Sean, Paul told me you may be able to help. My oldest son had a baby this week. My wife and I have been helping him out. My son Nick has finished his third full week of training. He wrote he may be able to call. We may have missed the call. Was wondering if you know what type of number to look for on the caller ID. Is it a 312, 800, 888?. I saw nothing from Great Lakes, can you give me any insight on what to look for? Thank you Gary.

We did that they sent him some magnets and told him to wait to finish his junior year or turn 17.

Hi Sean, thanks for replying. His grades were far from stellar, mostly C's and D's and he did fail a broadcast journalism class that he made up in summer school so he does have his diploma. According to the recruiter the decision was from the Final Waiver Authority of the navy and there are no other options. I know he made it through the MEPS medical processing with no problems other than they said he'd need a waiver for the ADHD meds. Is there a point where high school no longer matters other than having your diploma? At 2 years out of school and scoring well on the test I was a little surprised that high school specifics were that important. If he were in his mid 20's and applying what would they look at? Unless we have other options his current plan is to attend a local police academy starting in January and then see if he can re-apply for military service after he has his Associates Degree in Criminal Justice. He eventually wants to become a police officer and work his way onto a SWAT team and he felt that military experience would help with getting on with a metropolitan dept. Do you know if disqualification from one branch applies across the board to other branches? His first choice was Air Force but the Navy recruiter was a better salesman;) My daughter is at A school in Pcola right now and she spoke w/some of the Petty Officers there and they said that even though they were undermanned they were in a recruiting slow down for economic reasons so the Navy probably DQ'd him since they had plenty of recruits who didn't require a waiver. Any ideas or advice would be greatly appreciated.