napalminferno asked: Alright, I know entering the Military on False information is punishable by dis-honorable discharge. I want to join the Navy, but I fear if I ask about getting medical waviers, they will not even want to consider me.
So, the question is now, when you enlist, do they do a background check on your medical records? Or can you say nope, I am fine, and they won’t look?
HILDE
ChicagoVeteran asked:
My father in law was drafted and served in Korea for a year in 62 or 63 I believe. I was thinking of making him a little shadow box with a picture of him and a friend over there my wife has, the crossed pistols of the mp’s, his old divisional patch, maybe his marksmanship badge with the pistol and rifle tags. What I’m having trouble with researching is what medals/ribbons/awards would he have gotten ie: did the army service ribbon exist then? Would a national defense ribbon have been authorized? would he have gotten a korean award or an army overseas for that time period? I couldn’t locate his dd214 and it would kind of ruin the gift to ask him. Any insight into this or insight into the complexity of records request would be appreciated thanks!
SAXTON
Sandra N asked: A friend of mine got convicted of trespass 1, when he got drunk and wandered 3 feet into a neighbor’s.
He doesn’t remember even doing it, because he blacked out and next thing he knew, woke up in jail tentatively charged with Burg 1, Trespass 1, and Trespass 3.
They dropped the other two and gave him 18 months probation. He had a DUI 3 years before, but nothing else on his record.
He’s now 4 months into his probation. The military (which he’d been planning for a long time to join) said they couldn’t take him until his probation was over.
Can he basically tell the judge that if he allows him to join, he would be reformed much better than if he didn’t and stayed on probation?
The recruiter told him his DUI (misdemeanor), and Trespass 1 (misdemeanor) would not prevent him from joining. He was even told the military allows 1% of recruits to join with felonies on their record.
I’ve heard of judges allowing this in the past. His own court-appointed attorney told him this is sometimes allowed.
Curt, are you telling me that simply requesting a waiver will permanently disqualify him?
ELY
cane river asked: I’m applying for college again this fall and they’ve requested a copy of my shot records. I used to be in the military and I’m also a military brat so I know I’ve had ever innoculation known to the western world, but I’m almost 30yrs old and haven’t even seen my shot records since high school. How do I obtain a copy of these?
LORRAINE
Hiroshima, Get Over it asked:
I requested my father’s military service records. He served during WWII.
I understand that lots of records were lost in a major fire at the records center, but the only papers that we received in response to our request were his DD-214 (discharge) and his separation qualification record.
I was surprised by how few records were given to us.
Are those the only items that are typically in a WWII soldier’s file?
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