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Thanks for the oppt’y to answer your question, Alexandro!One of the things I am known for as a published author is my slogan: “If I can’t prove it, I don’t write it.” I also feel it is a disservice to the reader for writers to co-mingle opinions and facts. This is one of the basic problems of mainstream media today. Having said the above, here are the facts:There is a DoD instruction for medical fitness standards for eligibility to serve in the U.S. Armed Forces. The DoD instruction really does nothing more than point the wouldbe inquirer toward the actual standard used by all service branches, including the Coast Guard. The standard is:Army Regulation 40–501 Standards of Medical FitnessThe regulation uses a common phraseology of whether a type of medical, physical or mental health issue is permissible for service entry, and continued service. If everything is okay for a particular condition, they use the term “Meets Standard.” If a condition falls outside the parameters for a given condition, they say, “Does Not Meet the Standard.”In section 2–20 of the regulation, which is regarding Height standards, the following is a verbatim copy n’ paste straight from the regulation. You cannot be taller than 6′8″.The causes for disqualification are—a. Men: Height below 60 inches or over 80 inches does not meet the standard.b. Women: Height below 58 inches or over 80 inches does not meet the standard.When it comes to the possibility of getting a waiver for your height, the medical doctor conducting your physical entrance exam does NOT have the authority to grant a waiver. Section 1–6 of the same regulation denotes that various command authorities that are granted the ability to approve or disapprove a waiver for not meeting standard. They do it this way because the various components of the U.S. military have a better understanding of what sort of non-compliant issue might still be suitable for service in their organization, but, not necessarily in another one. Generally speaking, nearly all standards you might be rejected for, such as height, already have pre-existing guidance available to the command authority regarding what is waiverable based on past precedent. I would be shocked if the non-compliant Height standard has not already been used thousands and thousands of times in the past. Each command waiver authority will know if a Height waiver is granted, and just how far over the 6′8″ limit you can go, based on the requirements of your occupational specialty. In short, if you do not meet standard, but, you fall within the allowable range for over-height, based on your occupation, a waiver is highly likely.Section 1–6 says:1–6. Review authorities and waiversa. Medical fitness standards cannot be waived by medical examiners or by the examinee.b. Examinees initially reported as medically unacceptable by reason of medical unfitness when the medical fitness standards in chapter 2, 3, 4, or 5 apply, may request a waiver of the medical fitness standards in accordance with the basic administrative directive governing the personnel action. Upon such request, the designated administrative authority or his or her designees for the purpose may grant such a waiver in accordance with current directives. The Office of the Surgeon General provides guidance when necessary to the review and waiver authorities on the interpretation of the medical standards and appropriateness of medical waivers. The Secretary of the Army is the waiver authority for accession [enlistment] into all service branches. That authority is delegated down through the Deputy Chief of Staff, G–1 to the authorities listed in paragraphs c through i, below.c. The DODMERB, U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, CO 80840–6518 is the sole review authority for reports of examinations given applicants for contracting into the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) Programs. (See AR 40–29/NAVMEDCOMINST 6120.2/AFR 160-13/CG COMDTINST M6120.8.)Military Entrance Processing Stations (MEPS) under the purview of MEPCOM, are the review authorities for non-scholarship ROTC program examinations accomplished in their facilities. However, non-scholarship applicants who desire to contract into the ROTC program must have a qualifying DODMERB Review.(1) The waiver authority for entry into ROTC programs is the Commanding General, ROTC Command.(2) The waiver authority for applicants to USMA is the Superintendent, USMA. The waiver authority for commissioning USMA cadets is the DMPM, DCS, G–1, following consultation with TSG and receipt of a favorable waiver recommendation from the Superintendent, USMA.d. Military Entrance Processing Stations (MEPS), under the purview of MEPCOM, are the review authorities for original enlistment examinations accomplished in their facilities. The Commanding General, USAREC, is the waiver authority for original enlistment. The Director, Army National Guard is the waiver authority for the Army National Guard (ARNG) and the Army National Guard of the United States (ARNGUS).e. The waiver authority for direct accessions to Officer Candidate School (OCS) is the CG, USAREC. The waiver authority for medical waivers for ROTC, including Green to Gold candidates to OCS, is the CG, USACC. The waiver authority for currently serving enlisted Soldiers (“In-service”) applicants to OCS is DCS, G–1. The application for a medical waiver to OCS will include a medical recommendation on the medical waiver from a military physician or military treatment facility (MTF) physician regarding any potential physical limitations or medical conditions and their possible impact upon an OCS applicant’s ability to function as a military officer.f. Review and waiver authority for other direct appointment programs (for example, Chaplain Corps) is USAREC. The waiver authority for initial selection for the Judge Advocate General Corps is AHRC.g. Waiver authority for Special Forces training, Special Forces Assessment and Selection (SFAS), survival, evasion, resistance, escape (SERE) training, Military Freefall (MFF), and Special Forces Combat Diving Qualification Course (CDQC) is the Commandant, U.S. Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School (USAJFKSWCS). Waiver authority for the Airborne School is the Commandant, U.S. Army Infantry School in coordination with AHRC.h. Waivers for initial enlistment or appointment, including entrance and retention in officer procurement programs, will not be granted if the applicant does not meet the retention standards of chapter 3. Requests from waiver authorities for exception to this policy will only be made under extraordinary circumstances and only with the approval of TSG (Headquarters, Department of the Army, (HQDA) (DASG–HS–AS)).i. Waivers of medical fitness standards that have been previously granted apply automatically to subsequent medical actions pertinent to the program or purpose for which granted without the necessity of confirmation or termination when—(1) The duration of the waiver was not limited at the time it was granted and the medical condition or physical defect has not interfered with the individual’s successful performance of military duty.(2) The medical condition or physical defect waived was below retention medical fitness standards applicable to the particular program involved and the medical condition or physical defect has remained essentially unchanged.(3) The medical condition or physical defect waived was below procurement medical fitness standards applicable to the particular program involved and the medical condition or physical defect, although worse, is within the retention medical fitness standards prescribed for the program or purpose involved.k. Exception to accession waiver for hearing: For waivers of hearing standards that are determined upon further testing to be worse than initially evaluated and will interfere with the individual’s successful performance of military duty, the Soldier may be separated from military Service within the first 180 days for an existing prior to Service (EPTS) medical condition, provided an audiologist, entrance physical standards board (EPSBD), or medical board determines that no Service related cause or aggravation made the hearing worse than when initially evaluated.Best of luck!Ciao!