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Whats up man? Long time no talk. Haven't been here in a while, but I figured that this one deserved me to chime in. I'm also going into the millitary. I'm enlisted in the US Navy in Aviation Support. Did you go to the hackensack recruiting station? Thats where I'm doing DEP training out of. Anyway, if I can offer you any advice, its have an idea of what you wanna do, but be flexable. When you go in for meps, as im sure your recruiter probably told you, you take a test. Your score on this test determines what positions and branches your eligable to take part in (until you mess up on something on day two like the depth perception test. Let us know how you do on the depth perception test. I failed it with flying colors, and as my recruiter said when i told him, "we've put 40 people through meps since that test came out and, according to the test, all 40 of them have no depth perception whatsoever.") Anyway, you may find that you scored really well on the entrance exam, and you'll find that your options are wide open. I scored a 93 on the entrance exam (in the navy, a score of 70 means you are, on paper at least, qualified to do anything except fly the planes.), and I was approached by an officer from the NPP, informing me that I qualify for the Nuclear Propulsion Program. I took the Nuclear Propulsion test, and I passed that too. In the end, I decided to stick to Aviation Support, but it's really nice to know that the option of being a Nuclear Machinist Mate is open to me, if i decide to take it.
Responding to what someone else said, yes, you do have the option to back out at meps if you want to. You dont officially enlist until the end of the second day, but they will do everything they can to try and get you in, so be careful. Best of luck to you, man!
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