We found out the weekend before, that he would be going in on Thursday. What that really means is that he reports to the hotel the night before with a bunch of other guys who will be going through MEPS the next day. He checked in and stayed at a hotel by the airport in Salt Lake that the military uses for their MEPS candidates.
Most of the people who go through MEPS are enlisting so they take the ASVAB test while they are there, to determine what area of the military they are suited for but since Scott is going in as an officer they don't use that. They will use AFOQT test that he took years ago in the AFROTC that measures aptitude. (you can only take it twice and the scores never expire) The AFQOT doesn't replace the ASVAB (they already know a lot more about the officer candidates by this time than they do about those enlisting) but it does give the Air Force a good glimpse of Scott's brain and how he thinks. If that doesn't all make sense, ask me and I can try to explain it better!
Most of the people who go through MEPS are enlisting so they take the ASVAB test while they are there, to determine what area of the military they are suited for but since Scott is going in as an officer they don't use that. They will use AFOQT test that he took years ago in the AFROTC that measures aptitude. (you can only take it twice and the scores never expire) The AFQOT doesn't replace the ASVAB (they already know a lot more about the officer candidates by this time than they do about those enlisting) but it does give the Air Force a good glimpse of Scott's brain and how he thinks. If that doesn't all make sense, ask me and I can try to explain it better!
Scott said that MEPS was similar to a VERY comprehensive physical. It also included a drug test, a blood test, hearing test, vision test, depth perception test and a range of motion test and then some.
One thing that I thought was interesting was that their fingerprint is used extensively to help identify them and fingerprint scanners were used to sign in to different tests to ensure that they were the ones completing it.
At the end of the day Hubby was sworn in as Air Force reserves and committed to 8 years with at least 4 years active duty. The fingerprint was also used to sign the papers at the end of the day.
This Air Force application and selection process has been an interesting experience and has given me a kick in the pants to get organized and get all of our paperwork together since it seems they need the most obscure paperwork and forms of ID and they ask for them last minute.
This Air Force application and selection process has been an interesting experience and has given me a kick in the pants to get organized and get all of our paperwork together since it seems they need the most obscure paperwork and forms of ID and they ask for them last minute.
It's a great feeling to have one more things checked off the list and now we are just waiting on a class date for next year! Wahoo! Now on to getting the house ready to sell!
And of course don't lock your keys in your car when your wife can't drive up to bring you a spare set because she just had a painful root canal the day before.....
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