PFC Private RallyPoint Member 2019706 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I was told I&#39;d have to go to MEPS, what would I be doing there? Signing a new contract? 2016-10-28T09:23:17-04:00 PFC Private RallyPoint Member 2019706

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I was told I&#39;d have to go to MEPS, what would I be doing there? Signing a new contract?

2016-10-28T09:23:17-04:00 2016-10-28T09:23:17-04:00 PO1 Private RallyPoint Member 2019729

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>#1 Did you ask, who ever told you, as to why you need to go to MEPS? If you did, what answer were you given?<br /><br />This is all speculation and I can&#39;t be 100% on this but: <br />*It maybe because you have to swear in again (since you&#39;re going Active), <br />*You have to re-sign your paperwork/contract <br />*There&#39;s an opportunity for you somewhere else. <br /><br />You don&#39;t always get 100% of the information until you&#39;re at MEPS. I wanted to be an MC (Mass Communication Specialist) or a HM (Corpsman) but I wasn&#39;t told that I couldn&#39;t be one, just that it was overmanned. When I got to MEPS, they told me that there&#39;s no way to get in so I had to choose another rate. <br /><br />Don&#39;t fret. Just go with it and if there&#39;s an issue, you&#39;ll be in the best spot to get something figured out.

2016-10-28T09:29:13-04:00 2016-10-28T09:29:13-04:00 PFC Private RallyPoint Member 2019767

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>My buddy just did the same thing he had to go to recruiters office, that way they can transfer paperwork back and forth then eventually went to meps to get a whole new contract and duty station

2016-10-28T09:39:47-04:00 2016-10-28T09:39:47-04:00 MSG Private RallyPoint Member 2019777

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>You are going to to go thru the whole process all over again.

2016-10-28T09:41:51-04:00 2016-10-28T09:41:51-04:00 PFC Ronald Maddox 2020236

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>You&#39;re going to sign new paperwork and retake the oath. I don&#39;t think I redid the physical but it was a decade ago

2016-10-28T12:04:44-04:00 2016-10-28T12:04:44-04:00 SFC Private RallyPoint Member 2020289

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>YES all &quot;prior service &quot; must go thru MEPS.

2016-10-28T12:27:08-04:00 2016-10-28T12:27:08-04:00 SFC Joseph Weber 2020347

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>In my day you had to go to the MEPS for height and weight and blood pressure. Usually that was Guard to active.

2016-10-28T12:48:41-04:00 2016-10-28T12:48:41-04:00 SPC Erich Guenther 2020646

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>The mission of MEPS and MEPCOM as a DoD agency, is to ensure you meet the enlistment requirements of the branch your attempting to enter or stay within (they are used for IRR Musters as well). Their primary mission is to ensure you meet the enlistment and retention requirements of the primary branch (set by DoD) you are attempting to stay within or enter.<br /><br />BTW, are you sure you didn&#39;t mean National Guard to Active Duty because your profile says your NG already?

2016-10-28T14:30:20-04:00 2016-10-28T14:30:20-04:00 PFC Private RallyPoint Member 2020741

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Meant National Guard to Active Duty

2016-10-28T15:03:07-04:00 2016-10-28T15:03:07-04:00 SFC Private RallyPoint Member 2027088

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>oh and a COMPLETE Physical

2016-10-31T08:22:56-04:00 2016-10-31T08:22:56-04:00 SSgt Boyd Herrst 3570435

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I. Explained how I had joined Ready AF Reserve when I turned 17... I went through BMS, and while there took a bypass on the Cook SKT for 3 level. After that I worked on and wdid my spec. Knowledge tests for 5 level in short time.. well as many as I could pull off in short time.. and the EoC test. I had also earned A1C(E-3)’via the AFJROTC, Upon reporting to my Unit I got assigned cooking duties instead of being a glorified kp... just doing a lot of pot scrubbing and getting shoved into the <br />Clipper on the dish machine and just wiorkinv on the serving line and cleaning up after..It was great talking part in the actual production of the sustenance. The almost year since I first joined went fast.. I got In a plethora of drills .. (extras included. The more I got to do, the better I could perfect my learning curve in the Reserve. I got offered an opportunity to go Active AF and I accepted. A lot of time requirements were waived; time in service, time in grade, time in completed skill level.. (6 mo.).. I needed a few more months.. how to do that(?). Hmm .. They send me TDY to another Resrve Unit in N.J. operating out of McGuire.. Arrangements made with 60Th ABGP to live in their Bks while there.. a few months later when my time I skill level and grade and service increased.. I Got handed over <br />To the Regular AF.. I got watched like a hawk watched it’s prospective prey.. no eating poppyseeded rolls, certain other foods whose natural chemicals could trigger a false positive in the drug tests.. <br />I didn’t go to an actual MEPS.. just a speedy Physical.. they skipped the hearing test, eye tests .. then back to McGuire from fort Dix.. why i went there <br />Seemed more of a Show of impartiality.<br />I went back to McGuire, freshened up.. shower, clean uniform .. and report to sign my release from Reserve and sign the new paperwork to be an Active duty Airman 1st Class.. and again sworn in to the Active Air Air Force. Which took place at Base headquarters by the Wing Cmdr. My former Cmdr from my Reserve Unit at Selfridge was present, as were my Temporary Reserve Cmdr there in New Jersey. I didn’t think there’d be such a big to-do over someone changing from Reserve to Active Duty.. just sign the paperwork and be relieved, handed over Resign and sworn in again.. I get back to my old/new duty section at the Airmen’s <br />Dining Hall and they got a cake and some ice cream table... seriously? Yes it was nice.. The Food Service Superintendent made a short speech(my fave.. drawn out speeches make me sleepy.. even good ones).. We all had some sweet stuff and it was all over.. I didn’t see the Airman with a rack go by the back exit door.... “How does it feel to be an Active duty Airman, A1C Herrst?” “It feels good so far... I’ll let you know more later when it sinks in a little more. .. May I be relieved here? I need to talk to the Lt. H____ about s’thing<br />Then go to bks snd get changed.” I went and conversed with her and sign some more papers .. I then went and got changed .. that’s when I entered my room <br />Saw a new namecard: B.T. Herrst<br /> A1C. <br /> Food Svcs<br /> 60TH ABGP<br />My other card saying I was TDY to the <br />Reserve and attached to 60th Food Svcs. <br />Was laying on my desk and 6 new Cook shirts with E’thing required sewn on were on my rack waiting for me.. oh good I get to iron these ... these already looked good!... so I opened the locker and took my other shirts off and hung the new ones.. I would get some new command patches and take the others off .. go see my friends at the para shop and ask<br />them to sew the new patches on.. I still had the trousers I brought and the ones <br />The new unit gave me. So that gave me a dozen uniforms .. Can’t ever have too many Cook outfits.. well maybe.. <br />I also managed to appropriate a few. food service thermometers.. to properly check temperatures.. So the next day I would start my shift as an Active Duty Airman(1st Class). I was assigned at that <br />Time as a 2d Cook on the shift :<br /><br />Supervision is received from a Senior Cook and the incumbent may have supervisory responsibilities over Junior Cooks and Service Workers. The CooK 2<br />Is responsible for thosc items assigned as<br />Starches and Vegs .. and related kitchen duties. Timely on /off times so assigned food is fresh and not over cooked . Multi-tasking is a must !.. I had worked as 1st Cook and that’s make sure the entree items are ready fresh cooked and not over cooked.. Time is a prime subject.. <br />Multi-tasking , not only his own position but Also those personnel assigned to him by his immediate supervisor.. (2d and 3d, 4th and on)... it seems most everywhere we go there can be animosity over seniority issues; .... There were other Airmen that had more time than I did in the Reserves and Active duty.. I was a fast burner and caught on things fast.. and being OJT’d by a professional Chef(my Aunt) before I entered the military I became quite proficient.. and brought those skills with me.. in the AF (Reserve &amp; Active ) a lot of preparation short-cuts are/were taken.. I watched the timing of the meal and learned by observation when to get more product panned and steaming.. and Not have much leftovers.. it drove my fellow cooks <br />Crazy how I played it so close so we had very little left..

2018-04-23T16:26:46-04:00 2018-04-23T16:26:46-04:00 PV2 Private RallyPoint Member 3607908

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Yes. Depending on how helpful your recruiter is, you could avoid the entire meps process. My recruiter for transferring to active from the NG did all paperwork pertaining to the meps stuff prior to going and all I had to do is sign my contract.

2018-05-07T14:54:59-04:00 2018-05-07T14:54:59-04:00 2016-10-28T09:23:17-04:00