Topic: health requirements

[wannabe_sniper]

if you have a disease like diabetes or chrohns can you join the army ?  :confused:

[DnA]

not sure, but i dont think it looks to good

try contacting your CFRC

or just wait till people with more info come online an post

an also, I dont like that name you got there, I‘m sure others wont  either

just a warning, you might get some flames about your name

[combat_medic]

Having an illness like the ones you mentioned above will immediately disqualify you from a lot of trades. Depending on the severity and manageability of the illness, you MAY not be able to get in at all.

For example, if you‘re a severely insulin-dependant diabetic, NO WAY. The military isn‘t able to provide for those kind of medical or dietary requirements. However, if you‘re non-insulin-dependant, you may have a chance.

[robreadman]

What‘s the procedure on mild, manageable asthma?

[311]

Well...I used to have asthma and they made me take a letter to my docter..and make him say that its gone...So I guess even if its managible, it could be a problem.

[robreadman]

That‘s Disheartening. What if you can do the fitness tests and exercise all without any medication?

[Michael O'Leary]

What you can do in the gym, well-rested, lightly attired and unstressed, is a far cry from the potential conditions of exertion when you are tired, hungry, wet and cold, after sucking dust, diesel fumes and pollen for days in the field, with little sleep and under the pressure of assessment, or worse, having to consider the possibly lethal results of poor decision-making. Imagine trying to do it in the continued presence of every trigger for the condition you can imagine being present.

Mike

[Jungle]

You can always try to hide it during the recruiting process, but it very well may catch up to you eventually considering the conditions we have to live/work in at times. Also, it is quite possible that you are released  from the CF through the back door for lying during the recruitment process. Up to you... but I advise telling the truth and getting proper evaluation of your condition, and accepting the consequences. It is for your own good, and that of people around you should you join.  

[Illucigen]

Safe bet, call your Doctor. ask your doctor what he thinks. CFRC will give you a form for him to sign anyway, and the form will basically confirm his ideas of the types of stresses your body needs to endure. In essense, you wont need the form, he can live off of his expectations of what the miltiary is to judge your condition. If he says maybe, then go down and ask to speek to med pers.