I know that members of the armed forces frequent this board, so I'll just cut to the chase.
I'm looking to enlist in the military. I've spent a whole year getting /fit/. I've gotten all of my shit together. I've prepared myself in every way possible. I did all of this, just to join the military. But there's one problem.
I have an extensive history of mental health issues. I was misdiagnosed with Asperger's, I was diagnosed with clinical depression, I attempted suicide once, I had a 504/IEP in high school, I had continuous therapy and psychiatry visits, and I was hospitalized four times for inpatient care.
I know that this means a permanent disqualification, with little to no hope of a waiver, but let me tell you about the things that I'm hoping will increase my chances of a waiver.
I have been stable without my medication for a full year. I stopped taking my medication only to join the military.
I have a relative who is a brigadier general in the Air Force to vouch for me.
I maintained a 3.8 GPA throughout high school, scored high on my SAT (and even the practice ASVAB tests that I took), and never used the only two accommodations which were listed in my 504/IEP. The IEP and 504 were forced onto me since I was hospitalized, and I purposely only chose two, very insignificant accommodations. I have two letters from the two different schools I attended which confirm that I never used the accommodations.
So my question. Is it, even in the slightest sense, possible that I could receive a medical waiver? Even in a miraculous sense?
>>42507831
> I have a relative who is a brigadier general
Thats all you had to say. Dont say shit to the recruiter. However, no matter how physically fit you are, training is mentally debilitating and breaks you before it builds you. Think of the shittest day at work youve ever had; if it made you massively depressed or suicidal, army training is that shit day at work times a hundred, for months on end. Im sure you can wrangle a way in, but its more about whether you personally have the mental fortitude to not suck start a rifle when shit gets tough.
Im just a bong squaddie and dont know how it is in the US, but if a brigadier general vouches for you, whichever red faced shouty man at the recruiters will probably bend over backwards to get you in.