Learn about the benefits of serving your country, paying for school, military career paths and more: sign up now and hear from a recruiter near you. We can put you in touch with recruiters from the different military branches. Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc. It doesn't sound fair, but welcome to basic training!įrom Basic Training for Dummies, copyright © 2011 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey. On count 4, release the hands from the ground moving the arms directly out of the side into. On count 3, bend the elbows lowering the body to the ground. On count 2, thrusts the legs backwards into the front leaning rest position. If someone gets misplaced, you can be sure that you will be the very first person in your basic training unit to get chewed out upon arrival, even if you did everything right. The starting position of the 8-count T push-up is the position of attention. Trying to get them where they need to be at the time they need to be there can be a daunting task. First of all, you're babysitting a bunch of kids, many of whom have never been away from home. Tip: Actually, I don't recommend volunteering for this duty. The person in charge is responsible to watch everyone in their group, to make sure that they don't get into trouble and to make sure that they get on their flight. Before you leave MEPS, each service branch will appoint one recruit to be in charge of all other recruits of your branch, until you arrive at your basic training location. Who's in charge of this goat-rope? Quite possibly, you are. When you arrive at the airport, you'll go through airport security to the departure gate immediately, so I don't recommend that your family and friends go to the airport on their own because they won't be able to spend any time with you there. Your friends and family are not allowed to ride with you on the bus or shuttle, so this last time together is a good time to say your final goodbyes.
The MEPS recruiting personnel should have told you what time to be out front to catch the bus or shuttle to the airport. Warning: Make sure that you don't leave MEPS or lose track of time. If your family and friends accompanied you on this final MEPS trip, after the swearing-in is a good time to say goodbye because you won't see them again for a few months.Īt most MEPS locations, you can sit with your loved ones at a coffee shop where you can spend your last minutes before you ship out to basic. Remember: From now on, if you're early, you're on time. In other words, as the song goes, "You're in the Army now. You're subject to legal orders and entitled to military pay and benefits.
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I, (NAME), do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to regulations and the Uniform Code of Military Justice.
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