DaVina Horne 4764215 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Can I re-enlist with RE 3 and separation code JFW for flat feet. I was discharged in BCT and that was in 2015. I havent had any issues with my feet since then. I really want to go back in. 2019-06-29T15:59:44-04:00 DaVina Horne 4764215

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Can I re-enlist with RE 3 and separation code JFW for flat feet. I was discharged in BCT and that was in 2015. I havent had any issues with my feet since then. I really want to go back in.

2019-06-29T15:59:44-04:00 2019-06-29T15:59:44-04:00 SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth 4764225

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Have you checked with a recruiter or someone in personnel at an Armory.

2019-06-29T16:01:32-04:00 2019-06-29T16:01:32-04:00 CW2 Private RallyPoint Member 4764628

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>RE-3’s can still get in. It’ll take a moral waiver to go through the works though—about a 3 month turn around in best cases. If your feet are truly flat than you’d possibly need a medical waiver as well.

2019-06-29T18:56:50-04:00 2019-06-29T18:56:50-04:00 MSG Robert Conrad 4765908

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I presume the RE-3 is for Training discharge Program, not a moral issue, like fraudulent entry. Flat feet will likely become an issue again once you are subjected to the stress of physical training. It is likely to be worse for you now, the PT standards have been changed. You may want to discuss your medical condition with an actual podiatrist and get an expert opinion on what your plan is. I think the waiver is going to be the least of your problem. Your ability to be an effective Soldier has already been questioned because of your unfortunate medical condition. Best of luck.

2019-06-30T09:04:51-04:00 2019-06-30T09:04:51-04:00 COL David Turk 4766079

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Boy, times have changed. I went down to Fort Hamilton for my draft physical (Nov 71), with a doctors file covering my flat feet and fallen arches (trying for 4F, to not get drafted). At the end of the physical, to include an ortho consult, I was told I was fit for duty and that a profile for my feet would be waiting for me at basic (Fort Dix). Never saw the medical profile, which actually turned out to a good thing. Went through like everybody else.<br />Later on, I got some custom inserts at Valley Forge General Hospital when I was TDY there in support of the returning Vietnam POWs sent there (early 1973). I wore those plastic inserts for 15- 20 years. Still have them in my “military storage tote”.<br /><br />Sorry, but that brings back a funny story. I was wearing those inserts in my books during a night patrol/attack in advance ROTC camp at Fort Bragg. We were moving quietly through a wooded area when the TAC officer stops and says “what the hell is that noise?” After resuming our approach, he stops us again, and comes up to me and says, “Turk, what’s with your boots?” Turns out the plastic inserts were rubbing up against the leather, making a noise. The inserts came out on the spot and I never wore them again on training or noise sensitive missions.

2019-06-30T10:04:24-04:00 2019-06-30T10:04:24-04:00 SGT Eric Davis 4766890

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I had a re 3 waiver and got back in so it’s possible. Also try the National Guard in your state and surrounding states

2019-06-30T15:03:04-04:00 2019-06-30T15:03:04-04:00 MAJ Private RallyPoint Member 4767254

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>They’re doing this again? When I joined in 2002 my flat feet was a non issue. I got custom orthotics and got sent to basic. 17 years later, I still have no issues. It was my understanding flat feet went out the door as an issue decades ago.

2019-06-30T17:45:14-04:00 2019-06-30T17:45:14-04:00 SFC Private RallyPoint Member 4768089

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>It’s an RE3 waiver. You will need to get an orthopedic clearance letter from your own orthopedist as well as treatment records proving the condition is healed and is not going to reoccur. You will redo the meps physical then have the records submitted for the waiver.

2019-06-30T23:13:22-04:00 2019-06-30T23:13:22-04:00 MSgt Neil Greenfield 6320593

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Hmm, I’ve had flat feet all my life. I may have a very little arch. My wife calls them “chicklet feet” (check out chicklet gum). The point is I enlisted in the Army in 1978. The only time I had problems in BCT was after very long road marches, and Ft Jackson in August is hot!<br />The point is that I served for a total of 21+ years, in two different services. So it is possible.<br />My father-in-law wanted to join the Navy in the early 50’s, but they wouldn’t take him because of his flat feet. Mind you, he was a runner. He went next door to the Air Force recruiter, and guess what? He enlisted in the Air Force. <br />Don’t put all your eggs in one basket. Check out the other services. You might get a break.

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