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Correcting Ranking Level before Boot Camp
My daughter leaves for BC in May. When she signed up she brought her college transcripts. The Recruiter opened them making them invalid for processing. She should be joining as an E3 vs E1 however she has since provided another sealed set of transcripts to her recruiter who has done nothing to fix the issue. Does anyone know who I can go to in order to get her ppwk corrected before she leaves? Very frustrating. I am told the people at MEPS are the only ones that can correct her enlistment form but I do not know how to reach them.
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Permalink Reply by Anti M on
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Her recruiter has a boss, called the recruiter in charge. Talk to that person, or another recruiter. Insist. She should press her recruiter to fix this issue, and not wait for MEPS, or she needs a different recruiter, or to go over his head. Do not stand for this, as E-3 is a huge difference.
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Thank you for the suggestions. I am planning to go to the recruiting office next week with her paperwork and talk to them. I work with several retired military folks so one of them is going to go with me since he knows the process. My daughter is worried I will stir the pot and is upset with me doing this. I tried to explain to her that she may not think its very important now but it will be later.
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Permalink Reply by Anna on
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anxiousmom,
As long as you are respectful there should (and better not be) any repercussions to your daughter because you want to make sure this is handled before it's too late. Sometimes when the window of opportunity closes you have no recourse to fix something after the fact, so speak up, and tell them you want her paperwork fixed so she goes in as an E3. Now I will also share with you a little info, even if she is paygrade E3, in bootcamp she will be referred to as a recruit just like everyone else, and will only have one stripe on her uniform. This was the same as my daughter who went in as an E3. It's so all the recruits have a level playing field. But come PIR day, her uniform will reflect her proper paygrade.
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Permalink Reply by Concernedad on
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It is very important they get it right. My son's recruiter told him not to get on the bus unless the paperwork read accurately. You should let your future sailor handle the issue herself, however, if she is getting nowhere, you should go to the recruiters higher up.
It does make a big difference on entering as an E-1 or E-3. It affects pay and time you must wait for future promotions. Advise your daughter to get it fixed immediately
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Permalink Reply by shannon1012 on
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My son was in this exact situation. His recruiter opened the transcripts and then gave them to my son to take to MEPS the day he was leaving for bootcamp. It worked out fine. They took the transcripts and his paperwork showed E-3 that day.
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Hi Shannon... Well the recruiter said they fixed it. I actually had to go to the office myself and I guess they had overlooked getting it corrected. They really did not want to give out info bcuz my daughter is an adult however the guy in charge actually called me back and said they got it corrected. I haven't seen ppwk so I'm hoping they are correct. Now I'm just stressing now as day is getting closer :(.
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