Well I'm back...

[wannacobra]

Thanks to all of you guys that wished me good luckwhen I told you that I was going into the Coast Guard, but, it seems that they don't like to take people that volunteer to join a service... Those of you that are in the military know about MEPS, those of you that don't it is the processing station that you have to go through to get into your specific branch. Well, I went up to MEPS in 4/04 and I was at 192 because my recruiter told me that I had to be at 195, or atleast that was my top weight. So I went up to MEPS and they told me no, you have to be at or under 181, so I was like ok...
So I went back up in 6/04 and I was at 176, so you can't tell me that I am not committed to doing this and everything was peachy... Until I got to Cape May and they told me that I had to be at 175 and I weighed in at 176 again so I thought that I was ok, right??? Nope, on Friday 21JAN05 I got an uncharacterized discharge for being, get this ONE POUND OVER.
So tell me that ain't some bullsh!t... So now I got my recruiter bustin' his ass to get me back in in the 2 weeks or I'm going with the civilian route...

Needless to say I am a little pissed at the military right now...

 

[ampstang]

You should have just taken a dump and come back to weigh again.

 

[CHIZ]

man do they want little skinny guys running around? glad to see we have guys like you though.
good luck
chiz

 

[Ryan]

They didn't measure you??? There is a body fat percentage you have to meet if your over weight.

I have experience with 'weight problems' in the military. While in the Marine Corps I went in at 175lbs at 5'8" I was at my maximum. 2-3 years in I was at about 190. So I got measured (they measure around your neck and around your belly button) and have some forumla. Depending on who measured me I was 16-18%. IIRC, 18% is the maximum. Needless to say, I was put on what I called 'fat boy platoon' and 'lost' my weight within a month.

I got out April '01. Moved to DC and put on more weight ~225. I got recalled April '03 an was 5'8" and 225lbs. When I got to Lejeune that was my first question to S3 was about my weight....and they didn't care!!!

Its very irratating knowing that I have two bad records in my SRB for this, and when I was recalled they didn't care!

You should have just taken a dump and come back to weigh again.

 

[wannacobra]

Thanks guys, they did do a body fat percentage and i was at 26% and the most i could have been at was 23%. So they sent me home and encouraged me to come back when I could (when i lost the pound). So now I'm home and I have my recruiter busting his ass so that I can go back in in a couple of weeks. I told him too, if I can't get back in in the next month that I'm not coming back, so hopefully he'll get off of his ass and do it.

 

[LocoGT]

bang their sisters

 

[LogiWorld123]

thought coast guard did a body frame measurement via the diameter of your wrist knobs...

 

[OZ Dude]

Man if you weren't so pissed that'd be just down right funny. I'm not poking at you oke: by any means. Why didn't they just turn you out onto the oval and have you run a couple dozen laps. The fluid loss alone would have put you 'in the zone'.

At worst they could have said "Do 200 of these epper: :banana: epper: "

Farking bureaucratic bullsh1t. :mj:

If that's what it's gonna be like the whole way through, maybe the civi route is your best bet anyways...

 

[wannacobra]

thought coast guard did a body frame measurement via the diameter of your wrist knobs...

They do but the waist and neck measurements are more accurate.

 

[Ryan]

Don't blame the DI's at the bootcamp....IMO its 100% the recruiters fault. If you were that close to your max weight he should have measured you. Most likely you were a quota he needed to fill...

Thanks guys, they did do a body fat percentage and i was at 26% and the most i could have been at was 23%. So they sent me home and encouraged me to come back when I could (when i lost the pound). So now I'm home and I have my recruiter busting his ass so that I can go back in in a couple of weeks. I told him too, if I can't get back in in the next month that I'm not coming back, so hopefully he'll get off of his ass and do it.

 

[wannacobra]

Don't blame the DI's at the bootcamp....IMO its 100% the recruiters fault. If you were that close to your max weight he should have measured you. Most likely you were a quota he needed to fill...

I don't blame anybody for what happened except the commandant for a stupid rule and my recruiter for not doing the foot work that he should have done.

 

[Ryan]

The rule is there for a reason......all blame lies solely on the recruiter for not preparing for what you were going into and that includes weight.

I don't blame anybody for what happened except the commandant for a stupid rule and my recruiter for not doing the foot work that he should have done.

 

[ZincDude]

I guess it is all the pent up love juice.:shrug:

 

[c0dy]

id agree with zincdude if i hadnt called him at inopportune moments quite a few times... *shakes fist*

 

[DarickPSU]

175 cut off. How tall are you. That is like 50 lbs less than me and I'm still skinny. That seriously sucks though.
D.

Also to lose one pound. Run a lap, take a crap, run one off, and spit in a trauff.
D.