The Military Demographics

 For anybody who is looking to join the Military I would suggest that people look at the statistics. Statistic brain has all the information that people would like to know. Each branch has different things that the stats can provide. For example for women I would suggest that you would enlist into the Air Force, Navy, or Army in that order. Those branches have the higher percent of women in the Military. For people that are considered minorities the perfect branch to join would be the Navy with a huge percent at 33.8% of minorities join the Navy. Each branch will differ in everything. For people who want to join the biggest branch and extend the brotherhood or become an Officer I would recommend that you join the US Army. While if you’re joining with a bachelor’s degree or higher it would be better to join the Air Force or join the Army and work on advanced equipment. Since the Air Force has 99% of people in the Air Force have bachelor’s degrees while serving. I would highly recommend that people look deeply into what they feel is perfect for them and to find something that they would like to do.

My MEPS Experience

When entering or joining the United States Armed Service you would have to go through some basic things. Such as finding a recruiter, talking about what you want to do while in, find out what branch offers you whatever you think is best, then signing up for that said branch, and finally go down to the Military Entrance Processing Station and then wait till your ship off day. For me I signed up on September 17^th, 2013 at my house with my recruiter Sergeant Michael Banks of the United States Army.   He and I discussed the whole process and I couldn't wait until I swear into the delayed entry program. He told me when I would be going to be sent down to Sacramento to go to the MEPS facility. I was sent down on September 22^nd, 2013.

 There were many people there for every branch of the service; there was a tie it looked like for the Army, Coast Guard, and Air Force. They came from all around California and there were even a couple of them from Reno, Nevada. We got to stay at the Hilton hotel for free and it was the best thing ever since they had good rooms, good food, and even a game area with a 50 inch Toshiba TV and just saying basketball games have never been more clear. But that night we were instructed to go to sleep so we would be well rested for MEPS in the morning. 

That morning everybody was called up at 5:30 to get food and clothed. At 6 a.m. we go on our shuttle to go to the MEPS facility and meet with our people who would enter and process us with test and information. The process for me lasted longer do to an “accidental loss of my information” or that’s what they told me at least. But the process included a blood test, a vision test, full body physicals, and finally the process of swearing into the desired branch that you want to join. And before you leave to the shuttle to go back home you get you contract for your job and shipping date that contains the information in order to get shipped and where to go to get shipped. For more information go to the United States MEPS website.    

First Contact With A Recruiter

My first time I came in contact with an Army recruiter I was ten years old and from then I realized what I wanted to do. In my mind I wanted to do what the army soldiers do every day and have the benefits they get while doing their job or jobs. Starting at age fifteen I was able to physically go in and talk to the recruiters about my future in the armed services. At talking for hours and going up there a couple days a week I knew this is what I wanted to do with my life and indefinably make this a career job which would last from a minimum of twenty years all the way to thirty or more years. After almost two years I made my dream a reality because two days before my seventeenth birthday my recruiter Sergeant Michael Banks of the US Army came to my house with the paper work and after a thirty minute process I was ready to go down to the Military Entrance Processing Station (MEPS). The process took three days due to a delay during one of the days because they lost my information but it was worth it to be down in Sacramento and later be enlisted into the delayed entry program.