If you could add, or take away, one requirement to enlist in the military, what would it be?

SSG Richard Rushing - LMAO Airborne!

It's not the gender confusion part that bugs me, it's that they come into the military and try to figure out their gender while serving. There is enough crazy stuff to deal with in the military without having another soldier confused and depressed all the time because they can't figure out what gender they are. Do whatever you want, no big deal, but figure it all out BEFORE you join the military, or get out of the military and then figure it out....don't make the military and other soldiers have to deal with the drama and politically correct stuff....once you figure out who you are, then enlist (or come back in)....and during basic training, if you have a penis, you are a male...if you have a vagina, you are female...period...no special treatment. You don't want someone beside you on the front lines distracted and not focused because they are just sitting there trying to figure out which latrine to use that day.

I find it unlikely that it really matters... But if you sir are so insecure, or believe that you or your fellow service members are at risk, then please.... Provide more. If a dude is secretly a girl, and kills the enemy and helps save friendlies... I really don't care what they are.

I honestly could care less about the gender or gender identify of my fellow soldiers. I care about their honor, integrity and competence.

I believe that the service does need mental screening, but it needs to be for any one (officers included)! There are a lot of officers and enlisted that one could question sanity!

CPT (Join to see) - Honestly, that's a great idea. I didn't know that the military didn't screen for mental health issues until I joined. It would just make sense for them to do it! I know that up front it seems like it would cost the military a lot of money, but I think it would actually be a great investment. I've been working as an inpatient psych nurse and it seems that there are a lot of people coming through who had significant red flags before they joined.

PO2 David Dunlap please give some context this is not a social networking site HIPPA is a law medical providers must adhere to

Also you have to factor in the reality that mental health is more or less an ART, not a science. The accuracy in prediction of propensity for mental health issues will always be marginal at best.

How about make it easier for prior service to reenter back instead of the run of the mill. Or help those who want to serve at active duty but stuck in reserves or NG because units love their number. I am in a unit where there is no need for even the entire unit, let alone a single MOS, but they won't release a single one person into active duty and we go the drills and just sit there.

I think the ASFAB test should be straight across the board, as it is a score of what is ok in Army but not ok in AF etc., see the Psych doc there etc.

I was there LPO (Leading Petty Officer) in the Overtim Preventive Medicine Department at the base hospital) one of my duties was too read and review my subordinates health inspection reports. We were basically the health department.

Anyway, I reviewed one report that stated, "Food server expired due to health cards". This young junior Corpsman was a smart and hard working sailor. He just hard time expressing himself in writing.

That should be identified in the basic knowledge area of the ASVAB. Though correct punctuation and proper selection of the form of a word are appreciated, I do not feel that they are necessarily 'disqualifiers' from military service. Perhaps they need some encouragement and further education to correct their deficiencies.