The OP wants to go rated, if selected he will be sent to Wright Pat AFB for a 3 day physical, this is part DoDMERB exit ROTC exam and part FAA exam.
He will be required to submit any dates hospitalized and the medical reason why.
This is where the problem lies. While he is at WPAFB he would have already applied for a TS clearance. One question is do you drink alcohol? It goes deeper, but you get the drift.
If he acknowledges it on his TS clearance, but hides it on his rated exam, he can find it to bite him.
He is also going to have to choose wisely for his TS refs that they don't know of it, to keep this going, or ask them to lie to an agent. Has he ever had an alcohol issue? That was asked directly to me when I met with an agent. I could say no knowing I answered truthfully. As I said earlier Bullet is going forward with his 5th TS which is basically a cake walk, but they still interview people...my Mother and both of our friends called to say they met up with the agents (NJ, NC, and VA; different agents).
This is a guy that currently has a TS clearance and has had one since 1988.
I took a lot of heat for my position, but I read flieger's response like Jcleppe.
In the end it will come to light while he is in AFROTC, his decision now is how much scholarship money he wants to re-pay back.
I would have stepped back and ate every ounce of crow every poster could feed me if flieger did not say
flieger said:
I then asked "Okay...if the ROTC cadet were legal to drink?" He said that's a little less problematic but still a problem due to the high BAC and the fact that "officials are involved." He said "hospitals, 911 calls, etc., are official in nature" and he was sure he'd hear about it eventually.
flieger said:
Basically what he was saying was that "if it was reported to a hospital, law enforcement, etc., then the cadet will be ID'd as both a student at the U and an ROTC cadet...and word would get back."
He was admitted to a hospital.
The rated slots came out last week, according to his post he didn't get one or was up for one, so that means he is a freshmen or a sophomore. SFT results are expected in the next week or two, and he made no mention of the impact of SFT. That leaves me at 100.
100's are young and stupid. It is their 1st time testing the waters. He made a foolish mistake, but following what flieger stated he has 3 yrs of looking over his shoulder, hoping the cadre never finds out.
Following my position/defense...there is no 100% SFT selection, and he has to hope that a cadet not selected for SFT next yr won't fink him out when they are dis-enrolled. Hope if he is a 200 they won't fink him out now.
If flieger's contact is right they will find out one way or another, so now the question is: Does he approach them 1st, or wait until they approach?
Neither is good, and I am sure his grades are suffering from the stress. That will impact him later on too.
I am sorry for some that my moral compass is not in sync with theirs. I only stated, this is me. I stated do what is good for you, the OP. I did not say you MUST do this. It was my opinion.
It is still my opinion, knowing what my DS went through starting in 2010 (SFT), and how it is just going to amp up trying to hide that hospitalization in ways the OP didn't imagine? He is going to have a PT job just making sure it doesn't come back to bite him. Not just now, but as a pilot it is 10 yrs commitment, plus it will be done before commissioning, and UPT is 1 yr. You will repeat this process again 2X....assume 2017 grad, get UPT....2016, 2021, and 2026 before his pilot commitment is over.
His choice, his decision, but I am with Jcleppe's post.
Jcleppe said:
I guess the only thing that the OP would risk if he decides not to say anything now is whether or not he is on scholarship and the re-payment could be higher if he continues on with nothing said.
Either way I would not want to be in shoes.