GroundStruck
Registered User
Hi all, I recently discovered this site. I've poked around and got some answers but I have a question that I hope to get a few replies to my specific situation.
When I was 16, going on 17, myself and 3 of my friends made a smoke grenade and placed it in a gutter. The smoke grenade was close to a car and did about $150 worth of smoke damage. We were charged with attempted arson and criminal mischief(one felony and one misdemeanor). I'm not trying to deny or excuse my actions. I don't know why I went along with the situation but I did. I owned up to my stupidity...I no longer spoke with any of those who I got in trouble with. I wasn't held in lock up. I did my community service and probation and was the only one to have no infractions on probation and I got released in half the time on good behavior.
I can't erase my past, I can only be remorseful for what I did and strive to continue to better myself. I've always known I've wanted to serve atleast one contract and now that I'm halfway through with a mechanical engineering degree I've decided I want to shoot to become a aviator.
I spoke with a OSO and he said he tends to believe this would be able to get waivered but he can't say for sure. Right now I'm in the process of getting a copy of my records but its a decent little process due to them being sealed since I was a minor. I tend to keep things like this on my mind constantly until they are resolved, for the better or worse, so I figured I'd try to get some opinions here. Has anyone had any experience with such situations? I found some past threads but it was mainly about people wishing to keep their history hidden, which is not what I am looking to do. Is there a way to try to give a waiver a better chance of being approved?
I could keep typing forever, so I'll just stop and see what others have to say.
Thanks
When I was 16, going on 17, myself and 3 of my friends made a smoke grenade and placed it in a gutter. The smoke grenade was close to a car and did about $150 worth of smoke damage. We were charged with attempted arson and criminal mischief(one felony and one misdemeanor). I'm not trying to deny or excuse my actions. I don't know why I went along with the situation but I did. I owned up to my stupidity...I no longer spoke with any of those who I got in trouble with. I wasn't held in lock up. I did my community service and probation and was the only one to have no infractions on probation and I got released in half the time on good behavior.
I can't erase my past, I can only be remorseful for what I did and strive to continue to better myself. I've always known I've wanted to serve atleast one contract and now that I'm halfway through with a mechanical engineering degree I've decided I want to shoot to become a aviator.
I spoke with a OSO and he said he tends to believe this would be able to get waivered but he can't say for sure. Right now I'm in the process of getting a copy of my records but its a decent little process due to them being sealed since I was a minor. I tend to keep things like this on my mind constantly until they are resolved, for the better or worse, so I figured I'd try to get some opinions here. Has anyone had any experience with such situations? I found some past threads but it was mainly about people wishing to keep their history hidden, which is not what I am looking to do. Is there a way to try to give a waiver a better chance of being approved?
I could keep typing forever, so I'll just stop and see what others have to say.
Thanks