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Ranger Fish, I AM going to tell them. I'm going to send an email to the AROTC unit I plan on joining next year when I transfer schools. Only recruiter I've talked about it with is the Marine recruiter that called the other day for me. He just ...

Sorry for a lack of response on my part, I keep going out of town! :P

My parents said not to say anything to them at all (not going through a recruiter though, taking the ROTC route), but I agree with Ranger Spartan's scenario. ESPECIALLY if I'm going to be a lieutenant. Overall, this situation ...

I talked to my mom and read that paragraph off to her, and she said that I have the Bicuspid aortic valve with the mitral regurgitation. I'm not too sure how long I've had it total, but they found it about 2 years ago. I just never really thought of it as something that could keep me out. I'm going ...

So it is something that could keep me out? :(

Edit: Ran a google search on Military Health Disqualifications and found this:

a. All valvular heart diseases, congenital or acquired, including those improved by surgery except mitral valve prolapse and bicuspid aortic valve. These latter two ...

Doc,
I ran a search but find no info on the subject. Would a heart murmur affect my chances of getting into the Army? Or would it limit the number of opportunities available to me? It's only a minor one and has never affected my health so far, but I've heard that the military can be rather strict.

Thank you both! I've already found tons of helpful information here. Definitely a great change to go from civilian websites to one with actual Ranger's that can speak from experience. :D

Hey guys, my name's Richard and I'm 18. I'm currently planning on taking AROTC in college, earning my commission and heading down the pipeline to Ranger School. I'm currently reading Andrew Exums book, "This Man's Army" and decided to see what other info the web had for me. That's when I found this ...