My adopted son (bio-grandson) wanted to enlist in the Navy. He did the testing and passed with high marks for every part of the test. He qualified for every position in every branch of the military. His highest scoring was for nuclear and he was even approached by the nuke recruiters. He was ultimately turned down because he had had some counseling between the ages of 4 and 10 to deal with the abuse he endured at the hands of his father and stepmother when he was 2 years old. Despite his counselor writing 4 letters of recommendation to MEPS, he was still denied. He graduated high school with a 3.8 GPA, never drank, never did drugs, never been in trouble, and was not overweight. He was effectively shut out of every branch of the military because they all go through the same MEPS office. Talk about one disappointed kid. His parting remark to the recruiter - "well, at least you can never draft me."