Medical at Boot Camp

[OliviaJ]

Hey Everyone! Future Sailor Jamerson here. I have a quick question(s). At boot camp during P-days, what all goes into medical? I know that there are shots, shots, and more shots but what else? I also know that there is a hearing and vision test and also dental. Is there anything else medical-wise that we are tested on? Also, what if we don't pass the hearing or vision test at boot camp? Will we be sent back home? I'm just wondering because I didn't pass the depth perception test at MEPS but I also wear glasses. I also barely passed my hearing test. I'm just worried that all of my hard work will go down the drain because I really want to be in the Navy! Anyway, any feedback would be great! Thanks!

[Blasterion]

I think there is hearing, vision and the complete destruction of your wisdom teeth on your HMDA's whims. You will be issued "Harry Potter" Glasses at some point.

[Tim]

Harry Potter... Give it to them straight, BIRTH CONTROL GLASSES (:

[geeMA]

its a very detailed medical exam. we also get our blood drawn, hearing test, eye exam, dental exam. we dont get birth control glasses anymore. we get these.

http://www.armytimes.com/news/2012/0...ruits-012012w/

[culp7]

Originally Posted by geeMA

its a very detailed medical exam. we also get our blood drawn, hearing test, eye exam, dental exam. we dont get birth control glasses anymore. we get these.

http://www.armytimes.com/news/2012/0...ruits-012012w/

More detailed than MEPS? I have heard different sides of this and am wondering what is true and false.

[TrooperTaff]

I got out of boot in november. shots shots shots.. vision test, hearing test, piss test, ALOT of waiting. every one smells like ass.

[culp7]

Originally Posted by TrooperTaff

I got out of boot in november. shots shots shots.. vision test, hearing test, piss test, ALOT of waiting. every one smells like ass.

But otherwise not near as indepth as medical at MEPS?

[Tim]

Damn i wanted birth control glasses...

[maggio1994]

From what I remember medical consists of:

- Shots
- Blood Tests
- Hearing
- Vision
- General questions about your medical history

- Dental
- Xrays
- Maybe a teeth cleaning
- Maybe wisdom teeth removal
- Maybe root canal
- Maybe cavity filling


If you fail your depth perception test I think it'll just effect what jobs you can get

[culp7]

Originally Posted by maggio1994

From what I remember medical consists of:

- Shots
- Hearing
- Vision
- General questions about your medical history

- Dental
- Xrays
- Maybe a teeth cleaning
- Maybe wisdom teeth removal
- Maybe root canal
- Maybe cavity filling


If you fail your depth perception test I think it'll just effect what jobs you can get

Nice! Thanks for the clarification, this is what I remember hearing about it.

[Malarkey]

Attention shipmates: Boot camp medical is A HUNDRED TIMES more thorough then MEPS. Period.

[sweetmtn]

I am pretty sure they also do a TB tine test there as well...my son had one it came back positive but was a false positive proven by x-rays..but he was still put on pills to take for a year...

[Malarkey]

Originally Posted by sweetmtn

I am pretty sure they also do a TB tine test there as well...my son had one it came back positive but was a false positive proven by x-rays..but he was still put on pills to take for a year...

Thought that was only for nukes?

[maggio1994]

Oh yeah the TB test, everyone gets it.


A corpsman will inject something into your arm and it'll leave a little bubble, then a few days later another corpsman will check the injection spot to see if there was any type of reaction. If you have a reaction you'll have to get it looked at closer and you may have to take some antibiotic for 6 or 9 months.

[FutureSailorNAD]

What are the xrays about?

[griz3232]

I wear what I guess they call a flipper in my mouth. It is pretty much a deal that holds a fake tooth wear I do not have one. a cheap cheap version of an implant I guess. Will they do a better false tooth i.e a bridge while I am there or will I have to wait till I get to A school

[cire]

Girls will also get a pregnancy test, some of those girls will be sent home because they whored around before they left.

I was very glad to get rid of my BCG's.. I dumped them in my drinking glass the morning of my last boot camp meal before going to A school. The guy cleaning dishes was like HEY YOU CAN'T DO THAT! I was like whatever dude.. I'm outta here.

[CoolHandL]

Originally Posted by cire

Girls will also get a pregnancy test, some of those girls will be sent home because they whored around before they left.

I was very glad to get rid of my BCG's.. I dumped them in my drinking glass the morning of my last boot camp meal before going to A school. The guy cleaning dishes was like HEY YOU CAN'T DO THAT! I was like whatever dude.. I'm outta here.

Dude, you could stand to be a bit less judgemental, and work on your attitude toward women. They obviously had sex before they left. So did a lot of the guys, but you don't say they "whored around" about men, do you? Too, some of those women likely were in committed relationships, so it was just a birth control failure. You don't know and it is none of your business. Nothing about a woman's sexual behavior is any of your business unless it involves you personally, nor does her supposed promiscuity entitle anyone to disrespect her personal boundaries.

[Auridan]

Originally Posted by CoolHandL

Dude, you could stand to be a bit less judgemental, and work on your attitude toward women. They obviously had sex before they left. So did a lot of the guys, but you don't say they "whored around" about men, do you? Too, some of those women likely were in committed relationships, so it was just a birth control failure. You don't know and it is none of your business. Nothing about a woman's sexual behavior is any of your business unless it involves you personally, nor does her supposed promiscuity entitle anyone to disrespect her personal boundaries.

Women get pregnant, men don't. Doesn't mean men don't "whore around" just as much (if not WAY more) than women do, but it DOES mean that female Future Sailors have to be a little more careful with themselves in the months before shipping. Simple fact.

Besides, while you say that "some" were probably in committed relationships, that leaves another chunk of "some" who might be unabashedly promiscuous.

[cire]

Originally Posted by CoolHandL

Dude, you could stand to be a bit less judgemental, and work on your attitude toward women. They obviously had sex before they left. So did a lot of the guys, but you don't say they "whored around" about men, do you? Too, some of those women likely were in committed relationships, so it was just a birth control failure. You don't know and it is none of your business. Nothing about a woman's sexual behavior is any of your business unless it involves you personally, nor does her supposed promiscuity entitle anyone to disrespect her personal boundaries.

My bad. I should have been more specific. EVERY girl in my division that was sent home because they found out they were pregnant in boot camp were all crying uncontrollably and tell us their "mistakes" and such. Not ONE of them said "Oh, my silly husband and his condom broke" No.. they ALL said "waaa waa I slept with someone I didn't know and got knocked up" I might be paraphrasing it a little.

This may or may not be the case with girls in other divisions.. and if not, then I apologize

[CoolHandL]

Originally Posted by cire

My bad. I should have been more specific. EVERY girl in my division that was sent home because they found out they were pregnant in boot camp were all crying uncontrollably and tell us their "mistakes" and such. Not ONE of them said "Oh, my silly husband and his condom broke" No.. they ALL said "waaa waa I slept with someone I didn't know and got knocked up" I might be paraphrasing it a little.

This may or may not be the case with girls in other divisions.. and if not, then I apologize

My challenge was to your demeaning terminology, and the implied misogyny. Yeah, those girls did something stupid, no argument there. There's a real news flash: young people doing stupid things! It isn't cause to use such ugly words.

[FutureND]

Originally Posted by CoolHandL

My challenge was to your demeaning terminology, and the implied misogyny. Yeah, those girls did something stupid, no argument there. There's a real news flash: young people doing stupid things! It isn't cause to use such ugly words.

Still doesn't take away from the fact that some people (guys and girls) will whore around before basic and get booted (it will just take a bit longer for the guys who do it to be found out).

[cire]

Originally Posted by CoolHandL

My challenge was to your demeaning terminology, and the implied misogyny. Yeah, those girls did something stupid, no argument there. There's a real news flash: young people doing stupid things! It isn't cause to use such ugly words.

You are going to need to thicken your skin a bit if you want to be able to handle being in the military.

[llamayamaa]

Originally Posted by cire

You are going to need to thicken your skin a bit if you want to be able to handle being in the military.

On the contrary, YOU might want to start taming your tongue. Saying things like that in the fleet can get you into serious trouble. At least, if you say it to the wrong person.

[sweetmtn]

Lets agree to diagree here...or I will have to lock this thread...KEEP IT CIVIL!

[Auridan]

Cire's done his time and gotten out some years ago...it's in his signature, seriously. And CoolHandL, incidentally, is a Family Member, so that won't be a problem.

[prop827]

In the fleet, even words like this come under the harassment rules. The navy is very VERY big on maintaining a professional and gender friendly environment. Off hand comments like this can and has resulted in very serious consequences for multiple people involved, even the ones who didn't say anything. Its not a random coincidence that all sailors have to undergo Sexual Assault Prevention (SAPR) training a minimum of once every 6 months....

And to clarify I'm not knocking on anyone, but I figure now is a good time to demonstrate to DEPpers how the navy looks at these issues.

[ahhcom]

So, at MEPS they didn't check my teeth. My recruiter knew about my teeth condition and said that it's not problem. So, no paperwork about my teeth. I had 1 root canal. 1 dental flipper for front tooth. (I broke mine from falling from my bicycle when I was a child) I have 2 questions:

1) Since Navy/MEPS doesn't have anything written about my teeth, will it be a problem when I go to boot camp?
2) Will they let me wear dental flipper during boot camp? Will the dentist over there has problem with it.

[Haasino]

Originally Posted by ahhcom

So, at MEPS they didn't check my teeth. My recruiter knew about my teeth condition and said that it's not problem. So, no paperwork about my teeth. I had 1 root canal. 1 dental flipper for front tooth. (I broke mine from falling from my bicycle when I was a child) I have 2 questions:

1) Since Navy/MEPS doesn't have anything written about my teeth, will it be a problem when I go to boot camp?
2) Will they let me wear dental flipper during boot camp? Will the dentist over there has problem with it.

For future reference, you should try to either: A.) Start a new thread, or B.) Search for one of the many preexisting dental threads already here... rather than post to a thread that's over 1.5 years old.

To answer your question, dental is almost always not a disqualifier... Recruits come in with straight f**ked-up mouths and spend almost 1/3 of bootcamp in dental appointments... but they still graduate. Regarding a flipper... I'm not sure what that is, but my educated guess would be not unless the dentist either approves it, or issues you one of their own.

[JSlattery]

Originally Posted by FutureSailorNAD

What are the xrays about?

TB usually attacks the lungs. Hence why most people with TB cough up blood. If you get a positive, or false positive, they're going to xray your chest and see what your lungs are doing.

[Auridan]

I wonder if we can make threads auto-lock after a few months...

[LT Guppy]

Originally Posted by Auridan

I wonder if we can make threads auto-lock after a few months...

Probably, but I wouldn't because there are some older threads with good information that are good to keep alive.