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Hello I'm SFC Poole and I have a few soldiers that would like to join the U.S. Armed Forces but they are currently on probation how does that work or can they join.
Hi Corey,
First of all, the fact that they committed a criminal offense will likely require a waiver. Because you use the term "soldier," I assume you're talking about the Army? (Each service has different standards).
For the Army, criminal offense waiver procedures can be seen in my article at: http://usmilitary.about.com/od/armyjoin/a/criminal.htm (This is for the Army, Army Reserves, and Army National Guard -- other branches may have different requirements).
"Probation" is considered (by the Army) to be a "civil restraint," because it limits a person's ability to do certain things and/or travel to certain areas without permission. The Army regulation requires at least a 30 day waiting period, following removal from probation before a waiver request can even be processed (for details, see page 4 of the above linked article).
For more information about the United States Military, feel free to visit my Military information website 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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