Maybe 3rd time is the charm

hansken_yo · Post by **hansken_yo** » Mon Apr 26, 2010 2:45 pm

The story of my life. After all my hard work trying to accomplish yet another goal in life I did not get into the navy. I passed an audition, lost 35lbs, got my blood pressure under control and yet still was denied. I'm pretty bummed out about it and have to begin figuring what other thing in life I'll give a go at (hopefully with better results, shits gotta change sometime right?).

srtjesse · Post by **srtjesse** » Mon Apr 26, 2010 3:14 pm

school man right now its supper easy to get grants go to a technical school and be done in about two years or you can just give me your neon and ill support you lol

Danteneon · Post by **Danteneon** » Mon Apr 26, 2010 3:36 pm

Damn Yo, I'm sorry to hear that. Keep your head up man...like you said, things have to turn at some point

NeonOn19s · Post by **NeonOn19s** » Mon Apr 26, 2010 3:37 pm

sorry to hear that you didn't make it man.. Keep your head up.

r/tguy02 · Post by **r/tguy02** » Mon Apr 26, 2010 3:50 pm

that really does suck, what did they reject your for man?

hansken_yo · Post by **hansken_yo** » Mon Apr 26, 2010 4:46 pm

I had elevated Blood Pressure when I went in for my initial physical. I've been working hard to get that down and presented them with a doctor's note with 9 readings of it being below "high" levels, but I guess the history of my BP was the cause still. That is the best that I can discern since it was the only thing that was an issue.

srtjesse wrote:school man right now its supper easy to get grants go to a technical school and be done in about two years

I've got 3 degrees man, you think another is gonna get me a good job?

And my neon is one of the few things that I actually own. lol. I don't think i'll be giving that up anytime soon.

n20sxt · Post by **n20sxt** » Mon Apr 26, 2010 5:11 pm

what do you have degrees in ?

Haganracing · Post by **Haganracing** » Mon Apr 26, 2010 5:29 pm

Sorry to hear that man, good luck.. Things have to turn around soon!

Sykora · Post by **Sykora** » Mon Apr 26, 2010 5:40 pm

sorry to hear that man. keep trying!

LowNSlow · Post by **LowNSlow** » Mon Apr 26, 2010 5:50 pm

hansken_yo wrote:I had elevated Blood Pressure when I went in for my initial physical. I've been working hard to get that down and presented them with a doctor's note with 9 readings of it being below "high" levels, but I guess the history of my BP was the cause still. That is the best that I can discern since it was the only thing that was an issue.

srtjesse wrote:school man right now its supper easy to get grants go to a technical school and be done in about two years
I've got 3 degrees man, you think another is gonna get me a good job?

And my neon is one of the few things that I actually own. lol. I don't think i'll be giving that up anytime soon.

That really sucks man... try a different branch.... I wouldn't mention anything about the blood pressure as you have it under control now and see what they say.

hansken_yo · Post by **hansken_yo** » Mon Apr 26, 2010 6:13 pm

I was told that if you are DQ'd from one branch you can't do any other.

Degrees

AA Instrument Repair (something I found I absolutely hate doing), BA Music, MA Music.

Paul56 · Post by **Paul56** » Mon Apr 26, 2010 6:27 pm

hansken_yo wrote:The story of my life. After all my hard work trying to accomplish yet another goal in life I did not get into the navy. I passed an audition, lost 35lbs, got my blood pressure under control and yet still was denied. I'm pretty bummed out about it and have to begin figuring what other thing in life I'll give a go at (hopefully with better results, shits gotta change sometime right?).

Wait man! There is still a positive out of this...

-you lost 35 pounds
-got your blood pressure under control

Those are positives! Keep up the good work!

ZeroChad · Post by **ZeroChad** » Mon Apr 26, 2010 6:42 pm

^I was going to say the exact same thing. Those are some awesome side affects.

Best of luck to ya man. My GF's dad has an MA in music too. He's been directing a high school band for >15 years. He's been looking for a different teaching job for a while now. Things are hard out there man.

LowNSlow · Post by **LowNSlow** » Mon Apr 26, 2010 7:08 pm

hansken_yo wrote:I was told that if you are DQ'd from one branch you can't do any other.

Degrees AA Instrument Repair (something I found I absolutely hate doing), BA Music, MA Music.

Nah, go talk to an Air Force recruiter... tell him what you want to do and ask him how you go about it.

Don't mention anything about your old symptoms or anything of that nature.

Post by **occasional demons** » Mon Apr 26, 2010 7:42 pm

Paul56 wrote:
Wait man! There is still a positive out of this...

-you lost 35 pounds
-got your blood pressure under control

Those are positives! Keep up the good work!

LowNSlow wrote:
hansken_yo wrote:I was told that if you are DQ'd from one branch you can't do any other.

Degrees AA Instrument Repair (something I found I absolutely hate doing), BA Music, MA Music.
Nah, go talk to an Air Force recruiter... tell him what you want to do and ask him how you go about it.

Don't mention anything about your old symptoms or anything of that nature.

It can't hurt much more than it already does. If they say no, Just hope they don't take too long about it.

If you keep beating on doors, one of them is going to come off the hinges.

Or your hand will be bruised. It's better than giving up before all your options are depleted.

When they are, step back, collect yourself, and make new options.

Enough with the rosy shit. Just keep grinding along, you'll get there.

hansken_yo · Post by **hansken_yo** » Mon Apr 26, 2010 8:11 pm

Paul56 wrote:
hansken_yo wrote:The story of my life. After all my hard work trying to accomplish yet another goal in life I did not get into the navy. I passed an audition, lost 35lbs, got my blood pressure under control and yet still was denied. I'm pretty bummed out about it and have to begin figuring what other thing in life I'll give a go at (hopefully with better results, shits gotta change sometime right?).
Wait man! There is still a positive out of this...

-you lost 35 pounds
-got your blood pressure under control

Those are positives! Keep up the good work!

There are always positives in something, I know, and the positive aspects are not a loss. I've accomplished a lot, proved things to people (just not the ones the count, eh). In the end I'm just really frustrated that I've put an enormous amount of effort and personal sacrifice to not real the goal... again.

I thought 3rd time was a charm.

Oh well, I don't need to be dwelling on this too long. Just need to find another direction to go now.

OB · Post by OB » Tue Apr 27, 2010 12:16 am

I take it the music business isn't the cash cow you thought it might be when you decided to get those degrees? Not to be rude or anything, but I can't say I'm surprised. These days, unless you're an engineer/producer or in a mainstream band, there isn't much money in the business. I kind of learned the same thing with the automotive industry after I graduated from UTI a few years ago. The fact that the economy crashed at the exact same time didn't help! I guess going to school for something you're passionate about isn't always necessarily the best idea.

I'm with John though, why not try the other branches?

Midnight_Rider · Post by **Midnight_Rider** » Tue Apr 27, 2010 12:45 am

hansken_yo wrote:There are always positives in something, I know, and the positive aspects are not a loss. I've accomplished a lot, proved things to people (just not the ones the count, eh). In the end I'm just really frustrated that I've put an enormous amount of effort and personal sacrifice to not real the goal... again.

While I'm really sorry that you didn't achieve your stated goal, I really envy what you have done for your physical health. Maintain what you have done in this area and be proud of it. Here's to you meeting success in the next avenue that you find yourself travelling in!

TheRandom1 · Post by **TheRandom1** » Thu Apr 29, 2010 10:28 am

Wow, missed this thread. That sucks man, but the bright side, yadda yadda yadda.

Now knowing what degrees you have, yes school may help you. You can get a degree in something else besides music, and get a job in another field.

Unless you are completely dedicated to being a musician/working with music, in which case, you're fucked.

hansken_yo · Post by **hansken_yo** » Fri Apr 30, 2010 1:03 pm

Well, my efforts (I really have given this 110%) have gone up through departments and I just got a call today about them giving me one last try, but I have to do my testing at their main facility here in Seattle.

I'll be attempting that here in 2 weeks so that I can try to loose more weight and hit 185. Its about 7 more lbs.

OB · Post by OB » Fri Apr 30, 2010 1:41 pm

I'm rooting for you John, you got this!

srtjesse · Post by **srtjesse** » Fri Apr 30, 2010 3:20 pm

good luck buddy hope it all works out for you

Post by **occasional demons** » Fri Apr 30, 2010 11:31 pm

Just don't kill yourself trying to lose weight. That may take more out of you than could be beneficial.

Best of luck! :naka:

hansken_yo · Post by **hansken_yo** » Thu Jun 03, 2010 4:30 pm

occasional demons wrote:Just don't kill yourself trying to lose weight.

Funny you should say that since I pulled my hamstring a week before the testing.

Well they did some last minute changes to the testing, but whatever. I completed the testing today. My readings were acceptable and I got a recommendation for Waiver. This means the doctors at MEPS say I'm okay. This is still in the hands of the council that hands out waivers and can go either way. I'll know sometime in a week or so.

LowNSlow · Post by **LowNSlow** » Thu Jun 03, 2010 5:48 pm

Awesome news...

Question: how tall are you? 185 is the number they wanted you at?

I'm at 195 =/

hansken_yo · Post by **hansken_yo** » Thu Jun 03, 2010 5:52 pm

5'10" My max weight is 196, 185 was my goal. I'm a few shy not too far. The blood pressure was the issue. Hopefully I've shown them that it isn't one.

LowNSlow · Post by **LowNSlow** » Fri Jun 04, 2010 5:38 pm

Yea, no doubt...good work man.

I'm 6 foot flat and 195... I'd consider myself a tad over weight though

Need to bring it down some.

rOniN · Post by **rOniN** » Fri Jun 04, 2010 7:03 pm

I can get up to 208 and I'm 73 inches for USMC standards.

If the Navy still denies your waver, you could always try the other branches like John said...the army can still be a good job, even with their extended deployments. The Coast Guard or Geological Survey or any other three letter government agencies are open to you since you have a bachelors degree...let alone a masters.

The only problem is that none of the services are hurting for recruits. The Marine Corps has a 10-15 month wait to go to boot camp...

I think if you actually got a waver sent up is a very encouraging sign.

hansken_yo · Post by **hansken_yo** » Fri Jun 04, 2010 8:15 pm

It the Band that i'm after

King Crab · Post by **King Crab** » Thu Jun 24, 2010 6:07 pm

I guess Congratulations are in order, Yo!

2GN.ORG

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