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I was discharged from the Air Force for failing a random UA for cocaine. I was court martialed and given a Bad Conduct disharge. My DD 214 has a re code 2M. Will this prevent me from joing the coast guard reserves?
Hi Jason,
I'm afraid it will. The two services which have the most strict policy when it comes to illegal drug use is the Air Force and the Coast Guard.
A very large part of the Coast Guard's job (whether active duty, or Reserves) is drug interdiction. As such, they have a (very) low tolerance when it comes to illegal drug use of military members.
I'm sorry, but your chances of joining the Coast Guard with a BCD from another military service, with a court martial BCD conviction is pretty much non-existent.
I'm afraid that also, with a BCD, your chances of re-enlisting into any Military branch, just isn't going to happen.
For more information about the United States Military, feel free to visit my U.S. Military Careers information site at: http://usmilitary.about.com
Hope this helps!
Rod Powers
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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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