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I am 32 years old married with three kids. Iwoud like to know how do I go about getting a waiver. I was 16 years old and recieved 2felonies went to boot campin 1992. IThas been over 15 years and I havent been convicted of anything since. Im in school for my diploma .I just need help so that I can serve my country and provide for my family and any information will be greatly appreciated.THANK YOU
Hi Kedrick,
I'm afraid the chances are probably not that good. Sometime around 1994 or 1995, Congress passed a law which prohibited the services from waiving more than one felony. It's not possible to get a waiver for two felony convictions under the current laws.
However, you'll want to see a recruiter to be sure. It's quite possible that if the two felony convictions resulted from a single incident, the service may only count it as one felony.
In the past two years, the Army has approved more felony waivers than any of the other services (see my article at: http://usmilitary.about.com/od/joiningthemilitary/a/waiverdetails.htm), so that would be the branch to start with.
For more information about the United States Military, feel free to visit my U.S. 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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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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