DoDMERB Medical History questions

My daughter had it last year, she was also 17 at the time, so I was required to be there. It is NOT a pelvic exam at all - it's just a simple visual check. Basically the doctor lifted her gown, looked (without touching) and said "Yep, she's a girl!". That's all it is.
 
EOD/SEALmom said:
My daughter had it last year, she was also 17 at the time, so I was required to be there. It is NOT a pelvic exam at all - it's just a simple visual check. Basically the doctor lifted her gown, looked (without touching) and said "Yep, she's a girl!". That's all it is.
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Exactly the experience with my 17 year old. It was very quick check.
 
EOD/SEALmom said:
My daughter had it last year, she was also 17 at the time, so I was required to be there. It is NOT a pelvic exam at all - it's just a simple visual check. Basically the doctor lifted her gown, looked (without touching) and said "Yep, she's a girl!". That's all it is.
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Hahaha... that made my DD laugh. We're relieved to hear that.
 
There is really no need to worry about scheduling with your own doctor (and paying for it), or even trying to request a female doctor. It's really nothing more than an in-depth checkup.

Apparently there have been people in the past who have tried to join the military as a male or female...and they were the opposite. Weird. And now they have to check and verify the applicant is the correct sex listed.

Feel free to message me if you have more questions.
 
Teragram said:
Exactly the experience with my 17 year old. It was very quick check.
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Yep, that's all there was to it - just verifying she was indeed a female.

Not to create anxiety on a different front, but we ran into problems with her weight because of her DoDMERB physical. They weighed her fully dressed WITH SHOES, and she came at just close enough to the cutoff to generate a form to verify her weight and report her measurements (this was despite her weight being well below the cutoff on her PFE). It also cost us a visit to her regular doctor to have the measurements done. If your DS or DD is anywhere close to the top weight, I'd counsel them to just casually take off their shoes since they might not be asked...
 
We had to do the weight compliance form with measurements immediately because we knew he exceeded the weight. He passed that with no problem just wondering if they are going to make us do it again after the DoDMERB exam?
 
Tmamon said:
We had to do the weight compliance form with measurements immediately because we knew he exceeded the weight. He passed that with no problem just wondering if they are going to make us do it again after the DoDMERB exam?
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They'll redo these on R-Day.
 
TennisDad said:
They'll redo these on R-Day.
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I just wanted to emphasize how seriously these weigh-ins are taken. If you do not weigh in under your max allowable weight, you will be taped. If you fail the tape, you're out on R-Day...period. If anyone has any major concerns about either making weight or making tape, start working on it right now whether you know if you're accepted or not. I was a part of the summer command staff for Swab Summer 2013 and I had the unfortunate task of escorting a father to the Quarterdeck to pick up his daughter and take her home at about 1030 in the morning on R-Day, about 2 hours after she started her R-Day experience. The father was livid and the daughter was distraught but that's the policy. I had the same experience a few hours later with my own company when a "recruited" football player was sent home for his weight. The parents were in shock and so was the kid. In my opinion, as upsetting as the outcome was for these candidates and their families, this was not a surprise to them. It's specifically listed in the R-Day handbook that they will be weighed in and appropriate action will be taken if they do not make weight. Surprise! The military has standards.

So be smart, workout and change your diet if you have to. Just like with the academic portions of your application, if you want it, you have to work for it.
 
So on R day they need to be at the weight for their height or the difference between their neck and their waist cants be more than 21.5 inches. Correct?
 
DD is a very wide. Easily made the tape at the doctor when we sent in right after application. That being said he has already started a new work out to include more running and less weight lifting. Thank you for all the responses. Even at the parent meeting at AIM this was one of my largest concerns.
 
Just a heads up. My DD had her medical exam yesterday. The doctor checked on her feet and told her that she is slightly flat footed. Doctor, asked her, "Do you get shin splints when you run?" My DD answered no because that's the truth. But she didn't realize that being slightly flat footed can be a problem. Now we know to make sure she wears the right running/athletic shoes to avoid that kind of injury. I wonder if being flat footed/slightly flat footed can be a reason for disqualification. Any thoughts or comments?
 
trackandfield08 said:
I just wanted to emphasize how seriously these weigh-ins are taken. If you do not weigh in under your max allowable weight, you will be taped. If you fail the tape, you're out on R-Day...period. If anyone has any major concerns about either making weight or making tape, start working on it right now whether you know if you're accepted or not. I was a part of the summer command staff for Swab Summer 2013 and I had the unfortunate task of escorting a father to the Quarterdeck to pick up his daughter and take her home at about 1030 in the morning on R-Day, about 2 hours after she started her R-Day experience. The father was livid and the daughter was distraught but that's the policy. I had the same experience a few hours later with my own company when a "recruited" football player was sent home for his weight. The parents were in shock and so was the kid. In my opinion, as upsetting as the outcome was for these candidates and their families, this was not a surprise to them. It's specifically listed in the R-Day handbook that they will be weighed in and appropriate action will be taken if they do not make weight. Surprise! The military has standards.

So be smart, workout and change your diet if you have to. Just like with the academic portions of your application, if you want it, you have to work for it.
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My DD has been extremely busy and is currently 6lb underweight for her height according to the charts. How strict are they about the lower limit? Can she be sent home too on R-day, or are they mostly concerned only about overweight? Have you seen anyone go home for this reason? I think I read somewhere that they may be sent for evaluation if they're underweight, but is it really done?
 
This is what I found online about Flat Feet:

This is usually decided by a doctor who examines new recruits for the military and decides on whether or not someone is fit to serve.

The military regulations in the US specifically indicate that a person with flat feet does not meet the standards of physical requirements to serve in the military in two basic instances. If someone has “symptomatic” flat feet, which means that the condition causes the person persistent and severe physical pain, then he or she cannot serve. The actual process of a person’s arches falling can be the only time of severe pain for a person with flat feet, and if the person does not experience pain afterward, then he or she can join the military. Ongoing pain, however, will typically prevent a person from service in the US military.

There is a second stipulation that can prevent someone from having flat feet in the military, which is if a person needs to wear corrective footwear.

This stipulation can have some leeway to it, and someone who wears basic inserts may be able to serve, but prescriptive or orthopedic footwear will typically keep someone out of the military. These regulations are in place because someone with flat feet may be more prone to developing other foot or leg problems, especially during the grueling marches that are often part of basic training. Special footwear can also be difficult to maintain on the battlefield, and most military agencies will not recruit someone who may become a liability in a combat situation. Since having flat feet can keep someone out of the military, it has often been used as a way to avoid service by those who did not wish to join.
 
LineInTheSand said:
I believe it is a disqualification. I'm not 100% sure though.
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Wrong...It's not a disqualification unless the flatfoot is "rigid" (that's the terminology in the standards for enlistment, inductance..etc). You can most probably be fully qualified with nearly any asymptomatic flatness.
 
Hoping2021 said:
Can she be sent home too on R-day, or are they mostly concerned only about overweight?
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That's something that nobody here can really answer. Logic tells me that there wouldn't be a lower limit value if they were only concerned with the higher value. I would honestly not risk it over 6 lbs, weight training exercises and mass gainer would probably do it. Mix two scoops mass gainer with a shaker cup of milk and mix.

Since R-Day is kinda far away from now, start the weight training now and add the mass gainer in Jan-Feb. She will definitely make weight.
 
MMA19kid said:
Wrong...It's not a disqualification unless the flatfoot is "rigid" (that's the terminology in the standards for enlistment, inductance..etc). You can most probably be fully qualified with nearly any asymptomatic flatness.
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As was said, flat feet can be disqualifying.

It's also something they'll check again during a commissioning physical.

And yes, I know people who were disqualified for flat feet, which seemed a little odd to me.

So, again, it can be. Check with the Doctor.


It's probably also helpful to point out that even if something is disqualifying (and many things are) many can also be waived by academies or ROTC programs.
 
MMA19kid said:
That's something that nobody here can really answer. Logic tells me that there wouldn't be a lower limit value if they were only concerned with the higher value. I would honestly not risk it over 6 lbs, weight training exercises and mass gainer would probably do it. Mix two scoops mass gainer with a shaker cup of milk and mix.

Since R-Day is kinda far away from now, start the weight training now and add the mass gainer in Jan-Feb. She will definitely make weight.
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There are max and mins for a reason. Meet them on day one. After that first week there's a little more flexibility to get swabs and cadets in line... But you want to show up meeting the standards.


The first week is a lot of getting checked out in the clinic. You'll have tests done.

After they're sure you're OK to go physically the "fun" begins.

You're kids spend too much time preparing to risk something that late in the game. Work hard now.
 
He needs to answer the questions truthfully; it may well be verified later.
Accutane is a temporary disqualifier, but only temporary - search threads and you'll find quite a few discussions.
 
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