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MEPS-hold
Could someone tell me why they are not letting anyone into MEPS? There is a hold? Why boot camp bill be over a year away? Recruiter told son no admission now-no time frame. He is bummed. Any info you have would be wonderful!!!
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Permalink Reply by heidi86 on
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My best advice in getting accepted now, is to find out what ratings are undermanned and go for one of those. My son is a nuclear power ET, and I know know the Nuclear Power ratings are always the most undermanned in the Navy. If you are able to qualify to be a Nuke, (which I realize isn't easy), I know they always need new sailers.
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Hopefully , when we get a new president in 2017, the Navy will be better funded. Not to be political, but just factual, I think a republican president, i.e., Trump, is more likely to help increase the Navy's funding and rebuild their numbers. I hope so, because our military has been terribly defended in the last eight year or so. Whoever gets into office, I pray he or she, will see the need to rebuild our Navy.
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Permalink Reply by Anti M on
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President Obama requested an increase for FY16, but Congress did not approve the full amount. They also let the sequestration happen, which meant automatic cuts to military spending. I blame them fully.
The most recent Obama budget proposed a 7.8 percent increase in the base Defense Department budget between 2015 and 2016. The spending bill enacted this fall puts the defense budget on a path to start growing in fiscal year 2016, up about 6 percent from the previous year.
"It’s still not quite as much as the president requested, but it’s much closer," said Todd Harrison, director of defense budget analysis at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
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Permalink Reply by KimJ on
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It might be because all jobs are filled at this time. My son's recruiter told him a month ago that they were only taking higher ASFAB scores at that time too because there were not a lot of jobs left for this year.
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Permalink Reply by acb2 on
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Thank you to all. If you learn of anything else please post. Thanks again and good luck to you Heidi
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Thanks so much. My son is in Nuke Prototype training now,so he should be all set for his Navy career in a couple of months. We are truely blessed to have him as a son. Good luck to you as well, abc, and God bless your family. I'll send prayers/good thoughts your son's way
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Permalink Reply by Momship12 on
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The navy overestimated and they have 26,000 sailors that they need to position
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Thank you to all who responded. If you learn anything new about process please post. Does anyone know when they will open up to let my son take Asvab? He was supposed to do it at MEPS so he was hoping to learn of a timeline. Thanks again everyone for your help
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Permalink Reply by StacyLO on
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I don't know if it's because my son is going into nukes but he went to a recruitter and 6 days later was sworn in and they are pushing for him to leave the first week of January. The whole process has moved almost too fast (for me. Lol) Only a month has passed since he saw the recruitter initially. I'm sorry your son is faced with this lengthy hold
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