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You dont even have to wait to get out to go to college.. You can go part time while you are in with tuition assistance. If you score high on the asvab then take a job that has the most training involved with it. Since those jobs are harder to get into the advancement in rank will be easier and the reinlistment bonuses will be higher if you want to stay. Same works with the ****** jobs because no one wants to stay in those fields so the Military will offer reinlistment bonus as well for those jobs just to try to get you to stay..

Meps for me was just a bunch of Doctors looking over me to make sure I was fit for duty and for when you raise your right hand to swear to defend the Constitution.

I dont know how the Army works it but in the Navy I had my full time job which was a Aviation Electronics Tech and we also had Collatoral Duties ( Part time Jobs). Mine on land was training and Tool Control in the workspace. I made sure that everyone in the Shop ( 60 Sailors) were all up to date with there training and that all the toolss in the Shop were in good working condition. When I was deployed I still did the same main job as a Electronics tech but my Part time job was a .50 Cal gunner and Damage Control locker. So we practiced with the .50 cal a couple times a week and during General QTRS I would go to either to my Gun Mount or a Damage Control locker depending on what my boss needed me at. My point is you want to be a Gunner but maybe in the Army you do that as a part time thing Like I did it in the Navy.

Basic Training I hear is a cake walk now compared to when I went through it in 1999. Now you get 8hrs of sleep a night. Back then we were lucky to get 4 hrs a night. The Hardest part of boot camp for me was the mental part. I had no problem running or doing pushups just the mental part of them trying to break you down by what ever means they could. The Drill instructors will find your weakness and try to exploit it. They will try the physical aspect @ 1st to determine who has some weakness there then for me it was the folding everything perfect and military bearing that I struggled with @ 1st.

Go into Basic Knowing your Chain of command, all your military ranking, knowing who to salute and who not to, and have your General Orders Memorized before you go. Everything is done uniform. Your laces on you shoe/boots are laced right over left, your Racks ( beds) sheets are folded @ a 45 degree angle, ECT.. Everything is done precise.