Navy Recruiting: Men For The Sea

Navy recruitment starts with a visit to your local Navy recruiter. Various US Navy websites have pages reserved solely for matching your zip code with a recruiter assigned in the area. The first step to do before enlistment is to gather information from the recruiter - they are more than happy to answer questions, and will do everything they can to help you understand what the Navy and enlistment is all about.

The most usual questions are those concerning active duty like schooling, training, the tour and the pay. Other questions concern life beyond the Armed Forces such as insurance, benefits and pension. Both questions will be addressed by the recruiter to answer you fully.

When you've decided to join the Navy, your recruiter will schedule you for a military entrance processing exam, and will be happy to help you with the required paperwork and the forms. The recruiter will talk to you about what you want to get out of the experience, and help you come up with an outline of your plan to reach your goals, based on how you want to achieve them and your personal preferences.

Before a candidate can take the MEPS, he or she has to pass the initial requirements for candidates of recruitment. You have to supply very basic information like age, citizenship, dependents, single parenthood, financial obligations, educational background, drugs and alcohol count, and your medical, legal, and moral standards.

After passing the entrance standards, you can now take the MEPS and the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery test, or the ASVAB. You can opt to go through the Recruit Training program after, or you can wait for a year under Delayed Entry Program, or DEP, if you still have personal businesses to attend to.

It's suggested to take the DEP as an opportunity to exercise before the recruit training. The recruit training, or what they call the bootcamp, won't require you to swim for miles, but it does have its share of rigorous backwork.

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