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A lot of Reserve units allow their members to do their Annual Training at will. For example, if you can only take 5 days off work/school, then you do those days for now. Maybe 4 months later you take 5 more days & so on until you complete the required amount of Annual Training days. It would be something to talk to the unit about or maybe the recruiter will know those details. I've been in the Reserves since 1998 (active duty for 3-yrs before that), and I've never had a problem working my Annual Training around life.

You could also get your record expunged. It would not only help for this situation but also for any future jobs that might do a background check. There are costs associated with getting it done but you could call your local court house to find out. After fees are paid, it takes about 4-6 weeks, but that could depend on the workload of each court house.

I earned my BS in 2012, after slowly taking classes for......oh, about 10 years. I was an "older" student when I started, and definitely older when I finished, lol. But now I'm "4ever 29", so who's counting?! As someone else also said, my 2 daughters have been witness to my college years and all of the studying, papers, deadlines, and frustration and then finally my graduation in 2012. Getting my BS was more of a bucket list thing for me, however if I use my degree in the professional world one day, that would be awesome. I've been a stay at home mom for 13+ years (one is 18 and a college freshman, one is 12 and in 7th grade) and I wouldn't trade it for the world! I decided to apply for grad programs, mainly, for 2 reasons - it's another bucket list thing and it's nice to have the military pay for most of it! My oldest attends NMSU in Las Cruces, NM so, of course after applying for the MCJ program, I joked that maybe we'd have a class together. I expected the eye roll or the "omg mom!!", but she said "maybe we can graduate together!". She was serious!

Thank you!

Is there anyone attending now or has applied for Fall 2016 grad programs?

I applied to the Masters in Criminal Justice program at NMSU for Fall 2016. Deadline for this particular program was 1 February, although the overall school's deadline was 1 March. It's only been 15 days and I'm already anxious, lol. I just keep thinking of the 1 Feb deadline, but then calm myself down by remembering the official deadline was only 2 weeks ago. My oldest daughter is finishing her freshman year at NMSU so of course I had to joke with her and say "maybe we'll have a class together", figuring I'd get the eye roll or the "omg mom", lol. Surprisingly, she said, "maybe we can graduate together!". She was serious too!

My husband calls me Sweetpea. I was born in 73. My first daughter was born in 97. My second was born in 03. Gotta include everyone, lol!