Posted on Jun 24, 2018
Do I have to tell my employer about my military service?
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I was discharged during boot camp due to medical condition. I still want to serve and talked to recruiters from all branches but everyone says its a no go except for air force they said its a maybe. I would also like to join law enforcement but am wondering if i have to even tell them that i went to bootcamp or joined the Navy at all? While being discharged from the Navy someone told me that since i didnt finish boot camp its technically considered as if i never joined the military. Is this true? and if so can i get away with just telling law enforcement agencies that i never joined the service?
While i was in i told my chief i was depressed and i missed my family and they separated me because of it. They told me i had traumatic stress disorder and sent me home after being in separations for 3 weeks.
Thank you all!
While i was in i told my chief i was depressed and i missed my family and they separated me because of it. They told me i had traumatic stress disorder and sent me home after being in separations for 3 weeks.
Thank you all!
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Tony, as an adult, you will begin to see that actions have consequences. One consequence of separation from the military after 3 Weeks is you will be explaining this until you develop a track record that supersedes this. I suspect that the conditions which caused you to separate from the military will also cause issues in law enforcement training.
Buck up. You can get past this slow start. Or you can continue to repeat it. The choice may not be easy, but it is your choice. And, as you now know, actions have consequences.
Buck up. You can get past this slow start. Or you can continue to repeat it. The choice may not be easy, but it is your choice. And, as you now know, actions have consequences.
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Your employer can ask about military service, but they can't ask about character of service. If they ask for your DD214, make sure you give them the short copy. Just remember, a lie of omission is still a lie. It's much easier to be truthful.
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I've done backgrounds in my 20 years in LE and if you failed to disclose or outright said no, when I did my investigation on you, chances are I would find this very post in addition to your service record. That would be an automatic no go, lying in LE is a career ender. Matter of fact, as SFC Brian Johnston said, just reading this post would raise a lot of questions about your integrity which we would have to discuss in length during background interviews.
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There is still a record of you being in the military they have ways of finding alot you probably more than you think.
SSG MARK Franzen
USA VET
SSG MARK Franzen
USA VET
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If you decide to apply for law enforcement or firefighter you will receive a background check similar to that required for a military security clearance. Their training academies can be very rigorous and, again, very similar to military boot training. Most likely, if you had the problem you described while in basic it could resurface during this training. If your original problem was just a matter of immaturity and you've grown since then, give it a shot. Whichever you decide, you really must inform them because they will find out. Good luck.
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I love all the judgemental answers from people who went from high school to the military and don’t have a clue how the world really works. On the application there will be a box asking if you were everything in the military, check yes. There may be a box asking what branch, check it. There will be dates of service, fill it in. I can count on one finger the number of times I’ve been asked to prove military service. That was at the post office. Contrary to what current service members have been told, civilians don’t care about military service. Don’t drink the Kool Aid!
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SP5 Robert Kirk
Yeah Chris you were asked one time, at a govt job. Just like a job in law enforcement is a govt job. Do you see how the points kind of connect there?
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