Joining the Air Force ROTC with diabetes?

Question

I have always wanted to join the Air Force since I was little, but when I was 14, I was diagnosed with juvenile diabetes. So now I can't enlist. The ROTC officer at the University of Delaware said it might be possible for me to join the ROTC for Air Force there, but she wasn't sure since it is a requirement to serve 4 years of active duty. Why can't I join the Air Force as a journalist or researcher. Or why can't I teach on base for children of enlisted people? I plan to major in History Education with a double minor in French and Anthropology?Archeology. Why can't diabetics join the military to do jobs that do not involve combat or flying. I am just as good as anybody else.

* Anthropology/Anthropology

* Anthropology/Archeology

Candy g- no juvenile diabetes is another name for type 1 diabetes. It means that my pancreas does not make any type of insulin at all, so I have to take insulin shots everyday. I can never outgrow it. If I live to 97 years old, i will still have juvenile diabetes. It sucks I know, but I still don't think it should bar me from joining the militay.

Ok- For the record, I am insulin dependant, and I do not live in Delaware. I live in Pennsylvania.

Answer 1

For what ever it's worth to you I admire your goals and desires , and I don't know why you couldn't serve in the way you suggest , at least you want to and that should count for something, and one more thing, I'd say your probably head and shoulders above everyone else if you look at the way some of these posts are . Having said that , I just don't know what the limits are for one with your problem but I sincerely wish you all the best , and thanks , for wanting to serve .

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Answer 4

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Answer 5

I'm sorry but NO. If you are diabetic meaning that you will need special medical treatment and that puts you in the non-deployable area, which the first elimination to discharge. Ofcourse I am speaking from the Air Force side of the house, I am not sure about the other branches.

Answer 6

Diabetes, either Type or Type 2, is disqualifying for enlistment, appointment or induction into the armed forces. This would include ROTC, since you are considered to be a cadet.
However it won't disqualify you from taking a teaching position with Department of Defense Dependents School System. That's who staffs the overseas schools which teach the dependent children of U.S. forces. Additionally, while working overseas as one of those school teachers, you can receive care at the military hospitals, including any need for medical evacuation to the States should your condition warrant.

Answer 7

This is because all members of the military must be able to be deployed to anywhere in the world on a moments notice. A person with medical problems could not fill this requirement. You don't say if you are insulin dependent, but if you are you could never deploy because there is the possibility that your medicine might not be immediately available where you are sent.

Answer 8

Missy it has absolutly nothing to do whether you're good or not. It's like with me. I am a heart patient by birth. I have tried to enlist in the Navy. They wouldn' t take me. You need to be fit, physical fit for combat. That's the reason that they will not take people with health problems. However, you could go to a advocacy of a judicary system in the military branch, and have your case heard. And if your doctor assists you in your effort to enlist, perhaps where there is a way there is a will? Otherwise, you could work as a civic person on military base. All you need to do is filling out there job applications. Good luck!

Answer 9

I'm sorry for what you are going through. I'm Diabetic too, so I understand. You never know, perhaps you were just not meant to join the Air Force. It would tough to fly with low blood sugar. I'm sorry, but it would eventually happen. I know how mean I can become with 40 blood sugar, I can't imagine flying.

It sounds like you have a great ideas of what you want to do, sounds like you will something great, not matter where it is.

Keep that sugar under control! You will be fine!

*PS would you really want to work with people like Joe L?

Answer 10

All members of the armed forces must be combat-qualified. The USAF has many civilian employees that do not have to be. Teachers for the base children of USAF personnel are civilians.

However, you should be able to take AFROTC CLASSES regardless of disability, they are open, by law, to anyone, even from Delaware. I do not think that they have to let you particpate in non-class ROTC activities however. See the Affrimative-Action Officer at your school.