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When I made the decision to join the Army, I was 18 years old, just out of high school (signed up for an ROTC scholarship which entailed an 8 year commitment after finishing college). I was perfectly healthy then, and was well aware I could be deployed. I served my initial 4 years on active duty with no major problems, and the majority of my health problems...
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This is a long post, sorry. It appears to me that the US Army is nowadays clearing celiacs for deployment: I'd been having GI troubles for a long time, since I was a teenager, but the problems would come and go. I was in the Army for four years and just dealt with the occasional flare ups (which tended to occur more when I was under stress, either...