hey guys.. i am prior service and from the air force and will hopefully be heading out to warrior transition soon... my main concern is that i did not tell MEPS a few things about my psychological history.... it's nothing real big but i am still worried they will find out and want to know how they could find out and what they could do. My recruiter told me to answere yes to goodbye and NO to new oppertunitys.. but now i am kinda freaking out. i have no convictions or even a speeding ticket... just this one thing i didn't feel they needed to know. i am more worried about security clearance... what kind of questions do they ask and am i going to be forced to lie about this for the rest of my life and is it too late to "come clean" even though i went to MEPS already?
If there's something worth knowing, they'll find out. Whenever I went through MEPS I forgot to tell them about getting arrested and that prevented me from shipping off to basic for a day.
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If you're worried about your security clearance, don't lie. When (not if) they catch the lie, you're now a untrustworthy person and the chances of you obtaining a clearance are just reduced.
I had a similar issue, except I did put it in my health questionnaire, with no details. When the DSS person inquired about it, I told him who my psychiatrist was at the time of the issues and how to obtain the records. It was never a problem.
Now, without knowing what your history is (nor do I need to know,) you may or may not have a problem. There are certain things psychologically which are neither bars to enlistment nor clearances (obviously, as I had no problem.) You really need to get this straightened out now, for the reason that AR mentioned.
"What we see from our tower is for us to know and for you to find out."--The S-2
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