I am pretty sure there are Guard helos in Alaska too...
You can have allergies too, it all depends. I would recommend to anyone to try. Things are waiverable, and some are not. But try or you will never know. Don't ever just take the mutterings of those on a chat forum or "friends" who think they know, because most of the time they are full of sh!t.
Go for it and let them tell you no, because they may not!
Good luck
One more thing: there are alot of people who say they would have tried but they have this or that. Don't be that guy. Its not as bad as you think. You have to not be a pu$$y and try.