My friend received a letter of Intent to Deny his clearance today, we are in NFAS close to graduating. He is about $24,000 in debt with a DUI(in '06)... looks really bad I know.
Anyway Im trying to help him possibly sort this out, he has 15 days to reply for any chance to get clearance so what I am asking is:
1) What should he say in his reply? Id assume an explaination of each debt/incident.
2) Totally formal and professional, or should he include a letter explaining his goals and how he has bettered himself because of the Navy?
I think it may be a lost cause but he really is a moral and good person, just stupid when he was younger I guess.
Well, thanks for reading and I hope someone could reply with any helpful advice.
I don't believe he got a DUI waiver through NR(entry waivers for nukes not only go through the recruiting command but also NR). If so, ok, but if he tried to hide any of this, well he's SOL on MANY levels.....
Has he been making payments since entry? If not, his hopes for showing his "change" are zippo.
ya he was upfront about the DUI, Im not sure all the details, he said hes been making payment and has all the documentation...hopefully it'll work out.
Unfortunately those things that we do when we are younger can and do bite us in the A$$.
He needs to be professional, not make excuses, accept that his mistakes are his, look forward and make himself seem to be the best he can. Then, it's a waiting game. They make the decision based on MANY factors (some of which you may not know, but they found) and they now have the reigns.
Good luck to him.
PS how are both of you doing in the school? I know quite a few people down there teaching right now.
Thanks again for the advice. You helped me decide on Nuke a ways back, so thanks for that. Well average students I guess, If your friends are EM or ETs Im sure they have signed my IA sheet :-P
Originally posted by 15096700: My friend received a letter of Intent to Deny his clearance today, we are in NFAS close to graduating. He is about $24,000 in debt with a DUI(in '06)... looks really bad I know.
Anyway Im trying to help him possibly sort this out, he has 15 days to reply for any chance to get clearance so what I am asking is:
1) What should he say in his reply? Id assume an explaination of each debt/incident.
2) Totally formal and professional, or should he include a letter explaining his goals and how he has bettered himself because of the Navy?
I think it may be a lost cause but he really is a moral and good person, just stupid when he was younger I guess.
Well, thanks for reading and I hope someone could reply with any helpful advice.
More important than an explanation of how he got INTO debt, is a realistic plan of how he will get OUT of debt. The number itself isn't too important if he can show that it is not a significant hardship and that he can get out of debt in a reasonable timeframe without significantly impacting his quality of life. The DUI so recently may be more difficult and is not likely to be overcome in reality.
Tell you "friend" that it is almost 100% that his will actually get denied. Don't worry about it they have already indicated they intend to deny it so they are leaning against him. The board that he appeals to is where he can make an in person appearance and is where his real chance is. I've been told they are about 50/50 reversing the original determination. I've seen two people go through it and both were able to keep their clearance because they had a real plan on paper when they went through the appeal.
