I had a misdemeanor charge from 1997-1998,but thought It was cleared, now my recruiter sadi he got a call from MEPS, stating that it was not cleared up completely, that I still had some community service hours, I had to complete. My recruiters are trying to see what they can do. Could I be discharched from joining the Navy, now? I am really worried because i put my 2 weeks notice to my job?
2007-02-16 06:19:18 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Military
If it can be cleared up the recruiter WILL do it. Those men and women are very good at what they do. If you have some community service to do prior to entering boot camp I'm sure your current employer will extend your employment as long as you were a good employee while you worked for them. Perhaps they and the recruiter can work some thing out. Good Choice on the Navy. I was a Chief Aviation Electrician when I was medically discharged after 14 years. If I could have stayed in with bad knees I'd still be serving. It's a great life. Good luck.
2007-02-16 06:27:30 · answer #1 · answered by Chief Mac 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Your Number One Problem is not whether you can get into the Navy, it is whether you go to jail. You MUST clear up your problem with the criminal justice system immediately!!!! If you had to do community service, you were convicted of a crime (a misdemeanor). The CS was part of your sentence in place of jail time. If you do not do your community service, you can be arrested sent to jail if either (a) the original sentence included a provision that if you don't complete CS, you serve X days or months in jail; or (b) the judge finds you in contempt of court for not following a court order. BUT for (b) to happen, somebody has to bring it to the judge's attention. That somebody is usually the prosecutor. Theprosecutor may not be aware of it, until your probation officer tells him or her about it.
The good news is that your Navy recruiter will know how to solve these kinds of problems, and his or her word carries a lot of weight with probation officers, prosecutors, and judges. You should ask your recruiter to help and he MIGHT contact your probation officer and prosecutor to waive the CS in light of the fact that you are going to be serving your country. BUT he might not think that is the best way to handle it. Get the recruiter to help.
As for getting the boot from the Navy before you even start, that is not likely if your recruiter thinks you have moved past your past bad behavior. Small crimes and even felonies in your past are not a bar to military service if you are presently a good person. Good luck. And Congratulations on joining the Navy.
2007-02-16 07:11:14 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Did you tell the recruiter about the misdemeanor? Did you document it on your application? If you did both, you should be just fine, otherwise there may be a problem.
However, since you have signed the contract, you are now a U.S. Navy sailor (I presume that you meant the U.S. Navy?), and therefore entitled to a Navy attorney. You should ask for that service if they want to discharge you.
The type of offense, if minor, may not affect their decisions.
YakRider may be more right. When I was in the delayed enlistment prog, I was told that I was 'in the Navy' from the time that I signed the contract. That may have changed, but still work with your recruiter. Those guys and ladies can definitely be of great assistance in a lot of matters.
Good luck in getting your Navy career squared away. It is a great life.
2007-02-16 06:28:09 · answer #3 · answered by credo quia est absurdum 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It's your lucky day. Dude the navy sucks. Join a real service. Get your record cleared and go see a CG recruiter. I was just stationed on a navy base and all the squids wished they were on our boat.
2016-05-24 07:16:15 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They will probably find a way to work it out. If not, the marines and army are now accepting people who have even been convicted of felony crimes. This would be an option if the Navy doesn't take you but not a good one, because you will surely end up in the charred hamburger factory known as Iraq.
2007-02-16 06:46:52 · answer #5 · answered by eee_aww 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Just find out what community service you have to do and that SHOULD take care of it.
If you were honest in telling them that the incident occured, but didn't realize that you still had CS (how you can do that is beyond me).
Other than that, I don't know. There are so many in's and out's when it comes to recruiting and what they can and can't do. It changes frequentlly to suit their needs and numbers.
2007-02-16 06:23:15 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's possible; More than likely, your recruiter can give you an assist by
helping delay your reporting time until you finish your community
service taken care of. At any rate, git er done.
Welcome Aboard
2007-02-16 06:35:20 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You are not in the navy, yet. You are not "entitled" to anything. You are in the navy's Delayed Enlistment Program.
If you don't clear it up you will be put out of Delayed Enlistment. You can't join with this pending.
2007-02-16 06:32:53 · answer #8 · answered by Yak Rider 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a possibility, but with no job you could complete your hours quickly and just ship a little later. Discuss all your options with your recruiter, see if he can't take care of it, if he could just postpone your ship date and get everything squared away. good luck.
2007-02-16 06:25:20 · answer #9 · answered by Centurion529 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
You should be ok as long as you complete the community service before you go off to bootcamp. They can delay your orders but get on that community service and get it done!!!
2007-02-16 06:25:55 · answer #10 · answered by Paul V 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋