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As the title says, i am relatively fit, BMI of 19, Body fat around 9%, have a case of asthma/emphysema, can run for around 2 miles, and with some training can increase my numbers pretty easily. Do not require a use of a regular inhaler, longest ive gone is 8 years without the use of medication, and no prior history of surgery or issues present. What are my odds?

As the title says, i am relatively fit, BMI of 19, Body fat around 9%, have a case of asthma/emphysema, can run for around 2 miles, and with some training can increase my numbers pretty easily. Do not require a use of a regular inhaler, longest ive gone is 8 years without the use of medication, and no prior history of surgery or issues present. What are my odds?

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It will kinda depend on the branch you want, the MOS (job) you want, and ASVAB scores (assuming they still do ASVAB) in today's highspeed military.. it's all feelings-friendly now.

The National Guard - as we fulltimers called the Nasty Girls - I wouldn't worry too much about physical fitness especially since there has been a PT hiatus until 2022, I think it was:

Noting not all NG are this undisciplined, some units are highspeed and some further still have seen more action than full-timers; again depends on the job and the branch. That said, I would agree with most here, don't bother. It has changed so much (for the worse), since Obummers run.

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The MOS isnt hard, and ive been getting mixed reviews from mil recruiters about what to do. However, the jobs i was looking at are in green zones, and not on the field.

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if by green zones, you're referring to like check points, or some type of area control, that could be seen as field work - chances are this would be for an MOS 31A for Army - Security Forces for AF - not sure of the job codes for other branches.

Your PT for that MOS wouldn't be too taxing in basic I wouldn't think, and probably wouldn't be any worse in AIT. I know the APFT has changed dramatically per job, but I wouldn't consider it taxing. I would be confident in saying that you'd more than likely have an issue with 11X (11 series is light infantry X is a placeholder for specific job) over any other MOS with asthma.