Hey guys, sorry for the randomness but I feel like venting.
All I've wanted to do my entire life is serve my country(USA). I've had no other plans. It's my senior year in high school so I went to the local Marine Corps recruiting station to enlist.
I went to MEPS(Military Entry Processing Station) nearly aced the ASVAB(Standard aptitude test for enlistment) and breezed through the physical. That is, until the vision test. I've always had bad eyesight, only correctable to 20/40 with glasses. After that long process, I was DQ'd and had to get a note from my eye doctor, and I did. The note stated my nearsightedness, but also recommended me for a waiver, I was denied. For months my recruiters tried everything they could to get me in, but to no avail.
So after that, I went to the ARMY to see what they could do for me, same long process, same denied waiver. So I went to the NAVY with the notion that I would be denied enlistment, but they said they'd try anyway. It's been about 2 weeks now and I have received no word from the Navy. It's a pretty hopeless situation, I have nothing I wish to major in, in college unless I can enter an ROTC program. I'm physically fit, scored pretty well on the ASVAB, but there's nothing I can do even while they call more and more troops overseas. I want to be one of them, I want infantry, I want to serve the United States of America.
All I've wanted to do my entire life is serve my country(USA). I've had no other plans. It's my senior year in high school so I went to the local Marine Corps recruiting station to enlist.
I went to MEPS(Military Entry Processing Station) nearly aced the ASVAB(Standard aptitude test for enlistment) and breezed through the physical. That is, until the vision test. I've always had bad eyesight, only correctable to 20/40 with glasses. After that long process, I was DQ'd and had to get a note from my eye doctor, and I did. The note stated my nearsightedness, but also recommended me for a waiver, I was denied. For months my recruiters tried everything they could to get me in, but to no avail.
So after that, I went to the ARMY to see what they could do for me, same long process, same denied waiver. So I went to the NAVY with the notion that I would be denied enlistment, but they said they'd try anyway. It's been about 2 weeks now and I have received no word from the Navy. It's a pretty hopeless situation, I have nothing I wish to major in, in college unless I can enter an ROTC program. I'm physically fit, scored pretty well on the ASVAB, but there's nothing I can do even while they call more and more troops overseas. I want to be one of them, I want infantry, I want to serve the United States of America.