Good afternoon I am a United States Marine and this Tuesday I have court because about a month ago during a holiday I took a flight home to see my family but I didn’t do it the right way generally we have a range to travel abroad from the base and during a holiday the range is 450 miles but I traveled 550 miles so I had to make a special leave request and I didn’t do it because one of my friends told me that I didn’t need it so on the day of my trip another of my Ncos told me that since I was not going outside the limits of a holiday and had not made a special leave request I could not go, but nevertheless I left ,The day I was supposed to return I missed my flight and as a result I could not get to work at the designated time and I let my superiors know that I missed the flight and where I was. When I returned they told me that they were going to give me NJP (non judial punishment) with 14 days of restriction and 7 days of payment reduction and I was fine with that, I made a mistake but and I was willing to pay for it, but today they called me telling me What were they going to give me? admin separation that is basically getting kick out, on Tuesday I’m going to talk to my company commander and I need to convince him to give me another chance to stay, Outside of the military I have nothing for myself, I have a girlfriend who is currently pregnant so I was planning to get married next month, my grandparents in my countries count on me to send her money or for her medicines I am not a bad person nor a bad soldier alone I make mistakes by letting myself get carried away by my emotions of seeing my family who I had not seen since December of last year. Another reason I want you to take into consideration is that I am not yet a citizen, I am currently in the process, I am just waiting for my appointment to go take the test.  If they separate me from the military, I will not be able to renew my permanent residence and I will become an illegal immigrant in this country. It will also be impossible for me to find a job that is not construction. I need you to help me with a statement that can convince him to give me a second chance. If you need more information, you can contact me. I will be waiting and I will pay very well. thank you so much.