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dennis
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Hi guys!
I've got a question about joining the army, actually more of a question of whether I can be accepted into the specific field I'm interested in... Decided to ask it here first instead of wasting revruiters' valuable time, any replies and comments will be greatly appreciated...
Welp, long story short, I'm 19, Canadian citizen, don't have any prior convictions, no mental disabilities (that I know of at least ) and have a high school diploma. Now, I've dropped out of college after 1 semester because it wasn't what I wanted to do (took Social Science) and all the 'civvie' jobs that I currently have access to aren't really exciting, I mean who likes flipping burgers in McDie's or doing night shifts in a convenience store... Don't really feel like going back to college since I've partially botched my marks in some of the subjects in grade 11 (I've completed high school in Quebec before moving to Ontario) and now I don't really have a chance to get accepted into the courses I'd like to attend... With all the being said, I'm at a crossroad right now and am trying to decide what to do with myself...
I'm particularly interested in becoming an ***infantry soldier*** in the Canadian Armed Forces, preferably in a combat unit... Mostly because I don't want to do cooking or paperwork in the army, as I can do it outside of it too I'm no superman, but I exercice regularly in order to keep myself in good shape and even have some muscles. I do not have *any* medical problems, well except for one... My only problem is fairly bad vision, I've got a -7 on one eye and -8 on the other one. However, I do wear contact lenses and *with them* I have a 20/20 or close to it vision.
So my question is: can the fact that I need to wear corrective lenses "botch" my plans of getting into combat infantry? Thanks for reading this and for your replies...
Peace
Dennis S.
I've got a question about joining the army, actually more of a question of whether I can be accepted into the specific field I'm interested in... Decided to ask it here first instead of wasting revruiters' valuable time, any replies and comments will be greatly appreciated...
Welp, long story short, I'm 19, Canadian citizen, don't have any prior convictions, no mental disabilities (that I know of at least ) and have a high school diploma. Now, I've dropped out of college after 1 semester because it wasn't what I wanted to do (took Social Science) and all the 'civvie' jobs that I currently have access to aren't really exciting, I mean who likes flipping burgers in McDie's or doing night shifts in a convenience store... Don't really feel like going back to college since I've partially botched my marks in some of the subjects in grade 11 (I've completed high school in Quebec before moving to Ontario) and now I don't really have a chance to get accepted into the courses I'd like to attend... With all the being said, I'm at a crossroad right now and am trying to decide what to do with myself...
I'm particularly interested in becoming an ***infantry soldier*** in the Canadian Armed Forces, preferably in a combat unit... Mostly because I don't want to do cooking or paperwork in the army, as I can do it outside of it too I'm no superman, but I exercice regularly in order to keep myself in good shape and even have some muscles. I do not have *any* medical problems, well except for one... My only problem is fairly bad vision, I've got a -7 on one eye and -8 on the other one. However, I do wear contact lenses and *with them* I have a 20/20 or close to it vision.
So my question is: can the fact that I need to wear corrective lenses "botch" my plans of getting into combat infantry? Thanks for reading this and for your replies...
Peace
Dennis S.