Recent content by 89Bison

Could you please describe what you did after the waiver was denied and how things played out?

A watched DoDMERB never boils Brace yourself: Our DQ letter was dated 27 FEB and we still haven't heard a thing.

With only a couple business days til enrollment, we're two months after being DQ'd and still waiting for a DoDMERB decision on a waiver. Should we expect a flurry of decision activity over the next few days, or does the govt machine simply grind along at a routine 8-4pm pace without regard...

If you choose not to travel, you'd meet with a PMS at an ROTC detachment near you. People here on the message boards (including ROTC instructors) strongly recommend interviewing with your desired detachment if at all possible. That said, my son interviewed local this fall and was offered a...

Asthma is a red flag, but you may well be qualified nonetheless. The following is from the "Medical Standards for Appointment, Enlistment, or Induction in the Military Services." (link to full doc below) Paragraph d is listing asthma as a disqualifier, but you may not be caught in the snare...

Don't let the deliberately-misleading lingo of our Congress and the flimsy reporting of our media give you a false impression. These so-called defense "cuts" are merely decreases in amount of planned increases...but spending will continue to rise. Here's how Senator Rand Paul explained it...

Thank you so much for your advice and best wishes for a good resolution.

When DODMERB asks for medical records, does the applicant gather them from the doctor and send them in, or does the doctor send them directly to DODMERB? Anticipating our own asthma DQ and waiver situation (for current high school senior) and wondering if I should get copies of all that stuff now.

OCDomer, in case you hadn't come across it already, here's a link to the brigade map. http://www.rotc.usaac.army.mil/brigades.html

Here's a good overview, courtesy of Clarkson ROTC. http://goldenknightbattalion.wordpress.com/2011/01/12/smp-another-option/

As the suspense grinds on, 89Bison's posts devolve from thoughtful essays into edgy stream-of-consciousness utterances...paired with a tendency to quote his own words while referring to himself in the third person.

What's the over/under on when the letters start hitting mailboxes? I hope they mail them in chunks as they hit the system, versus one big batch at the end.

Another poster previously said the offer list, once posted, will not change...but that hasn't stopped me from re-checking it hourly! The fact that your and my son both had curious offer patterns will probably keep me looking until the coveted letter arrives.

Meanwhile, my son received an offer from his #2 choice but not his #1. Both are public out-of-state universities and #2 is actually 28% more expensive than #1. Delighted regardless. I realize there are variables beyond my awareness at play.

Correction: 3rd and 5th Brigades.