Q: Can a convicted felon join the military?
A: More and more people convicted of felonies are turning to military service as a means to a career. Getting a job with a criminal record is tough. Getting a job with a criminal record in a down economy is even tougher. The United States military is finding it tougher to find qualified recruits to fill the country’s demands of its foreign policies. Both the Army and Marine Corps have been struggling to increase their numbers as part of a broader effort to meet the combat needs of a military fighting wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. As a result, the number of recruits needing waivers for felony convictions has grown in recent years.
In some cases the military offers waivers to convicted felons making them eligible to serve. In fact the the number of waivers has steadily risen from 2007 to the present.
Typically the crimes that can keep you out of the army are larceny, assault, rape, drug related and murder. There is also consideration for those who have only one conviction and those crimes occurred years ago.
For many felons, this is an opportunity to not only to put their backgrounds behind them find a job, but to learn skills, trades and start careers. The military may hold valuable jobs for felons.
To get more information about waivers for ex-offenders and felons contact your local military recruiter.
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Is there a possibilty to join the army with a assault 1 conviction five years ago when I was eighteen years old? I turned myself in for this crime.
Outstanding. I agree.
you an likely get it setaside
Waivers help, but do consider a full set aside of the record too
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I am due to be released from prison soon. I was thinking about joining the military to not only make something of my life. But to build a career for myself, and to prove my alligence to my country.
I spent years fighting in these streets only to find myself in prison for another, and a crime I did not commit. I want to prove to myself, family, and community that I am the man they knew I could always be, a man of principle, character, and integrity.
I’m not afraid violence, getting shot, nor death. But if I should die, I would like to die with honor, while fighting for a moral and just cause. I can think of no greater cause than fighting for ones country.
Sincerely,
Eddie Hicks
Good for you!
he I got a felony and wondering is there a act that the wavior is under