AustinOverton
05-03-08, 05:45 PM
I went down to MEPs Thursday 20080501 to take the ASVAB which took me about an hour and 40 mins to 2 hours tops. Then I got to stay at a really nice hotel and have a great meal that night for free, the next day I woke up at 400 took a shower, got ready, relaxed, then went to breakfast at 500. It was just my recruiter and I since I didn't have the proper last minute medical forms on Wednesday 20080430, so he drove me about 5 mins away to the Miami MEPs where it took maybe 20 mins to get in an get to waiting.
Surprisingly there wasn't as many people as I thought there would be, which is probably why it wasn't so bad, but the building had all kinds of things such as TVs, Games, Pool, and magazines. I got to the medical exams in about an hour and started filling out paper work and answering some simple questions to make sure everything I put down was truthful. There were maybe 15 other people getting their medical exams so each process took maybe half an hour. I was eventually done with medical in about 3 hours time at the time I was told to go downstairs to the control desk.
At the control desk they check everything, get it logged, and send me to the Marine Corps office to have papers signed then told to head back to the control desk. Control told me to wait for a bit and my named would be called to to answer more questions to make sure I was telling the truth and then sent back to the USMC office with more paper work. Then, I believe it was the Master Gunnery Sergeant, interviewed me about my medical history again to verify that I was being truthful and gave me the OK along with verifying my high school, GED, college transcripts, ship date, enlistment period, pay grade, ect. Then I was sent back to the control desk and was told to wait, a few mins later I was called into another room.
This lady presented me my contract and all the information that was listed on it, asking me to confirm everything was correct. I then signed a few forms, had my finger prints taken, then was told to wait for the swearing in ceremony and final contract signing. This was the longest wait, about 3 hours, while everyone else was getting processed. I was able to easily pass the time by meeting all the Marine wannabes and other people joining other services. We played some chess and an America's Army arcade shooter until finally about 7 names were called into ceremony in which my name was one of them.
The whole ceremony took about 20 mins and most of it was just being reminded that fraudulent enlistment was very very bad and waiting for an officer to come and have us recite the oath. After that I met up with my recruiter and headed back home. Overall it wasn't that bad taking only about 10 hours an I was even registered at a higher pay grade, which I wasn't expecting.
Surprisingly there wasn't as many people as I thought there would be, which is probably why it wasn't so bad, but the building had all kinds of things such as TVs, Games, Pool, and magazines. I got to the medical exams in about an hour and started filling out paper work and answering some simple questions to make sure everything I put down was truthful. There were maybe 15 other people getting their medical exams so each process took maybe half an hour. I was eventually done with medical in about 3 hours time at the time I was told to go downstairs to the control desk.
At the control desk they check everything, get it logged, and send me to the Marine Corps office to have papers signed then told to head back to the control desk. Control told me to wait for a bit and my named would be called to to answer more questions to make sure I was telling the truth and then sent back to the USMC office with more paper work. Then, I believe it was the Master Gunnery Sergeant, interviewed me about my medical history again to verify that I was being truthful and gave me the OK along with verifying my high school, GED, college transcripts, ship date, enlistment period, pay grade, ect. Then I was sent back to the control desk and was told to wait, a few mins later I was called into another room.
This lady presented me my contract and all the information that was listed on it, asking me to confirm everything was correct. I then signed a few forms, had my finger prints taken, then was told to wait for the swearing in ceremony and final contract signing. This was the longest wait, about 3 hours, while everyone else was getting processed. I was able to easily pass the time by meeting all the Marine wannabes and other people joining other services. We played some chess and an America's Army arcade shooter until finally about 7 names were called into ceremony in which my name was one of them.
The whole ceremony took about 20 mins and most of it was just being reminded that fraudulent enlistment was very very bad and waiting for an officer to come and have us recite the oath. After that I met up with my recruiter and headed back home. Overall it wasn't that bad taking only about 10 hours an I was even registered at a higher pay grade, which I wasn't expecting.