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Hi, My son is 19, and has talked with a recruiter, and has taking his asvab testing. He is set to go to MEPS on Monday and Tuesday. I am just a concerned mom that needs info on everything because he just out of the blue decided on this very quick. Of course I support him, but he's very independent and doesn't want me around much. Do parents go to MEPS? Or do they just wait till they get sworn in? I hope I am in the right group and am doing this thing right. I'm excited but nervous for him. I'm near Atlanta! Thanks so much!

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Permalink Reply by Juliann on June 29, 2019 at 2:43pm
Hi! I’m new as well but I think I can answer for you. My son went with his recruiter. They drove him and a couple other guys there and they wait with them all day. Then they’re at the hotel overnight and continue with testing the next day. No parents as far as I know. Good luck!
Permalink Reply by keriberry39 on June 29, 2019 at 2:54pm

Thanks so much! I am so new to this and really do not know much.  

Permalink Reply by DonnaCatLover on June 29, 2019 at 10:54pm

To my knowledge, parents don’t go to MEPS. Our son went with the recruiter, stayed overnight and came back. We did go to see him sworn in.

Permalink Reply by Momof3 on June 30, 2019 at 1:25am
I can give a little bit of input from my personal experience. My daughter is 19 as well, very independent and wanted to do the whole process on her own. We just encouraged her to make sure that she was signing up for what she wanted. She wanted to go in as a corpsmen ,she took the as ASVAB and missed it by one point. So she continued to study and then went to Maps to retake and she finally scored high enough and there was a position open. Basically from what I have been told by other moms just make sure that they do not sign a contract unless they are 100% sure it’s what they want to do. He doesn’t want to get stuck doing a job that he might hate . My daughter just finished A school and is now stationed in Rota Spain for the next two years. She started Boot Camp last November so so much has happened but it’s all very exciting and she has learned so much and is a completely different person then she was when she entered and that is 100% positive. She has more confidence in her self and she ever has and is focused on her long-term goals. We never imagined that our daughter would be in the military but we couldn’t be more proud to be part of the Navy family! Hope that helps ..
Permalink Reply by keriberry39 on June 30, 2019 at 5:54pm

Thank you for the info, so great for your daughter that is amazing!! 

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