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Permalink Reply by The Absent Minded Housewife on
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My son is also ADD and was off medications more than on, though he was not medicated as a young adult. We also had two recruiters. The first shipped off but wasn't really enthusiastic anyhow. The second (located in a different city) was much more helpful. Because the first was on his way out and filed basically nothing, we had to repeat all the paperwork all over again. A pain and a run around but then, my son is now past boot camp and in uniform in Pensacola waiting for A school.
We filled out a lot of paperwork and testimonials concerning my son's ADD, from teachers, doctors and us as parents. We had to schedule new doctor's visits and provide info and re-provide info. That's just the way it is. There was a frustrating month where we had to verify that my son was never prescribed sleeping medications during the time he was medicated for ADD. Our doctor wrote in his files that if we needed it, my son could use Lunesta or similar. My son never needed it and so we were never prescribed it. We had to get another letter from the doctor and a full record from our pharmacist.
Think of it this way. They are filtering their recruits now because once they get to boot camp, they've already invested several thousand dollars in your son. They want it to work out as much as you do. So it takes time and leg work and red tape. It's not a quick process. From start to MEPS, my son's recruit process took about a year.
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Permalink Reply by Jakesmom917 on
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thank you! My son's GF is coming back from boot camp in June. She may go with him to the recruiter she went to. As his Mom i just want him treated right:)
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Permalink Reply by lemonelephant on
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When is his GF's PIR? She won't have leave until after "A" School or training. Your son must get the waiver for the ADD regardless of which recruiter he goes to.
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June 24. i know he will need a waiver, but this recruiter doesnt seem to be helpful.
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She won't be home in June then. Do you know what her rating (job/specialty) will be?
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linquist....
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That means she most likely will be going to "A" School in California to be a Cryptologic Technician - Interperative (CTI). "A" School for that is 27-64 weeks. So I wouldn't wait for her to get home on leave to go with him. Your son needs to be doing things on his own and if he wants to go to the same recruiter she went to, he can write her and find out the name and location.
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Odds are the recruiter really isn't putting a lot of time in with your son right now. He doesn't need to if he can get someone in the Navy not needing any waivers, instead of putting a lot of his time and effort into someone who he needs to do a lot of leg work. Right now the Navy is overmanned and being very, very picky who they take. If your son wants it he needs to go see the recruiter all the time and ask him what is going on with this paper work. If he wants it he needs to prove to the recruiter he is worth the effort.
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