View Full Version : Can someone join a branch of US military with a missing lung?
Any possible wavers, etc?
Thank you gents =)
I did some googling and it seems if you have a organ transplant you cannot, but i couldnt find out anything specific about missing organs
Lisa 23
10-12-12, 12:58 PM
Don't know if you read this or not.......
Military Medical Standards for Enlistment & CommissionLungs, chest wall, pleura, and mediastinum
http://usmilitary.about.com/od/joiningthemilitary/a/lungs.htm
Lisa 23
10-12-12, 01:07 PM
You're Welcome.
advanced
10-12-12, 01:31 PM
When I enlisted the 1st they asked me was whether I had both lungs.
Mongoose
10-12-12, 03:23 PM
When I enlisted the 1st they asked me was whether I had both lungs.
When I enlisted in the Corps, I heard the Army recruiter across the hall tell his buddy.....there's another one with no brains.
William Hardy
10-12-12, 09:51 PM
Back in 1967 there was a DI (my senior DI) SSGT Showalter (sp) who later picked up WO. He had only 1 lung. When the PRT changed to the PFT, he was one of the first if not the first on PI to run 100 miles, then 200, and then 300. I don't know where he ended up, but he could out run just about anybody around with only 1 lung. Many people with disabilities have challenged and won the right to serve. While we may not normally think of having just 1 lung as a handicap, just think what that means in combat.
advanced
10-13-12, 08:23 AM
I agree, humping those mountains was tuff with 2 lungs.
William Hardy
10-13-12, 08:31 AM
When I enlisted in the Corps, I heard the Army recruiter across the hall tell his buddy.....there's another one with no brains.
HEY! You shouldn't have been listening in when the Doc was talking about my physical!!!!