First I would like to thank you for your time and consideration. I have a couple of questions that I'm consern about
1) A year ago I had an abnormal pap, where they did a biopsy, but everything went fine. I know Meps ask about any abnormal pap, Would I have any problem with that.
2) I'm very tiny, 5.0', weight 98. Is that a problem?
3) I'm married, my husband is a Marine stationed at Camp Pendleton. There is any base close there? how it works when you are married with someone in the militaty being you an active duty in a different branch?

Thank you again.
God Bless You!!!

Ps: By the way I'm thinking to join the Coast Guard. If you're a Coastie, I would love to hear your experience.

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I'll talk a little about #3 and let others answer 1 & 2.

This is a HUGE decision for you. Multi-service married to married transfers are a very difficult deal. Same service are difficult enough, but inter-service is very hard to work with. Being as both services are Maritime services, deployments will be a big issue. You MUST be ready to BOTH be deployed at the same time, with both deployments having the potential to be short notice. If you have (or plan on having in the next 4-20 years) any minor dependants, you need to know that BOTH services will consider that IRRELEVANT when it comes to deployment or work schedules. Your Husband will be stationed and deployed accorrding to the needs of the USMC and you will be stationed and deployed based on the needs of the USCG. These needs will likely NEVER match well at all. Your transfers will occur about every 3 or so years on average. Some will be longer, some shorter.

You need to think very, very hard about this.

13574797,

All good questions. The mere fact you are considering the Coast Guard shows you have a good head on your shoulders (But then again I'm biased)

As for your medical question, I can’t help. That will have to be looked at by the medical people.

Yes, we have units near Camp Pendleton; however, you would be joining the U. S. Coast Guard, which means that you will be available for world wide assignment. We have probably more individual units than any other service and they are everywhere. The odds of being assigned to any particular unit depends largely on your rating (job specialty) and the current needs of the Coast Guard.

The Coast Guard does try to work with members that have a spouse in another service, but the needs of the Coast Guard come first (as it should). It’s all about expectations. If your expectation is a 10 minute commute to your spouse’s base, you may be very disappointed. Also, remember that just because he gets transferred does not mean you get transferred. All in all, most people I know that are married to another military member seam to work it out fine in the long run.

Height: Well that may be an issue depending on which side of 5 feet you are. 60 inches is the lower limit for accession, so stand tall when you go to the recruiter As for the Job, it’s not a problem. Keep in mind things like pumps and people in the water do not get lighter because you are smaller, you will be expected to pull your share, which means you may have to put more effort into your job than someone larger, but such is life and I’m sure you have dealt with it before. I am 6’2” and climbing around in the bilges of some boats made me wish I was 5’2”, you deal with it and move on.

One more thing, if you do join, don’t loose weight in boot camp, anyone below 90 pounds needs to wear a Child's life jacket, which can be very embarrassing when you report to your first unit.

Good luck

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1) A year ago I had an abnormal pap, where they did a biopsy, but everything went fine. I know Meps ask about any abnormal pap, Would I have any problem with that.

ANSWER: you will need all the records of the exam and the pathology of the biopsy, then any further pap smears after that.

2) I'm very tiny, 5.0', weight 98. Is that a problem?

ANSWER: nothing that says there is a minimum weight, if MEPS says your healthy and clears you then you good to go

CPO Kalbach