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My husband has had a rocky past, and recently got a DUI (only trouble he has ever had with the law other than a speeding ticket). His dad made him enlist in the Army when he was 18 but his drug test came back positive at meps (I'm not sure). He doesn't do anything like that anymore and he is back in college. He has two years probation for the DUI but I now that after that he still wants to join the Marines. What do you think his chances are?
Hi Meghan,
Nobody can say. he will need a waiver (see: http://usmilitary.about.com/od/joiningthemilitary/a/moralwaivers.htm).
Right now, not many criminal history waivers are being approved, because all of the services are doing really well meeting their recruiting goals, but who knows what the situation will be two years from now?
For more information about the United States Military, feel free to visit my US Military information site at: http://usmilitary.about.com
Hope this helps!
Rod Powers
http://usmilitary.about.com
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Rod Powers is considered one of the premire experts about U.S. Military career information on the planet. He has more than 30,000 articles about U.S. Military career information on the About.com U.S. Military Careers Information website at: http://usmilitary.about.com. Additionally, he is the author of "ASVAB for Dummies," "ASVAB AFQT for Dummies," (available in Dec 2009), and "Veteran Benefits for Dummies," all published by Wiley Publishing. He is also the author of "Barrons' Guide to Officer Candidate School Tests," published by Barron's Educational Series.
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Rod Powers is a retired Air Force first sergeant, with 23 years of active duty service, 11 of those years as an Air Force First Sergeant. He has helped thousands of military members, recruits, and military applicants since he took over the About.com U.S Military Careers Information site in 1999. He has a reputation for "telling it like it is," so questions may not be answered based on "what you want to hear," but will be answered based of the bast available information, concerning the service/situation.
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