Comment by Barbara Steinberg on January 20, 2014 at 5:34pm

Kasandra --

I don't think alopecia will in any way disqualify you from joining the National Guard.  I checked a website about the National Guard and it says the following regarding medical requirements and disqualifications:

Men must be between 60 and 80 inches tall, and women must be between 58 and 80 inches tall, with body fat composition used to determine acceptable weights. All muscles must be sufficiently developed so that candidates can complete training. Troops cannot have diseases of the lungs such as asthma or bronchitis, reliably diagnosed after the 13th birthday. Criteria for such diagnosis can include bouts of coughing, wheezing or chest tightness lasting more than 12 months. Candidates can be disqualified if they have surgery of the chest wall (including the breast) during the six months previous to applying for service.

Comment by Kasandra on January 20, 2014 at 5:49pm

Hi Barbra,
Thank you so much for looking in to it and responding I appreciate it. :)

Comment by sean franklin on February 2, 2014 at 2:55am

It will not, I know because I know of a linguistic specialist in the Army with Alopecia. I do not know if she is Active, National Guard, or Reservist but it should be the same across the board for the Army.

Comment by Kasandra on February 4, 2014 at 10:59am

Hi Sean, thank you for the information.

The nation guard is something I've always had interest in, unfortunately recently my alopecia has me finding the courage to make the first steps a little harder. Hopefully that that will improve soon. Thank you again.

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