As i had mentioned previously i went to MEPS for my asvab almost 2 weeks ago and i went again yesterday.
On Sunday i showed up to the marriot hotel; 1 because it was free and 2 because i didn't want to wake up at 3 am and make the 40 mins drive to MEPS.
At the hotel i was hoping to make some friends, but i was too shy to approach the table full of guys;
I figured id get a roommate and make friends with her.
At 7 pm no sign of roommate i went downstairs and ordered my food.
I ordered chicken fingers with fries and a pepsi.
A couple of minutes before the food was brought out, i saw 2 guys looking like they were lost. So i was like are you guys trying to order your food? and they weren't (they were actually looking for the big group of guys) so i was like i don't wanna eat alone and they joined me and i made friends with them.
One was a guy shipping out for the marines and the other guy was getting his physical done for the coast guard. I spent the remaining hours of our 10 pm curfew with them just talking and hanging out by the pool.
Our wake up call was at 4:30 am, i did my routine and i made it down stairs at like 5:10 and everyone was already down stairs. The coast guard guy loudly joked she's air force guys, everyone laughed.
It was pretty funny, we ate and made it to meps by like 5:50 (doors opened at 6)
They put us through the metal detector and we lined up to check in using that finger printing system; luckily i already knew the trick was and i was able to check in fast. We sat down and waited for a while until everyone got checked in.
I was suffering for those poor people who were there for the first time and the finger print gave them just as much or more trouble than me.
They took us to the 2nd floor where all the medical stuff would be done and I'm just going to list the things that happened.
- We sat in a room with desks with our names in medical record papers.
-They called us one by one to be imputed into the computer.
A page from my paperwork was missing so i was sent down stairs, problem was i got lost and i couldn't open any door -_- until i found one and it led outside.
So i took advantage of the opportunity and grabbed my jacket,phone and water bottle. I tried to come back in and i got yelled at apparently you're not supposed to leave the building for any reason. i really didn't mean to leave though.
-They signed my paper and sent me back up where they took my blood pressure.
-A doctor asked me a bunch of medical questions.
-I took the eye test and depth perception, apparently i have great vision at 17/15 and all this time i thought 20/20 was the best. (i passed the depth perception btw) Its a weird test with like 4 rows of circles and you have to tell them which one stands out to you, in each row. My word of advice to anyone is to relax and if you feel overwhelmed close your eyes and look again. Oh i also made friends with the people at meps, the medical people at least they're the ones who can help you in case you're off by a little bit, lucky for me i was fine but being friendly with the guy who did my vision test put me at ease.
-I really had to pee so i told the lady and she let me do the pee test. Not as bad as i imagined it. Just a clean stall and you have to pee with the door open while a lady stands there. As bad as i had to pee i was freaking out and couldn't, i sat there for what seemed like the longest 5 mins. It was so frustrating because my bladder felt full but it wouldn't come out and the lady watching me (who was a the only rude person i encountered at meps this time) didn't make it any easier, i tried to make conversation so i could relax but she wouldn't respond. Finally she started talking to this guy and my pee came out hallelujah! i fucked up the labels they gave me because he said things too fast and i didn't wanna bother him with repetition.
-Went to get my blood taken out, the stupid veins wouldn't show. They stabbed both arms because the first one wasn't letting enough blood out. On a good note i didn't feel sick at all, because i didn't see my blood at all.
-Hearing test was in a booth, you wear headphones and listen for the sound and click when you hear something. I personally closed my eyes to help me concentrate better.
-The physical test was in this cold ass room, we changed into hospital gowns and did some arm movements, touched our toes and he checked our spine. No duck walk for us and by us i mean 4 of us girls. Then you go one by one to this room and they check your boobs and quickly glance to make sure you're a girl that was so quick i didn't even have time to think about it. They also weighed us (i ended up being 116 pounds, 1 less than what the recruiter wanted me to be) and took our height.
- You go up to the desk they send you to the doctor one more time for paperwork and you're back down stairs to the control desk, where they send you to your branches liaison.
-The sgt i got asked me to verify some paperwork and then gave me a list of jobs to chose from and told me to number them 1-9.
-I went to this other office where they input who i would leave my money to if something was to happen to me and such.
-You go back to your liaisons office and sign some paperwork then i went to this room where i watched a video on what happens if you do stupid things in the military and its consequences.
-Waited about an hour and got sworn in. Made friends with a guy who's parents were watching him get sworn in and got pictures taken :p
-Signed more papers, went back to the air force and i was officially in the DEP, Delayed entry program.
I gotta wait until a job i put down becomes available to get a ship date.
I went to my recruiters office today, got briefed on the DEP program and was made aware of how fortunate i was to be let back in after i went outside of the building for meps with my medical records thats a BIG NO NO! and they send people home immediately when they do that, no questions asked. I got really lucky. oh and i weighed in at 114 again today whoops LOL
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