Joe Killah
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Need answers only from people who know:
I enlisted in the Marine Corps out of MEPs back in October, and during the ortho/neuro physical, for the life of me I couldn't do the exercise where you put your toes under your feet, knees on floor, and rock back into a standing position. I can't get anymore than my big toes under my feet, not because the others can't bend; just because I guess that's how my feet are positioned on my legs lol.
Anyway, I otherwise passed and swore in and am in the DEP as a poolee with a ship date, but with the statement on my forms "Demonstrate the exercise Before Shipping". Problem is, I still can't do the freakin' exercise without shoes on. I just can't get my other toes under my feet when my knees are on the floor. Other than this, I can do anything anybody else can do, run, duckwalk, squat, etc, with no issues.
Am I going to have to do the exercise the day I go to MEPs to ship to boot camp? How would the process work if I still can't do it? I'm afraid I'm going to be disqualified. I asked one of the recruiters at my RSS and he told me I probably won't have to demonstrate, but my recruiter told me I will, and told me we'll go over that bridge when we get to it...
Thanks
I enlisted in the Marine Corps out of MEPs back in October, and during the ortho/neuro physical, for the life of me I couldn't do the exercise where you put your toes under your feet, knees on floor, and rock back into a standing position. I can't get anymore than my big toes under my feet, not because the others can't bend; just because I guess that's how my feet are positioned on my legs lol.
Anyway, I otherwise passed and swore in and am in the DEP as a poolee with a ship date, but with the statement on my forms "Demonstrate the exercise Before Shipping". Problem is, I still can't do the freakin' exercise without shoes on. I just can't get my other toes under my feet when my knees are on the floor. Other than this, I can do anything anybody else can do, run, duckwalk, squat, etc, with no issues.
Am I going to have to do the exercise the day I go to MEPs to ship to boot camp? How would the process work if I still can't do it? I'm afraid I'm going to be disqualified. I asked one of the recruiters at my RSS and he told me I probably won't have to demonstrate, but my recruiter told me I will, and told me we'll go over that bridge when we get to it...
Thanks