As @Earthbound_Misfit states above, everything is online, including the US Military Enlistment DD4/2007 Form in downloadable pdf format. This is the current military enlistment application being used at this time. I suggest you read the DD4 closely. It’s only 4 pages long.
THE DD4 US MILITARY ENLISTMENT FORM
Note the Certification and Acceptance clause D at the top of page 2:
”13a. My acceptance for enlistment is based on the information I have given in my application for enlistment. If any of that information is false or incorrect, this enlistment may be voided or terminated administratively by the Government or I may be tried by a Federal, civilian, or military court and, if found guilty, may be punished. ”
THE DD2807 REPORT OF MEDICAL HISTORY FORM
During the enlistment process, you will sign a DD2807–1 Form (downloadable pdf format) that will give the military access to your medical history. Scrutinize this form closely. Note at the top of the first page under Privacy Act Statement:
DISCLOSURE: Voluntary; however, failure by an applicant to provide the information may result in delay or possible rejection of the individual’s application to enter the Armed Forces. For an Armed Forces member, failure to provide the information may result in the individual being placed in a non-deployable status.
WARNING: The information you have given constitutes an official statement. Federal law provides severe penalties (up to 5 years confinement or a $10,000 fine or both), to anyone making a false statement. If you are selected for enlistment, commission, or entrance into a commissioning program based on a false statement, you can be tried by military courts-martial or meet an administrative board for discharge and could receive a less than honorable discharge that would affect your future.
Section 17 on page 2 deals with mental disorders. Note especially 17a, e, f and g. Pay attention to the “catch-all” questions on Page 2, to wit: 19 d., 20, 21, 23, 24 (Notice 24 mentions Healers.) and 27.
You will be given a chance to explain your answers to questions 1 – 28 in writing at the bottom of page 2 and all of page 3. List each explanation with the question number you are explaning. Write legibly. Be brief. Pick your words carefully. Divulge no more detail than necessary to give investigators the leads to the information. Do not lie or obfuscate. The rule in the military is, If something was never documented, it never happened. Give just the bare facts and no opinion.
I suggest you download this form and write out your explanations repeatedly until they are clean, concise—no more than two sentences long each—and truthful. Depression is a common ailment. Lying is unacceptable at any rank as we just found out with General Flynn..
FOUR THINGS:
I) The term “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell” (DADT) pertains only to matters of sexual orientation and nothing else, according to Department of Defense Directive 1304.26 issued on December 21, 1993.
.....a) Public Law 103–160
.....b) DADT CRS Report submitted to Congress,Oct., 2010.
II) Omission of any information on the DD4 or the DD2807–1 forms and any other Department of Defensed documents, except that concering sexual orientation, is considered fraudulent and falls under false or incorrect information as addressed in 13a above. Every aspect of your life is in a database somewhere. The world is connected by computers and the internet. It’s not like used to be. US security agencies, such as the FBI have access to all databases.
....a) US Military Standards of Fitness. NOTE Page 14, §2–27: Psychiatric Disorders
¶ d. Current mood disorders including, but not limited to, major depression, bipolar, affective psychoses, depressive not otherwise specified, do not meet the standard.
NOTE: The clinical definition of major depression is a diagnosis that lasts longer than 6 months and includes suicidal ideation.
§(1) History of mood disorders requiring outpatient care for longer than 6 months by a physician or other mental health professional, or inpatient treatment in a hospital or residential facility does not meet the standard.
§(2) History of symptoms consistent with a mood disorder of a repeated nature that impairs school, social, or work efficiency does not meet the standard.
III) Juvenile records which have been “sealed” and all medical records are considered relevant and will be uncovered by the FBI during the Military Entrance Processing Station process (MEPs), and later during each MOS change and AIT assignment and clearance processes.
IV) Recruiters have been known to lie to potential recruits during the application process. I suggest you read the following:
I Cannot Tell a Lie: False Statements on Military Enlistment Paperwork (from The Balance)
Relavant:
“Based on the advice of his recruiter, a Marine recruit failed to report that he had been diagnosed in the past with depression. He made it through basic training but became depressed during infantry training. The medical officials located and obtained his civilian medical records and discovered the diagnosis. He was given an “Under Other Than Honorable Conditions” (UOTHC) Discharge.”
He could have been judged to be acceptable upon appeal during MEPs, but he chose fo follow bad advice and lie instead, and he paid the price. A less than honorable discharge is almost as damaging as a felony when trying to get a job as a civilian. You’ll have people requesting to scrutinize your DD214 for the rest of your life and you’ll have absolutely no control over what the military puts in it.
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Information About Military Enlistment
A call to a medical professional at your local MEPs will be able to answer many of your questions as to the wording of your statements on the DD2807. If you feel that person is advising you to answer in an untruthful manner, I suggest your follow that instinct. It happens.
Uncle Sam really does want you. They just don’t want another Chelsea Manning. Because of the Manning case, investigations into a recruits past have been far from lax in recent years. The heat is on. Careers are at stake if you turn out to be a bad apple.
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