MEPS, Trip II - 20091005
Okay, so, Sgt. Reynolds picked me up at 1400 on Sunday (the 4th). We waited at the recruiting station with GySgt. Williams, Sgt. Foster, and two other kids (Donnie and Justin) until 2000 for Sgt. Fletcher and a kid who would also be going down to Beckley with us. While we waited (5 hours!), we watched some of 300, Old School (lol), and some Marine Corps commercials/promotional video. We got to the Holiday Inn around 2100 and were the last people to eat dinner. I had a hotdog and fries. I roomed with Donnie. In the morning, we woke up, packed, and went up to eat breakfast. After breakfast, we loaded onto the bus. There were considerably less people this time around.
Once at MEPS, I sat in the same seat in the waiting area for 5 hours (0700-1200) staring at a wall/watching Law & Order: CI. At 1200, we were told to go eat lunch. After lunch, activity picked up a bit. Myself, Donnie, and two boys went down a hallway and did our crunches and flexed-arm hang. I did 57 (military) crunches in 2 minutes and my flexed-arm hang time was 27 seconds. (Minimums: crunches - 55 | hang - 12 seconds) I'll need to work on those. To complete the IST, I'll have to run a mile or 1.5 miles (I'm not sure which) in a certain amount of time at the Poolee Function on the 17th.
After more waiting, I went in with Horvath (the liaison officer who drove me home from MEPS after my first trip/LOST addict*) and we went over my papers, my job options, and got a shipdate! More waiting. I was called back by a lady to answer official "Yes, I understand my contract," questions and fingerprinting. Wait, wait, wait. Swear in! I swore in, had my picture taken, and I was finished for the day.
*We spent the majority of the drive home talking about LOST. He told me to finish up the aired seasons so we could discuss when I go back down to ship out, lol.
Waited a bit for Donnie's paperwork to go through, and then sat and waited for Sgt. Reynolds to pick us up in what turned out to be the Marine Corps mini-van (funnier than it sounds). Before we left, we were given a shirt and a little tin box thing that contained a 'welcome' booklet with a bunch of lists of things to memorize, a training guide, and a couple bumper stickers.
SHIPDATE
20091216
We got back to the recruiting station around 1900 and Sgt. Foster briefed Donnie and myself on the Delayed Entry Program. We stuck push pins on a map, had our pictures taken, and were given a shirt.
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So, I guess in a month or at the next Poolee Function, I'll be tested on the Enlisted Rank Structure and General Orders 1-4.
I'm in, guys!
Once at MEPS, I sat in the same seat in the waiting area for 5 hours (0700-1200) staring at a wall/watching Law & Order: CI. At 1200, we were told to go eat lunch. After lunch, activity picked up a bit. Myself, Donnie, and two boys went down a hallway and did our crunches and flexed-arm hang. I did 57 (military) crunches in 2 minutes and my flexed-arm hang time was 27 seconds. (Minimums: crunches - 55 | hang - 12 seconds) I'll need to work on those. To complete the IST, I'll have to run a mile or 1.5 miles (I'm not sure which) in a certain amount of time at the Poolee Function on the 17th.
After more waiting, I went in with Horvath (the liaison officer who drove me home from MEPS after my first trip/LOST addict*) and we went over my papers, my job options, and got a shipdate! More waiting. I was called back by a lady to answer official "Yes, I understand my contract," questions and fingerprinting. Wait, wait, wait. Swear in! I swore in, had my picture taken, and I was finished for the day.
*We spent the majority of the drive home talking about LOST. He told me to finish up the aired seasons so we could discuss when I go back down to ship out, lol.
Waited a bit for Donnie's paperwork to go through, and then sat and waited for Sgt. Reynolds to pick us up in what turned out to be the Marine Corps mini-van (funnier than it sounds). Before we left, we were given a shirt and a little tin box thing that contained a 'welcome' booklet with a bunch of lists of things to memorize, a training guide, and a couple bumper stickers.
SHIPDATE
20091216
We got back to the recruiting station around 1900 and Sgt. Foster briefed Donnie and myself on the Delayed Entry Program. We stuck push pins on a map, had our pictures taken, and were given a shirt.
.
So, I guess in a month or at the next Poolee Function, I'll be tested on the Enlisted Rank Structure and General Orders 1-4.
I'm in, guys!