Hello All-
I was medically discharged (Honorably) from the Air Force in 2007 with a diagnosis of PTSD from psychological trauma that occurred before my enlistment and suggestive symptoms for Bipolar Disorder. I had left a 4 year abusive relationship just prior to enlistment. The abuse I had suffered left me anxious and unable to sleep. I went to see the base psychiatrist and within the year I was being separated from the military.
It is now 2010 and I have been perfectly fine psychologically since my discharge.
I am now an undergraduate student and I am very interested in a career in Foreign Service with the State Department. They require a top secret security clearance. Other than the medical discharge in my history, I have never been in trouble with the law, no financial issues, no health problems, no foreign family members, no dual citizenship, no lengthy time spent in a foreign country, etc.
Does anyone know how that medical discharge is likely to effect me in obtaining a secret security clearance?
I was medically discharged (Honorably) from the Air Force in 2007 with a diagnosis of PTSD from psychological trauma that occurred before my enlistment and suggestive symptoms for Bipolar Disorder. I had left a 4 year abusive relationship just prior to enlistment. The abuse I had suffered left me anxious and unable to sleep. I went to see the base psychiatrist and within the year I was being separated from the military.
It is now 2010 and I have been perfectly fine psychologically since my discharge.
I am now an undergraduate student and I am very interested in a career in Foreign Service with the State Department. They require a top secret security clearance. Other than the medical discharge in my history, I have never been in trouble with the law, no financial issues, no health problems, no foreign family members, no dual citizenship, no lengthy time spent in a foreign country, etc.
Does anyone know how that medical discharge is likely to effect me in obtaining a secret security clearance?