# Enlisting with a kiddy record **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 18, 2015, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enlisting-with-a-kiddy-record/725488 "2015-07-18T05:56:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2015, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enlisting-with-a-kiddy-record/725488/61 "2015-07-19T02:33:59Z")
> [@Profdriver](#): > > And yeah, it seems hard to get in under this presidency, political beliefs aside. It does’t matter who’s president. Military manning level is not set by the president. > [@](#): > > One recruiter I disclosed this information I talk about (I disclosed less than I spoke about in this thread) wasn’t interested in me when I was done talking, but it’s all about selling yourself. No. It’s all about telling the truth and the whole truth on the application for enlistment. > [@](#): > > He said maybe if things pop off in the Middle East I’ll be the first one he calls. I can’t go army because they have a zero tolerance policy. So you think the Navy, the Marine Corps, the Air Force, and the Coast Guard all have more liberal policies regarding people who commit enlistment fraud? ---
**Author:** ![grude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47774/32.png) [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2015, 10:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enlisting-with-a-kiddy-record/725488/62 "2015-07-19T10:34:32Z")
> [@watchwolf49](#): > > The suits said they would and I didn’t see anything in the UCMJ that said they couldn’t. Making a false statement on a DD Form 398 is a military crime, subject to military discipline with military punishments. The pisser part was they’d already given me access … [wolfish grin] … opps !!! Ah, I assumed you were talking about legal trouble before enlisting, that you got a ticket because some reported to police they saw you smoking pot. Sorry. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enlisting-with-a-kiddy-record/725488.md?page=3)