jbadoef0607
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Hello everyone,
This is my first post and I wanted to address something that has been eating at me for quite some time. A little bit of a background on me. I have been in the Oregon Army National Guard for nearly 8 years now, have two overseas combat tours under my belt as an infantryman (Afghanistan in 2006 and Iraq in 2009). However, it took a huge fight for me to even get into the military. I am deaf in my left ear, something I've had since childhood, and because of that it took me nearly 2 full years to join. Had to have a waiver, but eventually I was able to join. Two things I've wanted to do since I was little was to become "an army man and a police man", my uncle was a cop for a long time and played a huge part in my desires.
So onto the question at hand, would I be able to accomplish my dream of becoming a law enforcement officer in Oregon? despite being deaf in my left ear? and would an agency put my military training and experience into consideration despite that deficiency?
any and all comments and suggestions are welcome.
This is my first post and I wanted to address something that has been eating at me for quite some time. A little bit of a background on me. I have been in the Oregon Army National Guard for nearly 8 years now, have two overseas combat tours under my belt as an infantryman (Afghanistan in 2006 and Iraq in 2009). However, it took a huge fight for me to even get into the military. I am deaf in my left ear, something I've had since childhood, and because of that it took me nearly 2 full years to join. Had to have a waiver, but eventually I was able to join. Two things I've wanted to do since I was little was to become "an army man and a police man", my uncle was a cop for a long time and played a huge part in my desires.
So onto the question at hand, would I be able to accomplish my dream of becoming a law enforcement officer in Oregon? despite being deaf in my left ear? and would an agency put my military training and experience into consideration despite that deficiency?
any and all comments and suggestions are welcome.