Topic: MEPS (Joining the Army)

Skinny · August 14th, 2004

How exactly does the whole enlistment process go? And what is EVERYTHING they make you do, or do to you at MEPS?

Damien435 · August 15th, 2004

It is just a whole lot of sitting really, other than that it is a basic physical, check your eyes, weight, height, make you do the duck walk, you do some stuff where they have you stand up from your knees without using your hands, stuff like that. Then you go see your liason officer and you work out your ocntract, at that point your recruiter comes in to help you finish. Basically you get up at 5am, shower, go eat, hop on the bus or van to the MEPS, then start doing paperwork, get a briefing about what you can and can not do in the MEPS, sit around for a while, do the urine test, eye test, physical, all that fun stuff, and hey, you get a free lunch to, that is a plus. Word of advice, drinks lots of water before you get to the MEPS.

TheSunsetSniper · August 16th, 2004

Basically it's like going to the docs office. The only thing you will feel uncomfortable with is when you have to strip down to your draws witha bunch of other guys, and when the doc feels your gonads and looks at your butt. You get over those real quickly. Like mentioned before, just be prepared to wait.

Damien435 · August 16th, 2004

Basically, yes.

FutureRANGER · August 16th, 2004

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Originally Posted by TheSunsetSniper

Basically it's like going to the docs office. The only thing you will feel uncomfortable with is when you have to strip down to your draws witha bunch of other guys, and when the doc feels your gonads and looks at your butt. You get over those real quickly. Like mentioned before, just be prepared to wait.

http://military-quotes.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1312

If you're interested.

August 14th, 2004	Post 1
Skinny Optio	Post; MEPS (Joining the Army) How exactly does the whole enlistment process go? And what is EVERYTHING they make you do, or do to you at MEPS? __________________ Who? - Airborne How Far? - All The Way

August 16th, 2004	Post 3
TheSunsetSniper Optio	Basically it's like going to the docs office. The only thing you will feel uncomfortable with is when you have to strip down to your draws witha bunch of other guys, and when the doc feels your gonads and looks at your butt. You get over those real quickly. Like mentioned before, just be prepared to wait. __________________ \"It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbled, or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena; whose face is marred by the dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions and spends himself in a worthy course; who at the best, knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who, at worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly; so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory or defeat.\" - TR

August 16th, 2004	Post 4
Damien435 Tribunus Laticlavius Gear	Basically, yes. __________________ Please note that 98% of what I say is my opinion and/or my "version" of the facts. Most of what I say is rumor with little to no evidence to back it up, just something I picked up somewhere. My City

August 15th, 2004	Post 2
Damien435 Tribunus Laticlavius Gear	It is just a whole lot of sitting really, other than that it is a basic physical, check your eyes, weight, height, make you do the duck walk, you do some stuff where they have you stand up from your knees without using your hands, stuff like that. Then you go see your liason officer and you work out your ocntract, at that point your recruiter comes in to help you finish. Basically you get up at 5am, shower, go eat, hop on the bus or van to the MEPS, then start doing paperwork, get a briefing about what you can and can not do in the MEPS, sit around for a while, do the urine test, eye test, physical, all that fun stuff, and hey, you get a free lunch to, that is a plus. Word of advice, drinks lots of water before you get to the MEPS.

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