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Originally Posted by joesomebody
While usually good advice, they won't accept him more than likely.
Credit problems (even pretty reasonable credit problems) are a major no no in the military. And since he's been ordered to court already, and is on the verge of Bankruptcy it will be dicey.
I would say zero chance a theater major is going to be commissioned with debt problems. I mean zero offense by this, but military deals with a different kind of theater anyway.
If you were a doctor, engineer, lawyer, something of high demand they might work with your debt problem.
They view debt as a liability, as you are prone to take bribes. This keeps you from getting a security clearance, which is important for enlisted folk, let alone officers.
I'm not saying don't try it, can't hurt and he is right. You'll have a house and food. O-1s make around 26k a year, plus probably 10k more in nontaxable/ungarnishable food and housing money.
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I don't even have to be in financial trouble to lose my security clearance. Just not maintaining excellent to good credit is enough to cost me my job.
When I was at the Dept. of Homeland Security about 1/2 the poeple they hired were fired within 6 months for financial issues. They didn't lie on their background checks but the check goes much more deeper than just a credit score background check.