I was thinking about joining. Started getting in shape to meet the requirements. Then I realized my asthma, while better than it’s ever been, will never be enough of a non-issue for me to not have access to a rescue inhaler, and that that’s a disqualifying condition for all branches. So I gave up on the notion.

Thanks to all this bullshit lately, this is the first time I’ve ever been even slightly glad to have asthma.