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Daughter finally got date with MEPS
Hello moms,
I have been lurking here eversince my daugher decided she wanted to go into the navy. I my self was in the army many moons ago. So long ago that I was a WAC. She has heard the old war stories about basic training and life in the military. I told her it is much different now. Advised her to start working on getting herself physically fit and study the ASVAB for dummies book. She needed to lose 30lbs, which she has doen and took the ASVAB already and got a very good score. When she started she couldn't do one pushup or one situp. I believe she could pass the PT test now without a problem. I'm very prooud of her and even more importantly, she's proud of herself. I never knew it would take this long though. Shehas been waiting for over six months just to get the MEPS date. My question is, do you think she will go directly from MEPS to basic? She want to go to HM school and she has the test score to make it. I was hoping she would go after christmas but I certainly don't want to hold her back.
Thanks!
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Permalink Reply by BR549 on
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no she will not go from MEPS to BC. She will take a physical and pick a job if there's one available. If not she will go back to MEPS again. It could be another long process.
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Permalink Reply by Concernedad on
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She should figure about a year from the date she first goes to MEPS. Anything less is probably a bonus.
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Permalink Reply by mommaross CVN77 on
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My son has been 7 months from doing the ASVAB to getting his ship date - 8/13, His first ship date was September but he was anxious to go so he spoke with the recruiters and changed his job and that moved him up a month. I know it was only a month but it made a huge difference to him. I would say keep calliing the recruiters once she's passed MEP's. It takes a special person to be self motivated enough to get themselves fit, good luck to your daughter I'm sure she'll do great.
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We don't have anyone in our DEP pool that has waited a year after joining DEP to ship, most are around 6 months. Why has it taken so long for her recruiter to send her to MEPS? Was it because of her losing weight and getting in better shape? I know it took me 7 months before I was finally sent to MEPS and signed and received a ship date, but I also had waivers that I had to wait on. I joined DEP at the end of June and am shipping in Jan, so I will be right about 6 months.
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Permalink Reply by Jo1 on
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I know once my son went to MEPS he had an 11 month wait until be went to BC. He went back to college for another semester so he wasn't wasting time. That's great that your daughter has lost the weight and is physically fit.
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My son was almost a year to the day. Perhaps it was the field he selected? He also went back to school for a year and earned enough college credits to get a stripe.
They wanted him to go nuke, but that would have pushed him back an additional 6 months.
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