I was wondering can you join the military if you have asthma?
2006-10-15 23:53:56 · 8 answers · asked by Charlie 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
History of asthma past age 13 is a Permenent Disqualifier. If you lie about it, you will get found out eventually and will be discharged with a fraudulent enlistment and lose every benefit you had coming, to include GI Bill and VA loans.
It is no laughing matter. every recruit, from every branch, has to go through the gas chamber. It's hard enough on healthy people, it can trigger a fatal reaction in asthmatics.
2006-10-16 03:37:39 · answer #1 · answered by Mrsjvb 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, you cannot join with asthma. A lot of people lie about the asthma, but if you have an attack in basic training (which is very likely) you will be discharged and it takes months for the discharge to be finalized so you have to stay in a MED HOLD unit.
2006-10-16 02:39:10 · answer #2 · answered by azile_wehttam 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Every so often I see someone (I'm an Army Medic) with breathing difficulties and I have to ask them to tell me truthfully if they have asthma. Usually they do and it turns out that they lied about it when they went to MEPS. You need to ask your civillian doctor if your asthma is such that you actually can do military tasks.
2006-10-16 00:41:00 · answer #3 · answered by seantherunner 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i just got back from MEPS and if you have asthma you gotta go thru some ****
they pump you lungs with chemicals of diff sorts and i saw a guy go thru all the normal meps sh it at get dqed for that at lunch time (10:20am) and then had to sit till 5 till the shuttle picked him up while the rest of us swore in and signed contracts
must have sucked for him
2006-10-16 01:16:08 · answer #4 · answered by WANTED 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you should call the military themselves and enquire about it. Because you want to get a definite and correct answer and sometimes you just don't know on this site, people's answers are all over the place haha, some people say yes while others say no, so call a military and ask them, they'll give you the right answer. =)
2006-10-15 23:59:45 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yeah u can, but it depends how bad ur asthma is, like if it is so bad that when u get up off ur *** ur panting ( okay its jus an example of really bad asthma, so soz if im offensing any1) ur cant join da army, but if its really less, like after u have ran 10000 miles then ur panting, then ur alowd in
2006-10-16 00:48:39 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think you can unless you get a medical waiver... however, they won't kick you out for it any more if it is discovered once you are already in. Check out the attached website...
2006-10-16 00:03:55 · answer #7 · answered by i_love_my_mp 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no, but if you develop it while your inthey wont kick you out.
2006-10-16 07:20:53 · answer #8 · answered by ya girl 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋