Anthony2000
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N3M won’t clear you for an aviation candidate if they know you’re out of parameters for that designation
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Dealing with diagnosis that I know will hurt my chances.
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N3M won’t clear you for an aviation candidate if they know you’re out of parameters for that designation
Anthony2000
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Obviously they don’t do EKGs, dilate your eyes to the max, put you in the pressure chamber, etc at MEPS
villo0692
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Tell that to everyone in OCS who gets cleared my MEPS and proceeds to get NAMI Whammied
exNavyOffRec
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Which is why the N3M letter will say "N3M defers to NAMI for suitability for aviation programs"
Technically MEPS doesn't clear any officer candidates.
Anthony2000
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I was just going based off what I’ve heard. I think I’ve seen people get their N3M letter back saying they weren’t approved for aviation or something like that.
Correct me if I’m wrong, no hard feelings haha
exNavyOffRec
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It is one of those things where if you don't meet the requirements they will tell you, but if you appear to meet the requirements they will defer to NAMI for the actual approval.
Anthony2000
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That’s what I thought reading what has happened to people in the past. Normally if something obvious stands out like 20/100 vision, or other standards for aviation. It will say something along the lines of not approved for aviation.
A pedantic addition...NAMI doesn't approve a waiver, either. BUMED is the actual approval authority, but NAMI makes the recommendation. Or at least that's how it works on active-duty.
exNavyOffRec
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True, but I never saw a case, and neither did NRC at the time, where NAMI was over-ridden by BUMED. I have seen times where N3M was over-ridden by BUMED.
hey so you're an ex recruiter? If you were a recruiter would you work with someone with my medical history?
exNavyOffRec
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I would tell you what was needed to start the process, documents, etc.... and then if you wanted to do the work I would submit to see what they would say, and then tell you what you would need to get to the step after that.
The applicant does most of the work.
Agreed on the NAMI/BUMED relationship. I was curious if the N3M component made the process slightly different. Sounds like it does.
