Corrected entry: When the officers want some soldiers to rescue the crew of the fallen helicopter, there is one who takes a puff of asthma medication. You can't go in the army if you are asthmatic.
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Correction: If you have read the Black Hawk Down book then you would know that a single Ranger was allowed to, even with asthma. You can go through BCT (Basic Combat Training) with Asthma and an inhaler. You can also go through Boot Camp with Asthma, but Boot Camp is for Marines, not ground pounders in the Army. All branches take Asthma sufferers, it just depends on their level of Asthma. My dad had Asthma and went Ranger in December 1970 and I have Asthma while going into the pipeline for AFSOC (CCT).