Military Enlistment Processing Command(MEPC) is insane.

Gunnie Ed · 12-13-2005, 02:54 PM

I've had to go up to albany three times now, each !!!!ing time they found something new to disqualify me!

I wanted this to be my second to last trip up there, just a weighing, a talk to the doctor that my braces are gone and Gingivitis is cleared up, but HE WANTED DOCUMENTATION OF BOTH!

and people wonder why the Army can't fill it's recruitment quotas!

i went back downstairs to the Guard Liason office, the liason guy called the recruiter, who called my Mom, who called my orthodontist who then faxed the nessisary document to the liason office. which i took back upstairs and gave to the doctor, who then said, "great, where does it say anything about Gingivitis?"

"You..You need documentation to tell that i don't have Gingivitis? Can't you just look at my gums?"

"No."

They wouldn't even send me to the guy who diagnosed me with gingivitis in the first place. and then, near the end of this episode, the good doctor dissapeared so i couldn't deliver the nessisary documentation even if i managed to obtain it.

so then SSG. Casey drove up with SGT. Leichlighter, the recruiters for my area, and started calling dentists in Albany to find someone who would see me, ready to pay out of his own pocket, but nobody would. then he realised that he forgot the cord to his labtop in his office, and his battery was dead.
so he couldn't set me up to go back tomorrow.

so that was a full two days waisted, and the government threw away another $300 to put me up at that nice hotel.

This isn't over, though. Tomorrow, at 8:00, i go to see a dentist, who will then fax the nessisary documentation straight up to the Guard Liason office at MEPS.

next time i go up there, it'll be straight up to MEPS, no hotel sleep over for me. I'm going there, and not even the hand of Almighty Yahweh himself can keep me from taking that oath of enlistment.

BattleRifleG3 · 12-13-2005, 02:57 PM

Heck, then forget me and my kidney reflux, and Gungeek with his stone history.

Guess the army will get smaller and the well regulated (skilled) militia will get bigger.

Stopper · 12-13-2005, 03:47 PM

Welcome to the Army - think your having headaches now, he, he, he, he. HURRY UP AND WAIT TROOP! thats your next new job. Your gonna wear yourself out before you even get in. Learn ALOT of patience, learn how to entertain yourself without being undecent in public and learn how to take stupid orders and you'll get along fine.

Copper · 12-13-2005, 03:55 PM

Ahhhhhh, the joys of going to MEPS. Patience young grasshopper, once you get to basic, you'll wish things would slow down!

Outriderdark · 12-13-2005, 04:06 PM

I was talking to a recruiter yesterday, they said dental suff really isn't a problem unless your teeth are hanging outta your gums (I need a little dental work and I asked if it would keep me out) Guess he was yankin' me.

Outriderdark · 12-13-2005, 04:17 PM

Buddy of mine went into the Navy in July. When he went to basic, he stood (and sat) in various lines for 36 hours. No break, no bed.

ash · 12-13-2005, 04:46 PM

If I can make it through any one can!

troy2000 · 12-13-2005, 04:58 PM

Things have changed. Way back when, I guarantee the problem wasn't getting them to take you. The problem was if you didn't want to go...

lefty o · 12-13-2005, 11:01 PM

get used to it, as mentioned before- Hurry up and wait is the status quo in the military.

Copper · 12-16-2005, 10:35 AM

Do you know what your MOS is going to be yet?

12-13-2005, 02:54 PM	#1
Gunnie Ed Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: three clicks left of center. Posts: 808	Military Enlistment Processing Command(MEPC) is insane. I've had to go up to albany three times now, each !!!!ing time they found something new to disqualify me! I wanted this to be my second to last trip up there, just a weighing, a talk to the doctor that my braces are gone and Gingivitis is cleared up, but HE WANTED DOCUMENTATION OF BOTH! and people wonder why the Army can't fill it's recruitment quotas! i went back downstairs to the Guard Liason office, the liason guy called the recruiter, who called my Mom, who called my orthodontist who then faxed the nessisary document to the liason office. which i took back upstairs and gave to the doctor, who then said, "great, where does it say anything about Gingivitis?" "You..You need documentation to tell that i don't have Gingivitis? Can't you just look at my gums?" "No." They wouldn't even send me to the guy who diagnosed me with gingivitis in the first place. and then, near the end of this episode, the good doctor dissapeared so i couldn't deliver the nessisary documentation even if i managed to obtain it. so then SSG. Casey drove up with SGT. Leichlighter, the recruiters for my area, and started calling dentists in Albany to find someone who would see me, ready to pay out of his own pocket, but nobody would. then he realised that he forgot the cord to his labtop in his office, and his battery was dead. so he couldn't set me up to go back tomorrow. so that was a full two days waisted, and the government threw away another $300 to put me up at that nice hotel. This isn't over, though. Tomorrow, at 8:00, i go to see a dentist, who will then fax the nessisary documentation straight up to the Guard Liason office at MEPS. next time i go up there, it'll be straight up to MEPS, no hotel sleep over for me. I'm going there, and not even the hand of Almighty Yahweh himself can keep me from taking that oath of enlistment. __________________ http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y95.../warinmine.gif

12-13-2005, 02:57 PM	#2
BattleRifleG3 Super Moderator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Western PA Posts: 11,401 Images: 13	Heck, then forget me and my kidney reflux, and Gungeek with his stone history. Guess the army will get smaller and the well regulated (skilled) militia will get bigger. __________________ Trust is earned, not... GIVEN away. - Worf

12-13-2005, 03:47 PM	#3
Stopper Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Kansass Posts: 2,211 Images: 1	Welcome to the Army - think your having headaches now, he, he, he, he. HURRY UP AND WAIT TROOP! thats your next new job. Your gonna wear yourself out before you even get in. Learn ALOT of patience, learn how to entertain yourself without being undecent in public and learn how to take stupid orders and you'll get along fine. __________________ They should have stopped at "Congress shall make no law"

12-13-2005, 04:06 PM	#5
Outriderdark Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: New Jersey, USA Posts: 1,125	I was talking to a recruiter yesterday, they said dental suff really isn't a problem unless your teeth are hanging outta your gums (I need a little dental work and I asked if it would keep me out) Guess he was yankin' me. __________________ "Would it make you feel better, little girl, if they was thrown outta windows?"-Archie Bunker

12-13-2005, 04:17 PM	#6
Outriderdark Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: New Jersey, USA Posts: 1,125	Buddy of mine went into the Navy in July. When he went to basic, he stood (and sat) in various lines for 36 hours. No break, no bed. __________________ "Would it make you feel better, little girl, if they was thrown outta windows?"-Archie Bunker

12-13-2005, 03:55 PM	#4
Copper Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Southern "Mizzeruh" Posts: 246	Ahhhhhh, the joys of going to MEPS. Patience young grasshopper, once you get to basic, you'll wish things would slow down!

12-13-2005, 04:46 PM	#7
ash Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Maryland Posts: 934 Images: 3	If I can make it through any one can!

12-13-2005, 04:58 PM	#8
troy2000 Resident Armed Liberal Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Southern California Posts: 9,459 Images: 9	Things have changed. Way back when, I guarantee the problem wasn't getting them to take you. The problem was if you didn't want to go...

12-13-2005, 11:01 PM	#9
lefty o Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: mn Posts: 4,806	get used to it, as mentioned before- Hurry up and wait is the status quo in the military.

12-16-2005, 10:35 AM	#10
Copper Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Southern "Mizzeruh" Posts: 246	Do you know what your MOS is going to be yet?