Gents,
I just got back from a MARSOC recruit screening lecture and found some answers I've been looking for for a while.
My situation- I'm on the tail-end of an FFO (for further observation) enlistment after getting NJPed in 2009. I've been through the arduous task of completing my medical pre-liminaries 3 times for the dive physical, reason being: my flight surgeon and UMO (under sea medical officer) have been arguing as to who recommends the waiver, the vessel through which this argument ensued was me and 2 corpsman. Because of this conflict and a deployment, I'm now on my 4th medical process.
It's looking good now, after talking to the UMO's corpsman again it appears that all I need is the certificate of an alcohol awareness course I had to take as a result of my NJP (which,btw,any alcohol related NJP is an automatic disqualifier for a dive physical and needs a waiver).
If anyone has a similar sitution:
1.) word I got from the brief was that they can't send us FFO guys to A&S until we've completed the two years. I did not know that before, and wouldn't have hasseled everyone with my package.
2.) You have to have a waiver for any alcohol related NJP in order to complete your dive physical. the UMO should take care of this.
If anyone has any questions I can relay what I've been told from the pros, other than that im useless for right now.
I just got back from a MARSOC recruit screening lecture and found some answers I've been looking for for a while.
My situation- I'm on the tail-end of an FFO (for further observation) enlistment after getting NJPed in 2009. I've been through the arduous task of completing my medical pre-liminaries 3 times for the dive physical, reason being: my flight surgeon and UMO (under sea medical officer) have been arguing as to who recommends the waiver, the vessel through which this argument ensued was me and 2 corpsman. Because of this conflict and a deployment, I'm now on my 4th medical process.
It's looking good now, after talking to the UMO's corpsman again it appears that all I need is the certificate of an alcohol awareness course I had to take as a result of my NJP (which,btw,any alcohol related NJP is an automatic disqualifier for a dive physical and needs a waiver).
If anyone has a similar sitution:
1.) word I got from the brief was that they can't send us FFO guys to A&S until we've completed the two years. I did not know that before, and wouldn't have hasseled everyone with my package.
2.) You have to have a waiver for any alcohol related NJP in order to complete your dive physical. the UMO should take care of this.
If anyone has any questions I can relay what I've been told from the pros, other than that im useless for right now.