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]Worst thing they will do is put you out on a medical discharge, when I was a Drill SGT I had kids pull out their inhaler after a run and say WTF???
As long as they passed the run I didn't care and just kept a eye on them. Most said their recruiter told them not to mention it at meps.
I didn't care what was wrong with you if you could pass the PT test, and keep up on the road marches I could care less.
We did put a kid out with a bad ankle, the kid had scars and and metal in his ankle. It blew me away that meps missed it.
He was good for the run, but he couldnt make the ruck marches.
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I have to disagree with you. Currently, standards are being enforced and people are getting an art 15 and discharged for fraudulent enlistment. About 1/2 of them are not getting an Honorable. Commanders are hurting for people and when they get a new soldier that is already "broken" and should not be in the Military due to a pre-existing condition the soldier failed to disclose, Commanders get pissed. It is bad enough when a kid comes in with a waiver and can't meet the standard. They get an MEB.
OP. this is the paragraph from the Navy Medical Publication linked above relating to asthma (same standard as the Army BTW).
Asthma (493), including reactive airway disease, exercise-induced bronchospasm or asthmatic bronchitis, reliably
diagnosed and symptomatic after the 13th birthday, does not meet the standard. Reliable diagnostic criteria may include
any of the following elements: substantiated history of cough, wheeze, chest tightness, and/or dyspnea that persists or
recurs over a prolonged period of time, generally more than 12 months.
Remember, you can submit a waiver for anything.
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