It's been a while since I have, but I don't feel like I'm at full fighting potential. I have no problem lifting heavy or running, but I would feel disadvantaged during hand to hand combat, scaling/rappelling, pulling dead weight, those sorts of things. I suppose it is mostly my confidence, but is it also going to be an exclusion factor for applicants?
2007-01-08 11:14:44 · 8 answers · asked by TippmannMan 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
if you can pass a physical at MEPS. Talk to a recruiter.
2007-01-08 11:23:41 · answer #1 · answered by Richard Cranium 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe you should join the Air Force or Navy where Hand to Hand combat is minimized?
Otherwise, get on a program of heavy squats to see just what your "breaking" point is. If,depending on your body size, you hold up under serious squat training, then chances are you will be able to do the other things.
I can train you for one week and tell you if you would have problems, so can others.
2007-01-08 19:25:49 · answer #2 · answered by SnowWebster2 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yea you can enlist i broke my pelvis and got in with no problems just as long as you didnt have any rods pins screws and stuff like that put in it you should be good to go. SEMPER FI OO-RAH
2007-01-08 22:41:10 · answer #3 · answered by lance h 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can if you are at 100% healed. You can still enlist with a waiver, though.
2007-01-08 22:29:03 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It can most definitely be a disqualifying factor if it is a bad injury, which heals slowly, or not completely.
2007-01-08 20:01:03 · answer #5 · answered by WC 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can enlist if you HAVE broken leg they will wait till it heals. to find out more details call your local recruiter and/or go to www.marines.com
2007-01-08 19:20:54 · answer #6 · answered by Mother of a Marine 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
let the medical professionals at meps decide. I don't think it'll exclude you though.
2007-01-08 19:40:14 · answer #7 · answered by krzylove 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
depends on what the people at MEPS say.
2007-01-08 21:38:23 · answer #8 · answered by Patches 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋