Goldman
06-22-11, 09:50 PM
Ok... Kind of a long story here. So bare with me.
I enlisted in the Marine Corps on January 18, 2011. My ship date was October 10, 2011. I went thru MEPS fine. Went to all but 3 Poole Functions. And not one thing was said about my ear holes. I used to have my ear's gauged. But the holes are closed up. You cannot see thru them without tugging on them.
Yesterday I called my recruiter to talk and he told me that I must re-enlist because he got a phone call saying that I must do so because of my ear holes.
What I want to know is why didn't any of the officers at the Pool functions say or ask anything about them before. And how I made it thru MEPS without any of the doctors saying anything about them. Why out of the blue do I have to re-enlist? Now I won't be leaving until March. If I'm lucky. This really upsets me because I want nothing more than to earn the title of US Marine.
My main question is; Is there any higher-up's that I can contact about this? I asked my recruiter and he said there wasn't. I'm not too sure if that's the reason I must re-enlist or if there is something my recruiter is hiding from me. Because I didn't see any official document or anything saying so.
I enlisted in the Marine Corps on January 18, 2011. My ship date was October 10, 2011. I went thru MEPS fine. Went to all but 3 Poole Functions. And not one thing was said about my ear holes. I used to have my ear's gauged. But the holes are closed up. You cannot see thru them without tugging on them.
Yesterday I called my recruiter to talk and he told me that I must re-enlist because he got a phone call saying that I must do so because of my ear holes.
What I want to know is why didn't any of the officers at the Pool functions say or ask anything about them before. And how I made it thru MEPS without any of the doctors saying anything about them. Why out of the blue do I have to re-enlist? Now I won't be leaving until March. If I'm lucky. This really upsets me because I want nothing more than to earn the title of US Marine.
My main question is; Is there any higher-up's that I can contact about this? I asked my recruiter and he said there wasn't. I'm not too sure if that's the reason I must re-enlist or if there is something my recruiter is hiding from me. Because I didn't see any official document or anything saying so.