Pure curiosity and you can tell me to go pound salt, but how did you get 2 alcohol offenses?
We lived in various states where we camped (AK, NC, KS, VA) and camping is not on the beaten path for the police, heck park rangers are few and far between.
Additionally, end of school yr celebration. Trust me, I get hs graduation parties have alcohol, but if cops were called where were the parents?
I am like USNA1985, not here to say throw in the towel and call it a day. You can overcome this, but you really need to be able to explain how you landed up in this scenario not once, but twice in your hs career.
If you sit here and say well, um, ah, it will not play out as well as 1st scenario my bad, second one was purely being in the wrong place at the wrong time. I have contacted the police and asked them to state I was not drunk or had imbibed.
I have to be honest. As a Mom, I pounded into all of my kids heads that I am not naive. I know alcohol may be present at graduation parties, I don't want you to imbibe, BUT if you do CALL ME. I don't care what time it is. I will not judge and rack it up to youthful indiscretion.
Nobody here is passing judgment re:imbibing. We are just stating the intensity it will impact any candidate/cadet.
Let's hope for the best and you get an appointment.
I have to say you need to keep these records because prior to commissioning you will go through a very intense security clearance, it is @55 pages long. It will cover the course of your life, including friends and family, where you have lived, etc. This issue will come up again.
There will be a security agent to run a background check and conduct an interview with you. It will not be the last. As long as you are in the military with a security clearance every 5 yrs you will go through the process again.
If you want to serve you will serve. OBTW thank you for wanting to serve.