Should I tell MEPS about the family/relationship counseling? Will they make me get piles of paperwork and interview with an Army psych person?
I don't want them to decide I can't enlist because of stupid stuff from 10 years ago with my mom, and then dealing with a bad breakup when I was in my earlier 20's (I wasn't suicidal or anything, but it was the end of a long term relationship and I needed someone to help me figure out next steps).
You might as well try to get the clearance. It's worth having, and no one digs too deeply for a secret. It will only hold you back if you deploy and don't have one.
Don't worry about the counseling you have done. Definitely disclose it to MEPS & Recruiter and on the form. It will not prohibit you from getting a clearance or getting the job. If it was just counseling don't worry about it. They won't make you do a psych eval or make you expose the intimate details of your counseling session.
If you're trying to hide some kind of serious psych disorder it will come out eventually. (You definitely don't want to exacerbate any condition while you're deployed, and make you get sent back and have to let your buddies and battles down when they need you the most) So its best to be honest about everything up front. Not a lot of medical privacy in the Army, so get used to it now. Especially if you work in the medical field.
Be honest in the paperwork. Pending something very significant from the investigation, receiving counseling is NOT an automatic disqualifier for a clearance. Foreign contacts you can't adequately explain, financial problems, and lack of trustworthiness, are all things that raise flags, not the stuff you've already mentioned.
I'm a 68w you just need basic clearance that everyone goes through, its no big deal, just don't lie. Whiskey training is super intense but super fun, just keep your head on straight at fort Sam. My class had the highest pass rate the battalion has seen in awhile but 20 % still failed out. Keep that in mind.
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I don't want them to decide I can't enlist because of stupid stuff from 10 years ago with my mom, and then dealing with a bad breakup when I was in my earlier 20's (I wasn't suicidal or anything, but it was the end of a long term relationship and I needed someone to help me figure out next steps).
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If you're trying to hide some kind of serious psych disorder it will come out eventually. (You definitely don't want to exacerbate any condition while you're deployed, and make you get sent back and have to let your buddies and battles down when they need you the most) So its best to be honest about everything up front. Not a lot of medical privacy in the Army, so get used to it now. Especially if you work in the medical field.
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