Found Out Through An Employer Background Check The Fbi Has A Case Listed As 'pending'

Location: Alaska

The title makes this sound much worse than it is. Back in 2018 I was serving in the military, someone in my unit got busted for doing a bunch of dumb stuff related to drug use and possession. While they were interrogating him, they of course gave him the old "tell us everything you know and we'll go easy on you" deal. He tells the authorities "I saw xyz (me) around some people doing coke in a bar once". We barely had a relationship and the dude was looking to take the heat off of himself.

This started a whole investigation on me, I was interrogated over the course of 48 hours, granted qualified immunity and threatened with jail time and a court martial. I was never caught in possession, never failed a drug test and ultimately avoided any court martial or conviction. The lack of any real evidence caused this issue to be handled administratively through the military, I received an Honorable discharge and went about my life.

Fast forward to a few month ago, I applied for a job and they did a finger print background check which goes through FBI data bases, of course I was told by HR to disclose any past legal issues I had. When the report came back I was honestly shocked to learn that the report came back with the following information

"CHARGE 1-3599 - DANGEROUS DRUGS

CHARGE - ARTICLE 112A UCMJ WRONGFUL USE AND OR POSSESSION OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE

PENDING"

Given that this was nearly a decade ago, I would like this to reflect that the case has been closed without conviction, and best case get this information sealed. I work for City/State governments as a blue collar worker and would rather not deal with explaining this to HR every time I need to get a federal background check. I am also worried that this might affect me if I travel to any countries in the near future.

I have contacted a few attorneys in Alaska but I feel like they hear the words "drugs, military, FBI" and don't want to touch this with a 10 foot pole. What are my options here? How do I explain this in a better way to an attorney? Can I get these records updated to at least reflect that this case is not 'pending' and can I possibly get this sealed for the above reasons? I maintain my innocence, was never convicted or even tried in a court of law and believe this will have an adverse affect on future job prospects. I feel like if I was still under some sort of investigation I would know by now.

Also, when reaching out to attorneys to get this resolved, can anyone here give me a ball park estimate of what it would cost to fix something like this? Am I looking at $500? $3,000? More?

Thanks everyone for your time.