MEPs lie. What can and will happen to me?

I was told by 2 of my recruiters that while at MEPs I need to give as little information as possible. I asked my main recruiter about one and ONLY ONE situation I was in at high school. In my younger days i did some stupid stuff. I smoked weed about 3 times. never got caught. Drank alcohol 3 times. About 2 sips each time, and never got drunk. But one of those 3 times, I brought some to school. I sipped a little. And then gave the rest to a friend of mine. He got drunk. The teachers pulled him out of class for being drunk, and they came and got me. i was on camera giving the alcohol to this guy. I was sent to court. They gave 3 months probation. After the 3 months, they cleared my record. Also i was caught running a red light. Only ticket ever recieved. BUT. They caught me on a camera. They tracked the license plate #, and it was under my Moms name. So technically, she got the ticket right? Even thought I paid it. I never told them at MEPs. What should I do?On DEP. I leave 14April 2008.

MEPs lie. What can and will happen to me?
Well, you told us all the bad things you did but you did not tell us what MEPS asked and what you said. Hard to say.



Looks like some of your statements were clearly false. As such MEPs can reject your enlistment as fraudulent.
Reply:The ticket is nothing to worry about. If the job you will be doing requires a security clearance I would come clean. Just because your court record is clean doesn't mean that you record at school is. Remember that you are a quota to the recruiter. You can get a waiver for your indiscretion. The most import point is you trustworthiness.
Reply:Seriously, YOU HAVE NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT. Everybody goes through this when they first enlist and go to MEPS. Recruiters often do lie, but then again so do a lot of people in the DEP program waiting to ship. Trust me, you will be fine, nothing will happen to you. Its not like these things are serious horrible crimes like murder or any felonies. I know you are probably worried, but I guarantee you will be fine. You will meet a lot of people who will have gotten in with much worse on their record. Don't sweat it.



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Reply:You could have told MEPs all of this and it would not have made a differance, I told MEPs that I smoked pot 4 times in High school. I know people who are in a worse position than you and are serving. If underage drinking kept people out of the military, we wouldn't have a military. And traffic violations don't mean ****.