Medical at Boot Camp

prop827 · 03-14-2013, 02:27 PM

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 · 11-21-2014, 01:45 AM

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 · 11-21-2014, 08:29 AM

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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.

03-14-2013, 02:27 PM	#1
prop827 Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Boston, MA Posts: 633 Rep Power: 0	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.

11-21-2014, 01:45 AM	#2
ahhcom Newbie Join Date: Jun 2014 Posts: 7 Rep Power: 0	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.