Posted on Dec 12, 2018
Do I have to attend basic training again after being out for 5 years?
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I'm re enlisting after being out 5 years do I have to attend the basic training again my recruiter said I didn't have to?
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I had the same 5-year break in service when I went back in 2014 and didn't have to go back through basic training, nor AIT. The main thing is when you go to MEPS, they'll tell you. Then, you can make your decision if that could be a deal breaker.
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PFC(P) (Join to see)
Awesome thank you ymy wife has been worried about that since we have a 10 month old baby
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SGT Chris Stephens
I was on active duty and in the reserves on the first go around. After the 5-year break, I went into the NG. My first stop was a training unit where Soldiers went to if they were waiting to ship off to basic or high school kids who had done basic and were drilling until they could do AIT in the summer. The prior service people could get their uniforms there. When I told them I still fit into a bunch of my uniforms that I still had, they released me to my gaining unit, and I was drilling with them the next weekend.
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So since I have completed basic and AIT and going back in with the same mos I'll basically just go to meps then report to my unit on drill weekend
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