I have some things on my record related to psychiatry that I am afraid would be disqualifying? What happens if I dont disclose this info. I havent seen a shrink in nearly 4 yrs. Do Pilot candidates get evaluated more? Dont you get fined like 20k dollars and get slapped with a less than honorble discharge?
2007-04-12 17:21:51 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Military
Yes but don't worry. Go out and buy a copy of Alice's Restaurant by Arlo Guthrie and listen the the draft part. Practice the "Kill kill kill" part and you'll do just fine. They'll stick you in one of them thar fancy whirly birds! LOL
2007-04-12 17:28:55 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, the do a background criminal and medical, (even juvenile records)for any Air Force career Field, especially officers, which to be a pilot you must be an officer. And for Pilots it is very in depth back ground check. they also check for prior drug use, any use of a hallucinogenic drug disqualifies you from officer training, and there for pilot training also, they do more than a urine test also. And if they find out later, that you did not divulge all possible dis-qualifying information, you will be dis-honorably discharged as a minimum, Possible prison time pending on the information you with held. Fines could be attached, if you served time in training or active service, then you could be fined much more than $20,000, for the lost training time, but most likely the discharge. It's best to be up front and honest. "AIM HIGH...AIR FORCE"
2007-04-12 17:47:29 · answer #2 · answered by edjdonnell 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First and foremost....be absolutely honest about everything with the military during the recruitment process. If you have mental history over a year old you are in the clear, if you don't tell them, and then they find out, you are guilty of enlistment fraud - will get a dishonorable discharge, pay back any bonuses you received, and be court-martialed.
Yes pilot candidates get evaluated more, but as far as I understand, the USAF only takes officers from within or from the academy...so you would have to do enlisted time first anyway.
2007-04-12 17:31:55 · answer #3 · answered by aristotle1776 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
when you start the process, you sign a little piece of paper that gives the military permission to obtainany and all records..medical and otherwise. If you fail to disclose you WILL get caught and you will be given a fradulent enlistment discharge. the standrds for Aviation are much more stringent than for the average run if the mill Officer Candidate. If you lie, you have already broken one of the cardinal rules of military service: Integrity.
2007-04-13 01:32:06 · answer #4 · answered by Mrsjvb 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you are are on anti depressants for depression, you probably can't be a pilot, if your in this position. But I don't think that if you have a had problems with things in the past and you had to see a doctor, I don't think this should be a problem.
2007-04-12 18:36:53 · answer #5 · answered by freekin 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
MEPS may not find it, but your background check my pop up with something. Depending on your clearance level they will go talk to people who know you and knew you and they can sometimes get that kind of information in that manner. Also, if you were in a hospital for any of this, they can find that too. I don't know what else to tell you, but you may or may not be in the clear on this one.
2007-04-12 18:55:30 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Medical records are confidential, they only know what you tell them.
2007-04-14 10:38:53 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋