Really pissed me off I've been waiting like 6 months having to book their tests and signing up and stuff which they make you wait a month for. Then like I get a great barb test score and doing medical and every thing is going well. However found out I have a slightly under active thyroid via a blood test, I mean it's borderline and they rejected me on that.

Some of the people I've met who're also joining the army are fucking dumb arses man that I'm fitter than them and have a better brain. You know them retard kids at school that always sat on their own and went to special needs, it's like they're the kinda people I've seen that have joined fine.

Yet one borderline underactive thyroid and rejected......

From what I've heard and read, the army is a no-brainer and you get the bucket loads of training anywhos. But on the medical, they're like ultra-strict. I've always been interested in the RAF, I think if I couldn't be asked with higher education and if it wouldn't be against my religion, I would've joined the RAF.

I wouldn't worry too much about it.  I was recently rejected as a commissioned officer in the Air Force after taking 9 months of tests and waiting for results.  It was caused due to them needing far less personnel then originally projected which is understandable in a recession.  Less people leave the military after their tour, and more people are trying to join.  They have grown a lot stricter in their scrutiny as a result.

Army is at 120% they are really selective right now. Unemp rates are going up.... which means everyone who can who needs it is going military for that steady paycheck. I've heard stories of people being rejected because they have a GED and not a High School Diploma.... idk how true those are because I was always under the assumption that was illegal even in civilian life. (I have a GED)

If you were to try to enlist a year ago, you probably would have gotten in no problem and with a huge bonus. (there aren't many being given out right now)

 You're also trying to get into an MOS that may be "critical" or w/e.... but that doesn't mean they don't have a huge surplus of soldiers. I garuntee if you took a shittier job, then they probably wouldn't have denied you so quickly.

Edit: noticed you said "arses" .... this whole post was under the assumption you were talking about the US Army

 Yeh I'm just gonna try next year when I've been on the Thyroxine and the levels are back to normal. I'm really hoping that my Thyroid levels have picked back up for my next blood test though lol.

I mean I thought getting in the Army was easy because like I thought you signed abit of paper and you got on a bus like in the movies lol.

Originally posted by Varny

 Yeh I'm just gonna try next year when I've been on the Thyroxine and the levels are back to normal. I'm really hoping that my Thyroid levels have picked back up for my next blood test though lol.

I mean I thought getting in the Army was easy because like I thought you signed abit of paper and you got on a bus like in the movies lol.

That was Vietnam. lol. My grandpa enlisted for WWII when he was 13.

The Army is the easiest to get into out of all the military. Just not right now.

Thyroid levels can very easily be corrected with medicine, and oftentimes only require you to take them for a short period of time (6m-1y) before you can go off of them and be safe. It can also be corrected with surgery, but well... that's definitely an extreme measure that someone with a mild thyroid problem probably shouldn't consider.

If you're still serious about joining, go find yourself an endocrinologist (or talk to your doctor or possibly even someone from the army to get a recommendation). They'll be able to monitor your thyroid levels and talk to you about your options.

Also, I would contact the army and find out if they care if you're actively taking something to control it or not. Thyroid issues are tricky little buggers... some people flare up once and never again, some go 10+ years without problems and then suddenly it pops up again. If all they care about is that your levels are in the green, it might just be a matter of a few months on some medicine before you can pass.

Finally, try talking to family members related by blood. Generally thyroid problems are a hereditary thing, so some of the best advice or information might come from someone you know.

(And a side story just to make you feel better: my father back in the late 60's didn't pass the first time either... because he drank too much root beer. A chemical in root beer registered as a false positive for one of the tests he took. He just stopped drinking for a short while, passed, and then went back to drinking it heh.)

Like the man said a few posts above me. The army is at a high capacity at the moment and they're actually doing whatever they can to get rid of commissioned officers and non-commissioned officers. It sucks that you didn't get in but take it by the horns and aim for something else. I was in for almost fours and the only time I was happy was when I was in Iraq.

I'd be happy, not having to potentially die and all that

Originally posted by Varny

 Really pissed me off I've been waiting like 6 months having to book their tests and signing up and stuff which they make you wait a month for. Then like I get a great barb test score and doing medical and every thing is going well. However found out I have a slightly under active thyroid via a blood test, I mean it's borderline and they rejected me on that.

Some of the people I've met who're also joining the army are fucking dumb arses man that I'm fitter than them and have a better brain. You know them retard kids at school that always sat on their own and went to special needs, it's like they're the kinda people I've seen that have joined fine.

Yet one borderline underactive thyroid and rejected......

 

Did they do the blood test and analysis to find out about your thyroid or did you have to do that part on your own?

Originally posted by mo0rbid

I'd be happy, not having to potentially die and all that

How's the Agoraphobia workin out for ya?

Originally posted by Wickersham

Originally posted by Varny

 Really pissed me off I've been waiting like 6 months having to book their tests and signing up and stuff which they make you wait a month for. Then like I get a great barb test score and doing medical and every thing is going well. However found out I have a slightly under active thyroid via a blood test, I mean it's borderline and they rejected me on that.

Some of the people I've met who're also joining the army are fucking dumb arses man that I'm fitter than them and have a better brain. You know them retard kids at school that always sat on their own and went to special needs, it's like they're the kinda people I've seen that have joined fine.

Yet one borderline underactive thyroid and rejected......

 

 

Did they do the blood test and analysis to find out about your thyroid or did you have to do that part on your own?

GP told me to get a check during medical cause my hands shake but I though everyones hands shake abit when they're idle. Now I'm on the medication the shaking as stopped but i'm only on 25MG of Thyroxine which is a tiny dose and need another blood test to see how my Thyroid has reacted.
 

Originally posted by Varny

 Really pissed me off I've been waiting like 6 months having to book their tests and signing up and stuff which they make you wait a month for. Then like I get a great barb test score and doing medical and every thing is going well. However found out I have a slightly under active thyroid via a blood test, I mean it's borderline and they rejected me on that.

Some of the people I've met who're also joining the army are fucking dumb arses man that I'm fitter than them and have a better brain. You know them retard kids at school that always sat on their own and went to special needs, it's like they're the kinda people I've seen that have joined fine.

Yet one borderline underactive thyroid and rejected......

 

Sorry about your thyroid. At least it's not a hemorrhoid.

Congratulations now you don't have to risk your life and kill other human beings to make rich people more rich.

The British Army is undermanned currently. Come and join.

Originally posted by Varny

 Yeh I'm just gonna try next year when I've been on the Thyroxine and the levels are back to normal. I'm really hoping that my Thyroid levels have picked back up for my next blood test though lol.

I mean I thought getting in the Army was easy because like I thought you signed abit of paper and you got on a bus like in the movies lol.

Maybe 20-30 years ago yes. That changed long ago. Last I heard the Navy was only taking the top 35%, which means that 65% would not qualify.

The military has gotten too technical for dolts, and operates in too many really ugly environments to put up with medical problems.

Originally posted by altairzq

Congratulations now you don't have to risk your life and kill other human beings to make rich people more rich.

You mean he can't join up with the FBI or Homeland Security?

Originally posted by Laiina

The military has gotten too technical for dolts,

You would be surprised at how extremely low tech the Army is. lol

I've held 3 different jobs in the Army, including Infantry. My first was a commo that needed a high score. I did my original training in 2004 and was trained on the system that had been considered obsolete by the civilian world in 1987. :-| They are much better now, I was one of the last classes on that system... but still.... that's a big gap. lol

Originally posted by altairzq

Congratulations now you don't have to risk your life and kill other human beings to make rich people more rich.

Yes! now he can walk around as a civilian, not risking his life (supposedly), and have even a higher chance of being killed by other human beings, so much better! amirite?!

Not to mention somebody still probably getting rich in the process!

Originally posted by Scalebane

Originally posted by altairzq

Congratulations now you don't have to risk your life and kill other human beings to make rich people more rich.

 

Yes! now he can walk around as a civilian, not risking his life (supposedly), and have even a higher chance of being killed by other human beings, so much better! amirite?!

Not to mention somebody still probably getting rich in the process!

I've tried to read this from every angle and I just don't understand.  Can you explain what it means?  (I'm not trying to be snarky or anything, btw)