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    Medical Discharge

    Thank you everyone for all your encouragement. We still have not heard anything definitive. Our son did call last night and said that he was put back with his company yesterday. I'm not sure what that means but I'm trying not to analyze it too much. Maybe they just needed another swab to yell at : )
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    Medical Discharge

    Thank you everyone for all your recommendations. I feel VERY strongly that every possible effort is being done on my son's part to keep him at the USCGA. EVERYONE I talk to is very kind and is handling the situation with such compassion. No matter how this turns out, we are USCGA fans for life...
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    Medical Discharge

    He has a color vision deficiency. It must be slight because he passed the remedial test before but failed the test yesterday. I talked to his Co Chief and she felt that he was a good swab and would definitely be a successful cadet however there isn't a waiver for this problem. It is...
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    Medical Discharge

    We enjoyed r-day and the ceremony as our swab was sworn in. This morning we packed up and began the journey home but received a phone call from the medical office before we were barely out of town. Our swab discovered a medical issue during his DoDMERB exam which he then took the remedial and...
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