1. Contact your Recruiter

2. Take the ASVAB

3. Process at MEPS

4. Participate in the DEP

5. Be selected for a job

6. Ship to BMT

You can reach me in a lot of different ways. Preferred method is texting. My government cell phone is 240-691-8287 and you can also email me at jonathan.neff.1@us.af.mil.

Once we've made contact we'll go through a screening questionnaire to ensure you're eligible to join. Big things I will be asking for is significant medical history, height/weight, tattoos, law violations, and citizenship status.

Click HERE for Height/Weight Chart.

The ASVAB is the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery Test. This is the entrace exam for all military branches and components. The link below has a decent way of breaking it down, although some of the data is out-of-date. You'll need a minimum overall score of 31 to enter, but it's the line scores (MAGE) that determine what jobs you qualify for.

The ASVAB Explained.

MEPS (Military Entrance Processing Station) is the big show. This is where the magic happens, where you actually join. At MEPS you'll complete all official testing such as the ASVAB and personality test. You'll also go through a complete medical physical, job counseling, and initiate your background investigation. Once all actions are complete you'll swear in to the DEP (Delayed Entry Program). This swear in ceremony is very iconic, so I always encourage family to attend.

See 'MEPS Briefing' button for more info.

Once you've sworn in to the DEP we cover your responsibilites. This includes attending monthly DEP meetings (DEP Calls), where we discuss key information on what to expect and go through exercises to prepare you for BMT (Basic Military Training).

Be sure to download the Aim High app to help you prepare.

Once at MEPS, you'll build a preference list of jobs, or what we call AFSCs (Air Force Specialty Code). This list will be based off what you ultimately qualifiy for and are interested in. Each month we get a set of jobs and at that point jobs are assigned to members of the DEP. The chance in which you'll be selected is determined by what's available, and what you've listed. If you're listing the jobs the Air Force is hiring for then you can expect to be selected much quicker than if you only listed jobs the Air Force rarely hires for. Once selected, you'll recieve a job contract for review and that contract will also have your ship out date.

We'll do departure briefings as we get closer to your actual departure date. We cover what to bring, the do's and do not's of BMT, and brief family members on graduation. We ship out to BMT every Tuesday and hold BMT graduation every Friday.