Okay...as CC and others have said: honesty is the BEST policy.
Now...to your questions in the last post.
BE HONEST. Here's why; with a true example thrown in.
In my 19 years as an ALO, I have had several candidates that admitted to using "fill in the blank" once...and one or two "twice." They so stated on their paperwork, explained fully, and sweated out the process. Some received appointments, some didn't. I can however tell you that those that did NOT, weren't going to get one anyway...they didn't have the package to win the appointment (low SAT/ACT, GPA, etc...etc...). I don't believe the drug issue played a hand.
Oh, the one's that did receive appointments...had admitted use. They were honest and honorable, which is what we want in our armed forces, and they were allowed to serve.
Now...the example I have for you. Picture a young man, #10 in his class of 900+ in high school; GPA of 4.5+, SAT's of 1450 (Math and Verbal), 3 sport letterman, etc, etc. He isn't interested in USAFA, he wants to go to a "very prestigious university back East and do AFROTC.
He wins the coveted TYPE 1 scholarship (everything paid for). So off he goes to his school, prize in hand. When he in-processes, just like USAFA, there's that drug form. And this time he walks right up to one of the AF officers and says: "Sir...after I submitted all my paperwork, I remembered that one time last year, after a huge win, I did try MJ once....got sicker than I ever knew was possible, NEVER did it again. Should I put it on the form?"
"Yes you must!" said the officer. So this young man did.
Three days later his scholarship was revoked. The reason given?
"Falsifying official government form."
Later in a meeting with the Professor of Aerospace Science (PAS, the Colonel in charge of ROTC as this university) the colonel told him: HAD YOU ADMITTED IT EARLIER, I have been told by HQ AFROTC that you would have still received the scholarship!
So he's now competing as an AF ROTC cadet for an "in school" scholarship, having had to take loans for his first 18 months of school.
Long post, but I wanted to give an example.
Honesty...one of the pillars of our CORE VALUES in the USAF: "Integrity FIRST..."
Steve
USAFA ALO
USAFA '83