Hey,
I am wondering how the current trends are looking relevant to my current situation. I will be enlisting as a 31 year old soon as one of the Army Military Intelligence MOS’s, so either Secret or TS/SCI will be needed.
I lost my job last November and have accrued less than 10k in debt which I plan to file bankruptcy for soon. I have recent marijuana use 2~ months ago, but am completely clean. LSD once at ~18, handful of times with shrooms in my late twenties. Zero criminal history.
My recruiter filled out my SF86 for me and did not disclose my hemp-derived THC use “since it won’t come up”. I was advised by someone else in that office who previously held TS/SCI to just be completely honest to the interim adjudicator and the real one down the line, and to explain that my recruiter filled out my SF86 for me because it’s so common.
The issue is that if my clearance is denied, then at 31 years of age I will likely be reclassed into something like a cook/needs-of-the-army, which will really blow up my future. I do not want to knowingly let them omit information on my SF86, but they said even small things like marijuana use etc., will often not let you get past MEPS to enlist.