not sure abut now adays but when i joined i was dirty. the recruiter called me one day and told me i had to go back for my drug test because they "lost custody of the specimen". basicaly i failed but they wanted me to join and just retested.
it will come down to wether or not the recruiting station is making there quota. if they aint makin it or havent made it in a while the comand will pull strings to get you in. my dad was a recruiter for several years and i seen them put guys in who couldnt even spell their own name. and this wasnt even a time of war.right now with the iraq situaion and iran looming their recruitment rates are down. they have even raised the re-up age to 42. when i got out it was 35 and if you were out more than 4 years you lost 1 grade of rank for every year after that you stayed out. also now your time decreases your enlistment age i.e. if you are 40 spent 4 years in and wanted to re-up you would be counted as 36. and now you wont lose rank.
have you decided on an m.o.s.(thats your job)? i was a 19k,m1-a1 armour crewman. i loved bein combat arms but my advice would be pick a job that will give you real world skills. unless you plan on bein a lifer. aint to any tanks in the civilian world.
yokinazu Reviewed by yokinazu on . Military Entry Proccessing I have a military physical in two days. I am trying to join the army. I was a heavy user for ten years and will have been clean for 47 days at the time of the physical. I have been exercising and drinking water. I have a body fat percentage of 18% and have a pretty good muscle to fat ratio. I was wondering if I should be good to go for the physical or if I should put it off for another month or so if i can. The military recommends not using for 45 days before the physical but I ws a Rating: 5