What are my chances of getting a moral waiver approved?

Question

I robbed a bank 5 years ago it is my only criminal offense I have no other misdemeanors felonies or speeding tickets even. Since then I have graduated college with a 4 year degree and have completed my probation and kept my nose clean I have no other medical issues and meet weight requirements so what are my chances of getting a moral waiver approved being that we are involved in two wars right now and are troops are stretched out what would you say my chances are like 50/50 40/60 or what

Answer 1

Robbed a bank, huh? That's a felony and they are very picky about granting waivers for felonies. Honestly, I doubt you would get a moral waiver. I'm not a recruiter or anything, so I don't know for sure, but I've never seen them let someone in with a major crime like that on their record. They waiver allot of things, but in your case, you most likely won't get it. Especially if it was armed robbery.

Answer 2

First of all, the persons responsible for approving waivers are not affiliated with any branch of the military; therefore the fact that we are at war has very little to do with your chances at getting a waiver.  The number of waivers granted by the US Military has changed imperceptibly at best between peacetimes and the start of the War on Terror.

Your waiver has about a 50/50 chance of getting approved.  It's hard to predict which waivers will be approved and which will be denied; I have heard of two people with identical situations applying for waivers within a week of each other, and one gets approved and one is denied.

If your recruiter is working with you to get the waiver, that's a good sign; if he didn't think you had a prayer, he would have dropped you like a hot rock.

EDIT - after looking at your other questions, etc., it looks like I'm gonna have to agree with everyone else.  Your chances are slim and none, and slim's on his way out of the building.  I think someone else mentioned this but there's no such thing as a right to serve in the US Military; it's a privilege.

Even if your waiver gets approved, your job choices are going to be very minimal.  You're not going to have a lot of options.

Answer 3

It really does depend on the person who gets your waiver... you may have a chance but a felony is a difficult thing for them to approve  

Answer 4

If you did jail/prison time for longer than 1yr...  zero. Dude, bank robbery is Federal... and we are not "stretched out"... over 2 million Troops... only 150k or so in Iraq... yes, some folks claim we are, but it's political, to get more $$ , and more of the Budget.

Even if we were, a Fed felony of bank robbery... highly unlikely.

EDIT:  You are CURRENTLY on 5 yr probation? Plus "considering" going back to a life of crime??? I think the chance just went from "none" to "h**l NO".. you aren't rehabilitated, you aren't even out from under it yet, and any Recruiter worth his combat boots would laugh you out of the office!

Read his other questions... too bad, so sad... so, who made you rob the bank? I mean, it isn't like you made a choice, and are about to make another bad choice? Listen, Service in the Military is NOT a Right, but a Privilege, and contrary to left wing opinion, we really do seek the Best to Serve. Yeesh.

If things suck in your location, talk to your PO, maybe you can relocate for Employement.

Answer 5

Are you going to take the YA answer to the recruiter and tell him this is what he has to do? considering you chose to ask here and not the people who will affect the answer I think your chances are pretty slim.