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CamMack90
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Medical Query

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Hi Guys i'm going to go off to Basic training on the 30th of August
but i recently caused some personnal damage to myself!
basically i snapped my bango string and haveto go in for a medical circumcision and i wanna know if this will delay my Joining time as broken bones can delay you upto a year!
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Surgery will put you back 12 months from the point of surgery!
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Right but does that mean if i'm put back a year i will have to go through my whole selection process all over again???

unfortunatley im from the islands and my closet AFCO is Inverness and i can't get there and ask i dont have a phone haha but you guys all seem to know what your talking about! :lol:
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yes as your barb and medical are only valid for 12 months. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news!
Courage which goes against military expediency is stupidity, or, if it is insisted upon by a commander, irresponsibility."

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Ouch!

Someone's been choking his chicken a little too much.

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haha exactly righto well it gives me a year to get my B pass to an A

thanks for the info guys much appreciated!
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