Army National Guard... Today At MEPS

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ChattaVol21

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So after deciding that joining the National Guard I continued my process by going to MEPS to get my physical, take the ASVAB, etc... I sat there for 13 hours for them to tell me I have been disqualified because I have a bad tooth....... So ya today has not been a good day... Hope you fellow Vols Fans have had a better one
 
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Sounds familiar way back when I went through the MEPS physical, a flight physical and three seperate consults only to be disqualified due to a previous car wreck I had disclosed on the initial paperwork.

Hang in there.
 
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delete. forum software goes buggy at that time of the morning.
 
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If I had it to do all over again, I would have joined the regular army and not dealt with the good ol' boy network that permeates the TN National Guard. From my early days in the 212th Engineers out of Monteagle to my last year in the 278th, if you weren't part of the inner circle that consisted of senior NCO's and their drinking buddies, your chances at advancement were limited.
 
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MG1968 said:
If I had it to do all over again, I would have joined the regular army and not dealt with the good ol' boy network that permeates the TN National Guard. From my early days in the 212th Engineers out of Monteagle to my last year in the 278th, if you weren't part of the inner circle that consisted of senior NCO's and their drinking buddies, your chances at advancement were limited.
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maybe he will listen and at least go in the reserves, I was also in the 278th for a short time, before going on active duty..I was with the Air Cav out at Mcgee Tyson..
 
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MG1968 said:
If I had it to do all over again, I would have joined the regular army and not dealt with the good ol' boy network that permeates the TN National Guard. From my early days in the 212th Engineers out of Monteagle to my last year in the 278th, if you weren't part of the inner circle that consisted of senior NCO's and their drinking buddies, your chances at advancement were limited.
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John Forgety?
 
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At least you're not going through the Knoxville MEPS. The Doctor that had oversight there had been the head doctor at that MEPS since the 60s... with picture on the wall to prove it. He had to be in his 80s. Man couldn't tell a foot from a hand.
 
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DC Vol said:
At least you're not going through the Knoxville MEPS. The Doctor that had oversight there had been the head doctor at that MEPS since the 60s... with picture on the wall to prove it. He had to be in his 80s. Man couldn't tell a foot from a hand.
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but he organized a mean duck walk!
 
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DC Vol said:
At least you're not going through the Knoxville MEPS. The Doctor that had oversight there had been the head doctor at that MEPS since the 60s... with picture on the wall to prove it. He had to be in his 80s. Man couldn't tell a foot from a hand.
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he might have missed his bad tooth
 
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MG1968 said:
If I had it to do all over again, I would have joined the regular army and not dealt with the good ol' boy network that permeates the TN National Guard. From my early days in the 212th Engineers out of Monteagle to my last year in the 278th, if you weren't part of the inner circle that consisted of senior NCO's and their drinking buddies, your chances at advancement were limited.
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The good ol' boy system also "permeates" the active duty sector as well.
 
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i actually was at the knoxville meps...... and caught a cramp during the duckwalk...... and in response to going active duty, that was actually my plan untill i had my little girl
 
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MG1968 said:
I don't doubt that it does. I'm just speaking from my own experience.
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but it's nothing close to the inbred nature of the guard and reserves.

There is clearly a system within the promotion system in the military, but it's often about who the studs are as much as who the ass kissers are.
 
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BigPapaVol said:
but it's nothing close to the inbred nature of the guard and reserves.

There is clearly a system within the promotion system in the military, but it's often about who the studs are as much as who the ass kissers are.
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to a certain point, yes. But anywhere beyond E-5 there tends to be alot more based on merit rather than longevity or ass kissing.
 
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Regardless of rank regardless of career field. Full time or traditional guardsman, The powers that be will put whom ever they want into the position to be filled. Just how they word the job opening. Regardless of rank or merits.
 
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DC Vol said:
At least you're not going through the Knoxville MEPS. The Doctor that had oversight there had been the head doctor at that MEPS since the 60s... with picture on the wall to prove it. He had to be in his 80s. Man couldn't tell a foot from a hand.
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Good Ol' Doc Andrews. Half the guys he didn't kick out he probably scared away. :)
 
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volger said:
Regardless of rank regardless of career field. Full time or traditional guardsman, The powers that be will put whom ever they want into the position to be filled. Just how they word the job opening. Regardless of rank or merits.
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Might be true on a very limited basis.
 
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should have joined the marines your recruiter would have yanked out that tooth and sent you right back through
 
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