John W. wrote:

> Kevin Gowen <kgowenNOSPAM@myfastmail.com> wrote in message news:<2ou8fgFd9vt9U36@uni-berlin.de>...
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>>John W. wrote:
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>>>You were talking about that last year before you thankfully stopped 
>>>participating. I actually thought you joined; it would do you a great 
>>>deal of good to have some discipline. So why didn't you?
>>
>>Have you seen the accommodations? There's not even pomegranate juice on 
>>the menu.
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> 
> I'd say that's not the reason you couldn't get in. You should be proud
> of even making the attempt, assuming you were able to get up the nerve
> to do so.

My second year of law school I applied to enter the USMC because it is 
the only branch that makes the judge advocates go through the exact same 
training as all other officers. The Army, Navy, and Air Force commission 
their JAGs by direct appointment. My PT program was going well, but the 
medical exam at the MEPS in December 2002 was unfortunate. My height and 
weight were within service guidelines but my medical history 
disqualified me on general DoD grounds, so I am ineligible to serve in 
any branch. That was one of the sadder days in my life.

I emailed Mike about my application process as it was ongoing, so he can 
vouch for all this, but if things would have gone according to plan, I 
would have spent the summer of 2003 in Quantico, VA and I'd be at The 
Basic School as I write this.

- Kevin