Do I have to tell my employer about my military service?

Being discharged for missing your family probably won't disqualify you, concealing it, if you are asked, certainly will... and it WILL come out.

You’ll have a far shorter career in law enforcement if you lie on your application form by omitting your brief military stint. Truth is, they’ll know a few seconds after they run your NSA, NCIS, FBI checks. It’s all in the computer!!!

Just to clarify my intent is not to hide the fact that i was enlisted. I never passed boot camp so i was wondering if i should even mention that i was in the military.

It depends on the employer. If you didn’t get a DD214 showing you’re a veteran then you didn’t really serve. Many private sector employers won’t care. It might show up on a background check. Don’t lie about it but don’t emphasize.

It is better to be up front. If it is material enough that it would matter on the front end, and they find out about it on the back end, your goose will be cooked.

I would say mention you were in briefly and say you were given a medical discharge or an Entry-level separation due to a medical issue ( look at your paper work to see which is more accurate). Normally they wont ask more and assume you had a broken bone or some such in basic.

WHY ON EARTH WOULD ASK A QUESTION THAT YES WOULD TELL THEM THAT WHAT ARE YOU SCARED OF? They do have way to check your back ground and what jobs you had. I would tell your employer IF I were the Employer and you had not disclosed that you were in the military and I found out Later I would fire you and let be know to the un
employment office to put in your records that this person can't be trusted.
SSG MARK FRANZEN
USA COLD WAR VETERAN

If you received an honorable discharge from the Navy and served 188 days then you were in. My advice is to tell any potential employer that you served. My question to you is why do you want to hide this? It sounds like you might be a little dodgey so the police is not for you.

Well, I think we are talking about semantics here. Because Navy boot camp isn’t that long and you didn’t finish it, you were probably not given a Honorable, General under Honorable Conditions, or Other than Honorable Conditions. When you got kicked out, they probably kicked you out so early in the process, correct me if I am wrong but under “uncharacterized” which is used for people under 6 months who fail to adapt to the military or the lifestyle. It is a rather quick process and isn’t anything negative except the fact that you don’t have what it takes to be in the military. As far as a resume, I would mention it. Technically, you did not receive a bad discharge. Just not one you brag about. They can ask you what discharge you received but they will not find out what the story was around it...but the timeframe of your “service” will say enough for a normal person to realize that it wasn’t enough time for you to gain the life experiences of true contract fulfillment service.

As far as coming back in, I seriously doubt they would take you back since you had your shot. Not sure that you have done anything since than to demonstrate that you have grown or that you are now mentally mature enough to handle the challenge. Not to be mean but I guess my question for you is, why should they give you another shot? Not everyone is made for military service and I do hope you have matured since your few weeks at boot camp so that you can make it as a cop somewhere. I hope that with all the issues police go through, that you are aware and mentally ready for police work which can go from 0 to 100 at any moment. Good luck and be honest.

Just spill your guts when you fill out a job application for law enforcement or for federal employment. Don't hold anything back. They will find out. When I enlisted I wrote about being detained at the Canadian border for not declaring firearms when going over...I was just a passenger in the vehicle and the firearm was not mine. They found out, I was on a list. When the FBI did my background check, it was right there...INTERPOL had me. SO, had I not mentioned it, I would not have had the job nor the Army. It behooves one to be honest. Never know when something will bite you in the butt.