Felonies and Very Serious Misdemeanor Offenses

Not an all inclusive list, but it should help you figure out how your charges may effect your enlistment, and who the waiver authority may be when you use the conduct waiver guide.

An offense is classified a Major Misconduct without regard to the offender's age when the offense was committed, or whether the offense was disposed of by juvenile or adult criminal proceedings.

A felony offense that is adversely adjudicated as a lesser offense classification shall be reviewed by the CNRC legal department to determine waiver authority for enlistment waiver purposes.

If a charge listed below was classified as something lesser than a felony by the state, it will still be considered a Major Misconduct Offense for Conduct Waiver purposes.

Major Misconduct Examples

Offenses of comparable seriousness should be treated as major misconduct. In doubtful cases, the following rule should be applied: “If the maximum confinement under local law is one year or more, the offense should be treated as a major misconduct offense.”

Any applicant arrested, charged, cited, or adjudicated with a major misconduct “felony” offense regardless of final offense disposition or adjudication rendered by any court or civil authority must be referred to Navy Recruiting Command's legal department for a mandatory offense classification determination.


If you have any questions after reading the article, either contact your local recruiter, or you can ask me directly.

*** Once in the Navy, if you are arrested, you have an obligation to self-report the arrest immediately to your chain of command. Withholding that information would be a violation of a direct order and could be punishable under the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ).

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