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[PullUps]

Hello fellow poolies,

I am new to this forum and I just wanted to say it is nice to have found this website. After nearly 10 years of trying to get in the Marine corps, my dream of a chance of earning the title has finally come, it has been a long hard road just to get to this point. I will be 27 when I ship to PI, my goal is to get my PFT up and eventually apply to OCS. Nice to meet everyone.

[jinelson]

Welcome aboard and good luck.

Jim

[Yonkers]

Welcome aboard, don't give up, don't give in, and always follow your dreams.

Best of luck to ya.

[PullUps]

Thanks, I hope I am not the oldest at MCRD, but I will most likely be. Now I just have to get better at pull ups before I ship as I can only do 7 or 8 good ones at the present time:mad:.

[Cruz92]

what stopped you from joining before?

[PullUps]

Well, When I was 17, I went down to a MEPs for a physical and on the part where they ask about inhaler use, I checked yes for a small case of bronchitis when I was 13 and I also had "valvular heart disease" which I later found out is not really a big deal because alot of people have it that go through bootcamp(its where the valve in your heart doesn't close a perfect 100 percent more like 99 percent). I tried everything in the book to get in, but in the end the tests were just too time consuming and too expensive. A doctor told me that I would never become a US Marine, I did not except that.
I ended up going away to college to become a commercial pilot my other dream and did that for a few years. The airline that I was flying for downsized and I was out of a job, so I went back to teaching people how to fly and enrolled back into college. Oddly enough the movie jarhead came on tv a few months back and resparked my dream and desire to earn the title Marine. After that I went through hell and back with medical tests to prove that I did not have any breathing or heart related issues. The tests were very expensive and for some reason MEPs wouldn't except my FAA civilian flight medical. Then I was told that do to my age and the 51 score on my ASVAB that I was not as competitive but that Did not stop me, I kept persisiting and months later I finally swore in at MEPs, just to be here has been an incredible journey. Now comes the next hard part which is recruit training.

[Mledford]

Well, When I was 17, I went down to a MEPs for a physical and on the part where they ask about inhaler use, I checked yes for a small case of bronchitis when I was 13 and I also had "valvular heart disease" which I later found out is not really a big deal because alot of people have it that go through bootcamp(its where the valve in your heart doesn't close a perfect 100 percent more like 99 percent). I tried everything in the book to get in, but in the end the tests were just too time consuming and too expensive. A doctor told me that I would never become a US Marine, I did not except that.
I ended up going away to college to become a commercial pilot my other dream and did that for a few years. The airline that I was flying for downsized and I was out of a job, so I went back to teaching people how to fly and enrolled back into college. Oddly enough the movie jarhead came on tv a few months back and resparked my dream and desire to earn the title Marine. After that I went through hell and back with medical tests to prove that I did not have any breathing or heart related issues. The tests were very expensive and for some reason MEPs wouldn't except my FAA civilian flight medical. Then I was told that do to my age and the 51 score on my ASVAB that I was not as competitive but that Did not stop me, I kept persisiting and months later I finally swore in at MEPs, just to be here has been an incredible journey. Now comes the next hard part which is recruit training.After making it through so much I'm sure you'll do fine. Just stay motivated and don't give up. :thumbup:

[Cruz92]

you endured something way harder than bootcamp.. you'll be a Marine, no doubt

[Borknagar]

Welcome aboard!

[Poolee Sokol]

:] Welcome!

[ARIA]

Congrats and welcome and don't forget age is just a number it wont impact your results if you give it all you have .:thumbup: Good luck bro