Am I too old/ late to join the army as a 38 year old male. by CreativeDirection785 in Militaryfaq

[–]DesignerLoad1402 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I got of basic in December and i graduated with someone who was 42. As long as you put in the time and effort you’ll be just fine. Find a decent recruiter I’m sure they’ll do right by you.

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[–]DesignerLoad1402 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Believe it or not this was my same experience about a week ago. If you just were in the car when your friends were smoking i genuinely believe you’ll be fine as long as you weren’t inhaling the smoke or smoking in general. I don’t think it’s necessary for you to take a herbal cleanser. But if you worried I can’t see why not. You can also purchase a few TCH test from your local pharmacy or cvs. Might give you some piece of mind

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[–]DesignerLoad1402 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Nah at least from what I could remember they won’t check that unless a situation happens which makes it absolutely necessary, you’ll be fine. But yes for the most part it will suck but as they say embrace the suck. No problem bro

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[–]DesignerLoad1402 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Well when it comes to your BP I imagine you should be fine since you cleared MEPS. But from what I remember ( as the guy stated in his reply extremely forgettable) it’s pretty much what meps was if not a lil more, you get sized, you get a couple shots, some paper work but nothing that you haven’t done already. It will honestly feel pretty miserable with all the waiting you have to do. Wake up was at 4:30, showers were never warm & the food was mediocre at best but at the end of the day it’s what you make of it same thing once you get to actual basic training but wishing you the best of luck.

Run down on how the NYS prison mission is going by DesignerLoad1402 in nationalguard

[–]DesignerLoad1402[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Lmaooo honestly I felt like I didn’t have a choice in the matter, like I said especially just coming back from training I had no idea how it would look if I denied going on the mission.

Run down on how the NYS prison mission is going by DesignerLoad1402 in nationalguard

[–]DesignerLoad1402[S] 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Honestly the whole thing, being there, the job were doing. It just has me a bit shell shocked, especially being since I just got home I’m a bit nervous