May 5, 2026 New policy to increase efficiency in military accessions In collaboration with Service recruiting partners, U.S. Military Entrance Processing Command implemented a policy, “Conditions Unlikely to be Waived,” effective May 4, that stops processing for applicants with one or more of 28 medical conditions designated as unlikely to be waived.
Aug. 25, 2017 AETC’s Aerospace Medicine: Last hope for every recruit’s medical waiver Air Education and Training Command Surgeon General’s Aerospace Medicine Division reviewed more than 45,000 case files for medical waivers in fiscal year 2016, averaging about 25 cases per person per work day.The Physical Standards Branch, or SGPS, is an 11-person office and serves as the designated