van HellSing on 22/10/2007 at 15:35

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At least the military says so.

Since I'm done with college, I needed an excuse not to get drafted. I'm in psychiatric treatment for depression, so I decided to use that, and I applied for an reexamination of my military category.

So I get my documents from my psychiatrist, and I get to the examination. I enter the room to be examined by the military psychiatrist, he tells me to sit down, then to show him my documents. He flicks through them for some 5 seconds, and gives them back. He writes down something on my examination card, kthxbai.

I leave the room and I look at the card: schizophrenia. Lol. What probably happened is that he only looked at the meds I'm prescribed, and since they are used for schizophrenia as well as other things, he figured I'm a shizo.

So now I proudly bear the rare and prestigious draft category E, which means I'm totally and utterly useless for the military. That's good, but I hope I don't run into problems when I'm looking for a job now...

Oh well, we'll see.

D'Arcy on 22/10/2007 at 16:45

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In my case the military just decided that they had too many people already, so they discharged around 70% of the candidates on the year I turned 18. So I never got to waste any of my precious time being shouted at.

maxmon on 22/10/2007 at 17:19

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Could be worse! Oh well, I have a slight number dyslexia thing.
War is a horrible place, I hope I never go.

demagogue on 22/10/2007 at 17:35

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Which is worse, to be at war with others, or with one's self ... with real enemies or imaginary ones?

Just kidding, I thought that would sound ominous.
But you're not really schizo anyway ... that's convenient.

I can't even imagine what a draft would be like, even though we (US) had one not too long ago, it seems very foreign to me now.

Ducz on 22/10/2007 at 19:08

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Those draft commissions are bullshit. I have a friend, who has a really big eyesight problem (his lenses are so thick they make bottles look thin). He went thru the usual procedure and what - got an A - perfectly suited for the army. And since he can't afford any post high school education - he was drafted a few months ago.

Oddly, he seems to bear it somehow - he was signed into a paramedic unit (despite having no medical knowledge) and he copes with the situation.

And the thing is that after spending 9 months he and many others like him will be useless in terms of modern military - it's IMHO just a waste of time and money.

Hope the new government deals with this issue quickly.