About My son is wanting to join the military but is flat footed
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October 5th, 2005
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| | My son is wanting to join the military but is flat footed info |
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October 5th, 2005
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That was the old army. I am a flat footed guy who went into the Army in 1997. We did our little walk around thing for our physical. Afterward, the doc called me in and asked a bunch of questions about my ankles and knees. I told him I did all kinds of physical activity and had no problems. He told me that I was one of the most flat footed person he had seen. He also said if I had tried to join back in the late 80's I would have been denied for having flat feet.
"The best form of taking care of troops is first-class training, for this saves unnecessary casualties." Erwin Rommel |
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October 5th, 2005
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When I was in, the combat boots were pure agony if you had flat feet. They didn't know a lot about insole design back then.
“War is an ugly thing but not the ugliest of things; the decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feelings which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse.” —John Stuart Mill |
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October 5th, 2005
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Another flat-footed former GI chimes in. I was in for 5 years and also spent 18 years in the reserves. They did not turn me down. "It doesn't take a hero to order men into battle. It takes a hero to be one of those men who goes into battle." - Norman Schwarskopf, Commander of Desert Storm Operations  |
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October 5th, 2005
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um would it be wise that if he *really* wants in to just flat out lie to them and say he has never had any problems with it and yes they are flat but he still does a range of physical activity with no impairment from what iv read at a couple of places, they whill flunk you pretty quickly, so dont give them any reason to If I am asked what we are fighting for, I can reply in two sentences. In the first place, to fulfil a solemn international obligation . . . an obligation of honor which no self-respecting man could possibly have repudiated. I say, secondly, we are fighting to vindicate the principle that small nationalities are not to be crushed in defiance of international good faith at the arbitrary will of a strong and overmastering Power. Author: Rt. Hon. Herbert Henry Asquith Source: Statement, to House of Commons, Declaration of War with Germany, Aug. 4, 1914 |
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October 6th, 2005
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in my honest opinion don't tell him let him be the one to hear it from the docs or the recruiter. that way it won't be his mom later on in life that he resents every time he thinks about not getting in! If you don't make your own decisions someone else will. If you don't make yourself happy... no one else will. If you want to make God laugh just tell him your plans! | |
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October 7th, 2005
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they have no access to your civilian doctor records, they cant tell if your lying or not. if they discover it and he acts dumb like he didnt know, he iwll be fine. but on the other note, its probably better not to have to act suprised.
\"Some people spend an entire lifetime wondering if they made a difference in the world. But, the Marines don\'t have that problem.\" Ronald Reagan 1985 |
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October 10th, 2005
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| | Mod Edit: Do not let me see another post giving such advice again. If you want to potentially ruin your military career, fine - but you won't advise others to do so on this site. |
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October 10th, 2005
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I really want to join Marines but I'm deaf and I also have a flat feet.
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October 10th, 2005
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Damn I didn't know you had flat feet?  |
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