Prospective USMC
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It is not skirting, lieing or hiding the truth if you pay for an attorney to defend yourself. Will it come up later for a TS clearance? Probably. The reason I say probably is they will ask you and your references if you have ever been charged? Have you ever had ANY trouble/issues with the police.
It won't bite you if you are honest. Yes, I was ticketed at 17 for reckless driving, but my attorney got the charges dropped. They could ask your references the same question, and the answer will be the same for them. You hired an attorney and the charges were dropped. There was no conviction.
...which also goes back to when to inform question.
So will I have to inform my references regardless of the outcome? As in "I was charged with reckless driving, but was able to reduce the charges to speeding? Then for NROTC, when it says dealing with fines, should I just state I received a fine for Improper Driving or whatever happens or do I explain how it got got to that point?
It won't bite you if you are honest. Yes, I was ticketed at 17 for reckless driving, but my attorney got the charges dropped. They could ask your references the same question, and the answer will be the same for them. You hired an attorney and the charges were dropped. There was no conviction.
...which also goes back to when to inform question.
So will I have to inform my references regardless of the outcome? As in "I was charged with reckless driving, but was able to reduce the charges to speeding? Then for NROTC, when it says dealing with fines, should I just state I received a fine for Improper Driving or whatever happens or do I explain how it got got to that point?