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Son wants to be a Sailor
My 18 y/o son wants to join the Navy. He has been thinking about the Military for a few years now and finally decideded on the Navy. At graduation in May he was 6'4 and 264 pounds. Very big boy, but not "fat" just soild, being an offensive lineman and Powerlifitng were what he loved in school :) He knew he had to drop his weight and has been working on that since graduation, he now is 240 pds. He finally contacted a recruiter and after about 10 mins on the phone the recruiter asked him his weight and when my son told him, he said, oh man, I'd get my butt chewed for even talking to you. Call back when your 211 pounds... Really? They won't even talk to you about things before you hit the weight requirement? There is nothing we can do to get things rolling before he meets the weight requirment? I realize it is much harder to join the Navy these days, but the kid seems to think he has no chance now.
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First off, Your son seems to be on the right track and is doing a great job by losing so much weight. Think about it like this, the recruiter may want to be sure that your son is really motivated before they spend their time on him. The recruiter saying that he should call back when IF he gets down to 211 sounds right, the max weight for his height is 221 and they want you to be at least 10 lbs under that before they send you to MEPS. Have your son keep working and pushing, he seems to be pretty motivated and if this is something he really wants then he will make it happen. Good luck to him.
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