Vanguard_Blue
As I was reading your initial post, I couldn't help noticing that your writing style was similar to any you might find being submitted for an English class essay assignment. It was well composed, albeit with a few errors, but not your typical internet forum endeavor. This bodes well of your capacity to do well in the program.
Moreover, it was obvious to me by what you wrote that you already knew that being asked to lie was WRONG! This bodes well of your capacity to do well in the program.
However, I'm a little miffed that you came to us to get permission to lie. Why didn't you consult those in your family that you commented about being in the program? I believe you already knew what they would say, but didn't want to hear that answer.
Let me tell you something that you can learn from...
When I was a section adviser at NFAS, sailors in my two sections were implicated in underage drinking. I won't go into how they were indicted, but I called them in one-by-one to ask them two questions: "Have you been underage drinking and who have you been underage drinking with."
Every one of them said "yes" that they had been underage drinking. Every one of them gave me a laundry list of names, most of them I already had from a previous source.
Extremely long story short...every one of them was not denuked. When the Department Head asked me my recommendation for their disposition, I told them that they passed the integrity test and I needed to prove to them that what we taught them was true. That is, you are allowed to be stupid and make mistakes (for which you may have consequences), but don't ever lie, cheat, or steal. They all got EMI, hard card entries to ensure that a recurrence would forever seal their fate, and mandatory 35 hours for the duration of NFAS.
Your life lesson will go unnoticed by most, but you dragged us into it. I say that although you ruminated about what you should do, the fact that you did not carry out the ruse is in your favor. However, your character flaw is that you are willing to allow a mob to potentially undermine you. We are that mob that you sought out to pass the blame onto when you got caught in your lie. As an analogy regarding this situation, you are no different than a 15-year old girl who was found out she went too far with a boy. She will claim that it wasn't her fault, she isn't really a slut. She was not responsible for her actions because she was high or drunk. Well, why do you think she put herself in that position--plausible deniability. Everyone except her sees right through that scam.
Grow up in these nine months.