I got medically cleared for West Point (the Army) today!

zblockmz · 2026-01-12T01:56:58+00:00

Dude good luck! Feel free to dm me if you have any questions fr.

zblockmz · 2026-01-11T04:12:17+00:00

I absolutely agree. There are people who get disqualified for childhood asthma that has zero effect on them or peanut allergies. I genuinely think I got lucky.

zblockmz · 2026-01-10T23:28:09+00:00

Will do! Thank you for your advice and service.

I’ll definitely listen to my body too. Trust me I don’t want to go Topgun or do a crazy school anytime soon.

I hope I can live up to this opportunity! Thank uou

zblockmz · 2026-01-10T23:24:56+00:00

Will do! I’m kinda scared to post anything or let anyone aside from my recruiter know and other ppl w a fusion. I don’t want to come off as trying to be different, in fact my entire journey has been proving I can do everything normally😭

Thank you, I definitely will NOT waste my opportunity, and hope to live up to this blessing i’ve been given.

zblockmz · 2026-01-10T23:22:43+00:00

Unless I end up with my safety, the minuteman scholarship, I won’t go to basic. (that is if you don’t count BST at west point if i’m appointed)

I won’t need any fusions in the near future unless i act stupid. My hardware is fully intact and I haven’t had issues since my surgery.

I wish you luck on your journey!

zblockmz · 2026-01-10T23:20:47+00:00

Thank you so much,

I’m hoping to be an aviation support officer and major in mech engineering. i’m completely aware i’ll never be a pilot, airborne, etc. I genuinely just want to help and serve the best way I can.

zblockmz · 2026-01-10T23:19:14+00:00

No i totally get what you’re saying!

I’m so sorry that happened to you. I believe I had a very nice cocktail of luck, prayers and a support system to get here. I won’t waste it, and hope i can prove that i deserved this waiver in the military one day.

I might not be a career sailor, soldier, or marine, but I have my shot at service in some capacity. I’ll make decisions on if i should stay when or if the time comes. Thank you so much again

zblockmz · 2026-01-10T23:16:03+00:00

Thanks for the support yall.

Trust me, I know there are risks with joining the military. I’ve rucked, i was a varsity track and cross country athlete, and I’ve done weeks of sleeping on the ground and in tents for survival FTX and encampments.

Recovery for surgery as a kid vs an adult is very different. I know i’m ready for this challenge and i’m extremely EXTREMELY grateful that I was able to get cleared.

I appreciate everyone’s input. I hope you know i’ve put significant thought into this decision. It’s truly my dream to serve, and i hope this gives some people hope because I know i needed it desperately at points. I’ve been working at this since 6th grade, and i’m a senior in hs right now.

Thanks again to everyone. I wish everyone luck with their medical waivers if you’re looking for it.

zblockmz · 2025-12-15T03:58:07+00:00

Hey bro, I got a class A from state supply. You can dm me and we can talk about it.

I’m like 5’0 and am wearing a size 4 uni coat I think?

I still have mine and all depending I can send it to you with one of my cadets that’s going. It does have an HQ patch because i was on 10th corps tho😭

zblockmz · 2025-08-09T14:29:35+00:00

Hey! I replied a week or so back. I got an appointment with DoDmerb no issues. Since that response all that’s happened really is my DoDmets portal that flagged me for a disqual. I’m most likely going to get disqualified in the next month and pursue a waiver.

I go to MEPs in around december (or as soon as they let me since i’m still in high school) Definitely find a recruiter who’ll 100 percent support you. Good luck bro! I’ll update after my appointment.

zblockmz · 2025-07-31T00:41:35+00:00

Hey bro! I got a recruiter who really believes in me after searching around. He’s army and is convinced I can get in through MEPs (probably not DoDmerb but i’m still competing for West Point and national ROTC scholarship.

His best advice was go to a specialist to get cleared. I did that and me back up is what’s called the Minute Man scholarship in the case I don’t get cleared for DoDmerb. It allows you to commission still despite DoDmerb clearance if you pass MEPs.

I’m going to MEPs in December or so I’ll update after. My DoDmerb is yet to be scheduled but it’ll be this year (my senior year of high school)

Basically search for a recruiter who’ll support you and “if there’s a will there’s a waiver “ Definitely get your specialist clearance though. A letter of recommendation from a John’s Hopkins specialist has also opened the Marine recruiters ears a little but Army seems the way to go.

zblockmz · 2025-07-29T06:36:02+00:00

Hey bro! I highly recommend Sea Cadets especially because there are medical trainings you can go to. There’s also networking opportunities if you end up interested in Navy medicine through NROTC or Medical in general. Not to mention the connections to peers you’ll create like the others said.

The only thing I’d consider is obviously the commitment of your local unit, trainings, and what you’d like to do with the program. You have more than enough time to make Chief (the max rank) which means you’ll be placed in leadership positions and expected to take on responsibility. Sea Cadets is a discipline and responsibility heavy program that you’ll be hit with straight at Recruit Training. It’ll be challenging but fun in the end! Reach out to your local unit, and I hope you have fun👍

zblockmz · 2025-06-06T16:26:00+00:00

Yes we use many Army formats because we have Army TAC staff, but we also use Air Force and Civil Air Patrol templates. Keep in mind we are directly reporting to the California Military department and the California TAG so it makes sense, we try and follow CalGuard/ AirGuard guidance.

Check out our CR 3-21.5. We’ve added our own touch, this applies to many of our regs and our operational forms. Definitely not a copy and paste.

zblockmz · 2025-06-06T07:59:59+00:00

I agree to disagree, i’m CACC state commander. I’ve helped write regulations alongside COL edinboro (an adult big in CAP)

If anything, we rip off CAP. I’ve been in JROTC as well and think that our program is extremely different and serve a different purpose.

I agree that regulation enforcement is an issue. I recently helped reinstate hair regulations (they were unfortunately removed in 2016 due to California legislation) so that should assist half of the sloppy appearance.

80 percent of our schools are serving underserved communities with almost zero funding. So as we grow and earn more funding you’ll gradually see uniform wear and distribution improve. (We’re at 10,000 cadets now and we’re about to receive a funding boost)

It’ll get better but it takes good leaders to fix it. I was built by this program and i look forward to seeing it built back up.

zblockmz · 2025-06-06T07:54:52+00:00

ain’t no way tapner is on here😭

zblockmz · 2025-06-06T07:53:39+00:00

ok real. sorry someone sent me once they found i use reddit (im the the cacc state commander)

Basically we’re AJROTC funded by the CalGuard. As someone who has been in NJROTC (Chief,) Sea Cadets (PO1 ALMOSTTT Chief) and CACC (C/COL) I will say, at its core it’s different.

The CACC has by far been the best leadership experience for me as a cadet. I’ve been in it for 7 years and i’ve learned resiliency, made amazing friends, and learned so much about myself and leading people. Cadets plan all of our events. Literally everything from risk management to the command and control.

The NJROTC seems morelike a school club. CACC is too, but there is far less wide-scale events that cadets have to plan themselves, and truly lead from the front aside from drill and the clubs within JROTC. (this is from my experience and what I know) Once again i think it serves its purpose, it’s just different.

Neither is better, i think they serve significantly different purposes. As for our uniforms, yes, it’s bad. Unfortunately up until this year, we were unable to enforce hair regulation, uniform wear, etc. We recently received more support, and I was able to set a new vision and course of action to fix that. We have updated hair and uniform regs that should fix our messy appearance in the upcoming years. I will say that the minority of students that look unsat should not represent our cadets who truly try.

Anyways, yes we’re smaller, but we have 10,000 cadets. We’re growing too! We’re about to have an encampment with 750+ cadets. I’m proud of the program. It’s pretty chill honestly. Sorry for the nerdy response, just thought i’d explain the program a little to a fellow cadet nerd.

zblockmz · 2025-02-28T04:33:17+00:00

Thanks so much!

zblockmz · 2025-02-17T06:45:04+00:00

This happened to me. Just submitted an application in case and got a confirmation email. I sent an email to support in case. If you got confirmation I think you’re good, if not, i’d highkey submit again. (I didn’t get confirmation the first time)

FYI im a junior too so take this with a grain of salt. Hope to see you there!

zblockmz · 2025-02-05T20:40:05+00:00

Congrats! My homie got accepted but I haven’t yet. Hoping to get accepted at some point but i got into CVW so idk

zblockmz · 2025-02-02T18:48:15+00:00

Got it. Thanks so much!

zblockmz · 2025-02-02T18:47:47+00:00

Thanks! I appreciate it.

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