17 year old daughter who’s begging us to sign the consent forms, we won’t be doing it. She’s wanted to go to the Marines as an infantry job since 5th grade. Me and her dad thought it was a phase so when she asked us to sign her up for wrestling swimming and track when she was 10 we did since we were sure it’d die down. 7 years later and we just took it away from her to try and get her to do new things. I don’t get why it’s so appealing for her to look buff like a guy and do guy things. The other day she fireman carried her 200 pound cousin and it honestly felt like I had a son. I told her about all the discrimination she’d face and she said she’d rather get it there than at a random Walmart. I’m not into this and I don’t want her in such a male dominated job.

Her sister’s in college for nursing and we’d hope she’d see her sister in college and want to do that but nope, nothing. If she likes the marines so much she could just date one and save the trouble. I might sound like a crazy mother but honestly I’d rather that than her being in the military let alone a combat job with only men and ruin the dynamic. How can I talk her out of it?