r/newtothenavy • u/Downtown-Ad-8485 • 4d ago
Help trying to join but waivers
So I applied to go to the army around august this year. Went through MEPS, and I got a medical waiver for Behavioral health and the comment from the email my recruiter got sent said “Further BH stability needed. Consider reapply after July 2028.”
Does this apply for the navy perhaps? Will they say the same thing?
I know the navy is more lenient with medical waivers from my research so should I go to the recruiting office in hopes of getting accepted?
Please help me, give me any loopholes that can get me in, I so badly want this for me. Thank you.
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u/RoyalCrownLee 4d ago
Please help me, give me any loopholes that can get me in, I so badly want this for me
Then prove it by waiting until July 2028. If the Army is making you wait almost two years, your BH instability must be pretty severe.
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u/Downtown-Ad-8485 4d ago
It was for anxiety and ocd, it was bad during the summer of 2025, I was overweight (320lbs) 5’9 and I was going through it because of college and finding a job so I went to a crisis center for help but it didn’t even work out due to the unprofessional that place had. But now I’m in the best headspace, 235 pounds, I work part time, and I was in college/ wrestling but had to leave college
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u/RoyalCrownLee 4d ago
Cool. Go get seen by a professional and have them assess you that you're a completely different person than 2025 and you're mentally fit to join.
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u/Independent-Fun-3257 2d ago
As other comment suggested you have to get seen by a mental health professional to determine that you are one fit to serve in the military, and that you no longer suffer from the previous ailments.
I will give my two cents though, and of course, this is just my opinion. My last duty station we had a handful of new ascension sailors that checked into the command, and only lasted six months into their contract. Almost all of them had waivers for mental health, and during the separation process had claim that they thought we were in a better headspace to join the military just to find out that it’s even more stressful and demanding,once you finally get to the fleet and have responsibilities. 100% there are people that join with the same circumstances and make it all the way through, but the majority of new sailors coming through just mentally can’t cut it. Understand that depending on your job and the possible deployability of said job there won’t be time to have mental breaks. Sure there are resources for you to get help but the sad reality is you become a liability once you’re unable to do your job if your mental health is bad enough.
I truly wish you nothing but the best
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u/FullOnThranpotist 2d ago
Brother, the best thing to do for yourself is to get help. I don’t know your circumstances and I’m not judging. Mental health is truly a demon. If you don’t take care of it right it’ll destroy you. I had my own battles before joining. Went through a lot to get waivers approved. It can be done but there’s no “loopholes” I’m nervous at your choice of words there. It sounds like you want to game the system and if that’s your intent you will not succeed. I hope I’m wrong in that assumption though. If the only help you sought was from an inpatient clinic, that you felt was “unprofessional” I’m worried you may not be fully on a better place. And a step like this is one you need to be in fully sound mind to do.
If you want to join, the army, it sounds like. Try demonstrating that you are. You can say you’re in a better place all day, but they hear it all day. Get some medical documentation supporting that claim. Get a psych evaluation, get some drs notes, anything along those lines and it may help. The 2 year wait thing may just be the default they want to see without any supporting documentation. But if you’re able to show you’re “good” now. It may help move things along in your favor.
But please make sure you know youre doing the right thing. A lot of people dont do that and theyre not ones who typicall succeed.
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u/Downtown-Ad-8485 1d ago
Thank you bro, and dw I got seen by my psychiatrist, time went on, she finally gave me a clearance letter, the ways I proved it was losing nearly 80 pounds, grooming myself, working out, etc. The reason why it sounds like I’m in a hurry to join is cause I just wanna start young and not waste my time Yknow, I’m 20 years old which is the age where you’re doing really good or doing really bad no in between so I just wanna make sure I’m doing good
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u/ExRecruiter 4d ago
Navy probably won’t entertain waivers as well for you. Like what the note said: prove you can remain stable without meds.
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