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Getting into the military with epilepsy.

Tue, 03/25/2008 - 17:45
Hello, I tried to get into the Army when I was 18 but they denied me because they couldn't guarentee that I would or could get my medication on a daily basis!  It makes sense!  Now my 17 year old son has plans of joining the Navy.  I've told him what I went through and what they told me but he's already talked to recruiters that have told him that he could get in.  Do different branches have different rules for enlistment?  I've already made my son promise me that he wouldn't enlist until after Bush is out, but Bush has created such a mess it's going to take years to clean up his mess and to get our troops out safely!  My son's grades aren't good and I've already been told that the Navy won't take him unless he has at least a C average, so that sets my mind at ease!  Does anybody have any first hand knowledge regarding getting into the armed forces with E. 

Comments

Re: Getting into the military with epilepsy.

Submitted by Seruzies on Tue, 2008-03-25 - 19:10
I'm glad to hear your son will be joining the Navy after the war in the desert of Iraq is over too, I don't see the Al-Queda Navy getting any stronger anytime soon, and real men and women in The United States Army are fighting the war in Iraq. Besides that, a C average won't get him into The Air Force. I can't remember the last time the Navy fired a shot in a the war, or in self-defense during the Iraq War, so it sounds like he's joining the right branch of military service to me. I hope he enjoys floating around the world on a boat full of men.

Re: Getting into the military with epilepsy.

Submitted by whitetigrus on Tue, 2008-03-25 - 20:09
Have the rules changed over the years?  Can he actually get into the military with having epilepsy?   Without the guarantee that he can get his meds on a daily basis?  I haven't had a chance to talk to a recruiter yet and my son is afraid of me talking to one because he knows my feelings and knows that  I was turned down for the army!  I won't lie, I don't want my son to join because I know that he needs his meds every day and neither one of us wants him to get as bad as I got with E, and he's only heard stories about my E!

Re: Getting into the military with epilepsy.

Submitted by mjb_02 on Tue, 2009-01-20 - 11:17
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