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I was talking to my girlfriend the other day about the option of her enlisting in the Army. She has scoliosis. Does this automatically disqualify her from service?
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I didn't know I had it until Basic Training the DI kept yelling at me to stand up straight, all I could say was ...I am. managed to put in 20 years with it never interfered with anything I did. When in formation for ceremonies I had to actually stand tilted, which everyone thought was straight.
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It depends on the degree of curvature. I'll see if I can find the exact values in a bit.
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I think they're all ancient, SFC Joseph Weber . I joined out of KC MEPS, worked with Columbus MEPS as a recruiter, then joined again through Sacramento MEPS. Any one of them could have been the personal physician to Moses.
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SFC Joseph Weber
CPT (Join to see) - True. Had to go to Des Moines for same day consults.We discovered our Doc was doing breast exams. No action taken, too hard to find a Doc willing to get paid 15 bucks a pop for exams.
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I know certain branches will disqualify you for having scoliosis. Well, it may be different now. One of my buddies enlisted in 2014, he originally was interested in joining the Navy but once he finally got to MEPS, he ended up getting disqualified for scoliosis. Then he went to an Army recruiter, and he did have to acquire a waiver of some sort, but he enlisted as an Infantryman and completed his training.
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PO2 Anthony Burton
One of the guys that I saw during medical before going to boot camp was disqualified because of it.
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