Looking for Help or Advice
Hello my name is kevin and for almost the past two years I have been actively trying to enlist in the corps. My first roadblock was only having a GED and being on probation. I was told to obtain 15 college credits and successfully complete probation. I have since obtained 30 credit hours and am no longer on probation. After returning to the recruiting station I was then told I was disqualified due to my criminal history.
My criminal history includes 2 juvenile misdemeanor charges:
assault w/ family violence age 14 (successfully completed differed probation)
possession of MJ at age 16 (successfully completed formal probation)
2 adult misdemeanor charges:
theft age 18 (successfully completed differed probation)
criminal mischeive age 18 ( charged reduced to class C paid fine)
After being disqualified I wrote to my senator who did an inquiry for me. I got the results from this inquiry today which basically seems to be a formal letter stating the reasons that I was disqualifed. It did say however that the offenses are wavierable but there is no moral reasons they see to try (this my take on what was said)
I do understand that their are guidelines which must be followed but since I was a small boy I have wanted to be Marine. My mom even has the paper from school where it says when I grow up I want to be a Marine. I lost sight of that goal at some point for a few years but have gotten my life together and I am agressively pursuing that goal now. I have a child and have become a much more responsible individual and learned greatly from my mistakes. I have friends who are NCOs who say I definately have what it takes to be a Marine and are willing to write letters of recomendation stating this.
I am looking for help or advice here. Who can I write to now or what can I do?
thank you in advance for your time and any help/advice.