Prayer for ROTC/National Guard stuff
PostPosted: Thu Oct 26, 2006 7:14 pm
I need prayer for my Army ROTC/National Guard situation. Anyone who knows me knows I'm gungho hooah about the military. It's my thing there is nothing else I would rather do and that's been the case since I was 15 years old. This is kind of a praise and a call for prayer here about my situation.
I was one of those kids diagnosed with ADD as a six year old child. That hadn't really been much of a problem until I started taking steps to get involved with the military. When I applied for an Army ROTC scholarship here at Purdue I got all the way to the tail end but was disqualified for "medical defects." I can't even tell you how much crap me and my parents went through to even get me to even participate in ROTC as a full member. I could write a couple paragraphs at least about government beauracracy.
Anyway I had been on and off my medication for about two years when last April I finally stopped taking it completely so my options for them military would be open. I'm fine without medication my old and new physician have cleared me and I can honestly say the same. Technically you're supposed to be off any medication for a year to 18 months before you sign but I just can't wait that long if I want more options with the Guard. So talking to my recruiter here at ROTC he has a loophole for me to go to Basic at Benning and AIT for Infantry. So this is a praise to the Lord for that because I want to be a member of the armed forces now and not just some cadet for another 3 1/2 years. I need the 100% tuition coverage or I will have to take loans next year. And heck money on the side wouldn't hurt to keep from having to get another job and take away from school.
So please pray that it all goes through and I'm cleared. Oh and the fact that while I was a bit worried that without an ROTC contract, which i can't get till I'm cleared by the medical review board, I could be deployed that isn't the case. Thank God there are programs for Guard students in college so basically even if an ROTC medical review board doesn't clear I will still be protected by the State all the way up until the last couple months of my senior year. I still want an ROTC contract though so I get full protection and that way I can become an officer through that program here at Purdue. I know all very complicated and hard to understand unless you know anything about it. Regardless just pray that it all works out. I know this is God's will for me of that I have no doubt. There are so many opportunities to be a disciple of Christ in the military and show His great love and that is truly my calling to do that. Our men and women, especially the men in Infantry and Airborne where I will serve, make so many sacrifices and are close to death every day and need to know there is a God that loves them unconditionally and can lead them to a place of eternal happiness.
I was one of those kids diagnosed with ADD as a six year old child. That hadn't really been much of a problem until I started taking steps to get involved with the military. When I applied for an Army ROTC scholarship here at Purdue I got all the way to the tail end but was disqualified for "medical defects." I can't even tell you how much crap me and my parents went through to even get me to even participate in ROTC as a full member. I could write a couple paragraphs at least about government beauracracy.
Anyway I had been on and off my medication for about two years when last April I finally stopped taking it completely so my options for them military would be open. I'm fine without medication my old and new physician have cleared me and I can honestly say the same. Technically you're supposed to be off any medication for a year to 18 months before you sign but I just can't wait that long if I want more options with the Guard. So talking to my recruiter here at ROTC he has a loophole for me to go to Basic at Benning and AIT for Infantry. So this is a praise to the Lord for that because I want to be a member of the armed forces now and not just some cadet for another 3 1/2 years. I need the 100% tuition coverage or I will have to take loans next year. And heck money on the side wouldn't hurt to keep from having to get another job and take away from school.
So please pray that it all goes through and I'm cleared. Oh and the fact that while I was a bit worried that without an ROTC contract, which i can't get till I'm cleared by the medical review board, I could be deployed that isn't the case. Thank God there are programs for Guard students in college so basically even if an ROTC medical review board doesn't clear I will still be protected by the State all the way up until the last couple months of my senior year. I still want an ROTC contract though so I get full protection and that way I can become an officer through that program here at Purdue. I know all very complicated and hard to understand unless you know anything about it. Regardless just pray that it all works out. I know this is God's will for me of that I have no doubt. There are so many opportunities to be a disciple of Christ in the military and show His great love and that is truly my calling to do that. Our men and women, especially the men in Infantry and Airborne where I will serve, make so many sacrifices and are close to death every day and need to know there is a God that loves them unconditionally and can lead them to a place of eternal happiness.
