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First, thanks for doing this! It's a great help to so many people.
First question-- my husband would like to become an officer for the Navy. He is currently in college working on his BS in mechanical engineering with straight A's in physics and calculus as well as his other classes. He would like to join now so he can take part in one of the navy scholarship programs so school is paid and he is commissioned upon graduation. Really he would love to become a nuclear propulsion instructor. Here is my question: he has 2 misdemeanors from over 5 years ago so will that automatically disqualify him from becoming an officer or is there a chance for a waiver?
Second question--how are waivers made? In other words where does the info come from that proves he has become a better person? What is required for a waiver?
Thanks!
Hi Callie,
He will require a "moral" waiver. For details about the waiver process, see my article at: http://usmilitary.about.com/od/joiningthemilitary/a/moralwaivers.htm
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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