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Hi in 2002 I was discharged from the Marines due to fraud. entry into service. The reason why I was discharged was for taking medication (Pamelor and Adderall) from the time period of 6yo to 15yo; I am not placing any blame but because my MOS was intel I wanted to tell about my medication at the moment of truth.
Right now I am trying to re-enlist into the Army my doctor is providing my medical records saying that I haven't taken these things for seven years and that I am fine. What are my chances of obtaining a waiver?
Hi Justin,
You're asking for "chances," or a "go/no-go" listing for the possibility of a waiver, and I'm sorry, but such doesn't exist.
Your enlistment is going to require a waiver, and each and every waiver request is evaluated individually, using several individual factors. The factors include (but are not limited to: (1) The reason for the waiver (2) Circumstances which mitigate the condition, (3) qualifications of the applicant (how high is your ASVAB score, etc?), and (4) how bad that particular military service needs your particular warm body at this particular point in time.
I've seen waivers disapproved, only to see waivers for the exact same conditon approved a week later. It's all based on *INDIVIDUAL* evaluation.
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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Rod is a distinguished graduate of the Air Force Noncommissioned Officers Academy, the Air Force Senior Noncommissioned Officer Academy, and the Air Force First Sergeant Academy. He also holds an Associates Degree in Personnel Administration from the Community College of the Air Force (CCAF).
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