Hi,
I am thinking about joining the Navy through OCS. I'm in my mid-twenties, have a bachelors and masters. Simply put, I want to join the Navy to fly jets. I had a question: quite a few years ago, I was a military academy for one year, and after one year left for personal reasons. However, during this time there were two/three episodes that could be interpreted as a loss of consciousness: one after standing at attention in the hot sun for almost an hour, and another while during physical training and in the squatting position. I went to the clinic for treatment and, as such, there is some documentation. I had a adverse reaction to a tilt-table test.
As I consider joining the Navy, I had a few questions:
1) Is there any reason that the Navy would find out about this if I didn't tell them about it? Would a service and/or reserve unit routinely request personell/medical records from NSRC? Are military academy records
2) If these episodes were revealed, would they be medically disqualifying to fly?
3) If they were medically disqualifying, what are the chances I could get a waiver? I should say that I have never had any other episodes resembling loss of consciousness in my life, not before or since. I have taken comprehensive physicals since then and passed them all. The conditions at the time were unique. Furthermore, I think that one of the doctors evaluating my condition at the time was biased against me, for certain reasons (long story). I could retake tests and pass, no problem. This truely was a fluke.
Thanks a lot for the response.
I am thinking about joining the Navy through OCS. I'm in my mid-twenties, have a bachelors and masters. Simply put, I want to join the Navy to fly jets. I had a question: quite a few years ago, I was a military academy for one year, and after one year left for personal reasons. However, during this time there were two/three episodes that could be interpreted as a loss of consciousness: one after standing at attention in the hot sun for almost an hour, and another while during physical training and in the squatting position. I went to the clinic for treatment and, as such, there is some documentation. I had a adverse reaction to a tilt-table test.
As I consider joining the Navy, I had a few questions:
1) Is there any reason that the Navy would find out about this if I didn't tell them about it? Would a service and/or reserve unit routinely request personell/medical records from NSRC? Are military academy records
2) If these episodes were revealed, would they be medically disqualifying to fly?
3) If they were medically disqualifying, what are the chances I could get a waiver? I should say that I have never had any other episodes resembling loss of consciousness in my life, not before or since. I have taken comprehensive physicals since then and passed them all. The conditions at the time were unique. Furthermore, I think that one of the doctors evaluating my condition at the time was biased against me, for certain reasons (long story). I could retake tests and pass, no problem. This truely was a fluke.
Thanks a lot for the response.
