https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/are-there-any-service-members-or-veterans-who-had-an-entry-level-separation-and-went-through-boot-twice <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>My name is LeRoss Sawin-Porter. 2 years ago I was a recruit in the United States Marine Corps. I had been placed in PCP due to failing my pullups. Normally, if youre discharged from boot for somethong like failing a PT test or being overweight, the answer is simple: Get in weight, get as fit as possible, and find a prior service recruiter who isn&#39;t going to be annoyed at the fact that you didn&#39;t bother to properly train yourself the first time around. However, I didn&#39;t recieve my ELS for failure to adapt. My boots were a size too small, and I had requested new ones from my Senior Drill Instructor who wouldn&#39;t let me be issued new ones until I was medically cleared to do so. When I went to get medically cleared, I was hit with a bombshell. I have bunions in both feet, which is a disqualifying condition. You can&#39;t imagine the dissapointment I felt after being on Parris Island for a near month and being in the DEP for so long to have heard that I shouldn&#39;t have been allowed to enlist in the first place. I haven&#39;t really been the same since. I mean, I&#39;m not going to lie. I miss it there. Everything was ordered. I loved putting on those cammies in the mornings and feeling like I was a part of something beautiful. I can understand that some servicemembers and veterans won&#39;t think too highly that I failed my IST, But i believed I was on the path to re joining training and becoming a Marine. Many of my buddies got back into training and a few were heavier than I was. Is there anyone else who recieved an ELS and misses boot? Are there any current service members or veterans who recieved an ELS and were allowed to enlist? Wed, 29 Aug 2018 21:17:23 -0400 https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/are-there-any-service-members-or-veterans-who-had-an-entry-level-separation-and-went-through-boot-twice <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>My name is LeRoss Sawin-Porter. 2 years ago I was a recruit in the United States Marine Corps. I had been placed in PCP due to failing my pullups. Normally, if youre discharged from boot for somethong like failing a PT test or being overweight, the answer is simple: Get in weight, get as fit as possible, and find a prior service recruiter who isn&#39;t going to be annoyed at the fact that you didn&#39;t bother to properly train yourself the first time around. However, I didn&#39;t recieve my ELS for failure to adapt. My boots were a size too small, and I had requested new ones from my Senior Drill Instructor who wouldn&#39;t let me be issued new ones until I was medically cleared to do so. When I went to get medically cleared, I was hit with a bombshell. I have bunions in both feet, which is a disqualifying condition. You can&#39;t imagine the dissapointment I felt after being on Parris Island for a near month and being in the DEP for so long to have heard that I shouldn&#39;t have been allowed to enlist in the first place. I haven&#39;t really been the same since. I mean, I&#39;m not going to lie. I miss it there. Everything was ordered. I loved putting on those cammies in the mornings and feeling like I was a part of something beautiful. I can understand that some servicemembers and veterans won&#39;t think too highly that I failed my IST, But i believed I was on the path to re joining training and becoming a Marine. Many of my buddies got back into training and a few were heavier than I was. Is there anyone else who recieved an ELS and misses boot? Are there any current service members or veterans who recieved an ELS and were allowed to enlist? LeRoss Sawin-Porter Wed, 29 Aug 2018 21:17:23 -0400 2018-08-29T21:17:23-04:00 https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/are-there-any-service-members-or-veterans-who-had-an-entry-level-separation-and-went-through-boot-twice?n=3922935&urlhash=3922935 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I did. 1LT Kevin Chapman Thu, 30 Aug 2018 11:16:28 -0400 2018-08-30T11:16:28-04:00 https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/are-there-any-service-members-or-veterans-who-had-an-entry-level-separation-and-went-through-boot-twice?n=3923772&urlhash=3923772 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I did SPC Private RallyPoint Member Thu, 30 Aug 2018 17:13:16 -0400 2018-08-30T17:13:16-04:00 2018-08-29T21:17:23-04:00