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Members of the Askhenazi community, for example. Old Order Amish in Pennsylvania. Consanguinitous marriage is already a thing in much of the world: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3419292/ And generally happens without the benefit of genetic testing, depending on where it occurs...

;D Indeed. But as stated, there already exist some...closely-bred populations. Not bro/sis or parent/child, but still close, and over a long period of time cousin-marriages become just as bad as closer-relative marriages if they occur over and over in a genetically isolated population.

Sure, but those problems are caused by recessive genes. In the Days of Yore there was no way to discover those genes; today there is, removing that medical risk if couples get tested. There are some fairly cut-off/closeknit genetic populations already that undergo genetic testing. I don't think...

I think that physical touching is a bit different than just meeting witha co-ed group (I had a Muslim student in my academic classes who would not touch female classmates, ie handshakes etc, but otherwise interacted perfectly normally and no one seemed to take offence or feel "degraded" by a...

Were that the case, older people (or more precisely, women past menopause) wouldn't have been able to get married. Yet, they were allowed, before gay marriage was even a "thing." Sex was to create more human beings, and sex is not under any kind of threat. Marriage was to produce legal heirs...

Then we also need to return to traditional tonic  :nod:

You were not "placed" on a 3rd TCAT. Your local clinic doesn't have the power to do that - anything beyond 2 TCAT's goes to DMedPol. What your local MO did was recommend a 3rd TCAT; DMedPol will decide whether to concur with that recommendation, or go to PCAT. They will review the whole file...

I never have, but I only ran across one person with that condition period (not in military).

Once everything is stabilized, you'd probably just go through the usual process, including a medical. So your need for glasses, as well as your entire surgical history, would be included. Because the issue is so specialized, there is (again, probably) no pre-written yay/nay guidance for the...

You face 2 main issues: 1. the cross-linking procedure is fairly new, without much long-term data behind it. For the CAF is might be considered experimental. I have no clue whether it is or not so no harm in trying, but if it is they will not take the chance. 2. your transplant. First, it is...

They might, but no one here will be able to give you the odds. Was it the psychiatrist who diagnosed, and the family doc who now says you're cleared? In general, if you have a specialist diagnose, the best thing is for the specialist to write the follow-up as well. It has to make sense too -...

These dogs, depending on exactly what they do for the person, fall somewhere on the support animal - service animal spectrum but to which end isn't always clear. From the article's description Lobo seems more support animal, though he might well do things that would make him a service animal...

Should you bother applying now? No, you will need to be off methadone and stabilized (hence the 1-year mark). Should you bother applying in the future? Why not, provided you do well. I have seen people with admitted histories of ADD, drug abuse, etc on their recruit medicals, and they got it...

That would include the CAF pers talking to him, though. I agree their tone was polite, but come on - name-dropping the RCMP det commander's name and calling him a close friend? First, a laughably thin intimidation tactic more suitable to use by entitled idiots trying to get into fancy...

That's fine, but not what this OP apparently thought would happen - "The doctor looked at my medical file and compared it to my evaluation. Her personal opinion was I'm not bi-polar but undergoing through a stage of depression. But consequently its not in her profession to make the call saying...

Just a head's up, you will not speak to a military psychologist, much less have some kind of assessment by one. At the recruiting center you will speak, most likely, to a Physician's Assistant who will take a history, do a basic general medical exam, and prepare your file to be sent on to the...

There are certainly CAF members who couldn't sustain a physically heavy deployment, but meet UoS on paper. Sometimes they're found during pre-dep screening and sent on the way to a PCAT; but in times when the CAF doesn't deploy many people, they remain in the CAF as long as they do their annual...

Exactly - in PS and private sector. You can't remove UoS from the CAF requirement, because removing that removes...well, the necessity of having actual CAF members. After all, many if not most of the jobs done in garrison can be done by civvies, right? Forget PS, they could be done by...

Math, esp at the HS level, is repetition. Seriously, that's one of the best ways to get it (vs "studying" it like science). It was my weakest subject too, but you just do the problems over and over and over until it becomes almost automatic. It mostly takes time, and determination to sit there...

I agree that's not the answer. If a guy gets inujured on deployment in year 3, what? Keep him on light duties/JPSU/whatever for the sole reason of reaching 10 years in and getting a pension? What if he gets injured playing hockey as part of unit PT? Also eligible for 2, 4, 6, however many years...