Sure seems that way, dont say this, dont admit that, haha. Im lucky I dont have any thing to lie about, but it seems like alot of other ppl did, at the hotel ppl were getting pretty honest with each other, and realized that there were getting ready to give the biggest bunch of bs in their lives.lol Anyone got any personal stories from MEPS, Im getting ready to back there to swear in, (test are done thank god!!) and thought some funny stories might be nice!
2007-10-18 06:14:59 · 5 answers · asked by Cody B 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
yeah, VERY boring, Im hoping when I go back today it will be faster, as Ive already done all my test, and physical crap.
2007-10-18 06:24:35 · update #1
Nope, at MEPS we were advised to tell the truth or else it could hurt us getting certain jobs later.
Later you will hear and experience real funny !@#$.
Enjoy!
2007-10-18 06:33:50 · answer #1 · answered by Just me 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Funy thing about the military. The liars are caught either at MEPS or after they arrive for initial military training. I served for three years at an Armed Forces Examination and Entrace Station (AFEES) in the 1960s. That's the predecessor of MEPS. You would be surprised at how many times the liars were caught. And these were guys who faced being drafted. Not enlisting voluntarily. Everything from phony letters from a doctor (one doctor lost his license over it) to wearing a truss upside down to feign having a hernia. Some were tragic. A young man who didn't know he had terminal Hodgkin's Disease because he had never had a chest x-ray before that could have told him. Another who died instantly at the lab because he had never had a needle put in his arm before and went into anaphylactic shock.
Enjoy your physical and processing.
2007-10-18 06:37:13 · answer #2 · answered by desertviking_00 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nope all my funny stories came during and after boot camp. MEPS was the most boring day ever.
2007-10-18 06:19:59 · answer #3 · answered by Jerbson 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
MEPS was great for me. I was there about a totally of 2 hours compared to everyone else that had to stay longer.
2007-10-18 12:01:48 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The day I arrived in Basic Training, actually still being in-processed, we had this one young kid that cried constantly.
It turns out he was told to "sign here" without knowing what the document was, which resulted in him being immediately shipped out.
2007-10-18 06:37:37 · answer #5 · answered by open4one 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋