I was working through my Army recruitment process and something from my highschool days poped up in my head- possession of Marijuana charge that was processed via pre-trail diversion. Fuck I almost forgot about that shit.

Here's the circumstance

1.I was found with marijuana by a police officer when I was 17

2.I was not arrested, but was allowed to return home with my parents

3.Later a letter concerning diversion process came to my home. I agreed to it and I completed it. (I'm guessing I was charged)

4.The record was later expunged

I think this is pretty basic weed -> diversion case. It's something I very strongly regret. Not that this affects my record in any way.

I hear that cases like mine would have been PDQ just a year ago, but the policy change allowed for moral waivers for drug charges as well (correct me if I'm wrong, is this info still current?). I don't want to be dishonest and I don't think I can fool army anyway, so I'm going with waivers.

My record since the diversion is perfectly clean. I have a engineering degree from a pretty strong state school with strong GPA. I recently took ASVAB and scored 99 on it (don't know the line score yet).

I'm going to try and focus on my academic strength, relatively light verdict by the state, and my clean record to push my waiver. But I really need this to work. For reasons that I won't go through I'm banking almost everything in my life on the army. I am willing to spend time researching and putting time into my waiver.

I think I have my course of action pretty lined up, but I'm grasping for any advice here. What more can I do? What's my chance of being approved? I understand that these things differ case by case, but any information about something you've seen or heard would be most appreciated.

Condensed version of the questions would be

1.Are moral waivers for single possession charges still viabled?

2.What are the factors which affect the chances of moral waiver being approved/denied? What can I maximize?

3.From what you've seen or heard. Have there been many cases of drug related moral waiver being approved? Or is this still a very limited and narrow option?

Please. Any help would be most appreciated. I've made a huge mistake, but I'm trying my best to ammend it.