Zuva Rangu kuInstallpolis MEPS munaOctober 2003
Mushure mokunge muchengeti wako aisaona ma-pre-screens iwe muhofisi yake uye uchisarudza kuti iwe uri mubatidzi wepamutemo weHondo reUnited States, iye achakutumira kune MEPS, kana kuti Military Entry Processing Station . (Sezvaunenge uchida kudzidza, zvinhu zvose muuto ndezvinyorwa). Sezvo muchengeti wako angangokuudza, MEPS inzvimbo yakaipa, inotyisa apo munhu wese ari kunze kuti akuregerere iwe kubatana nebasa.
Izvi hazvirevi kuti ndezvechokwadi! (Verenga pamusoro, vechidiki vape, verenga).
Kuwana Iko Chikamu Chinofadza
Kana uri kuenda kuMEPS kuti uite mukati mavo kwekutanga, zvinowanzova ruzivo rwemazuva maviri. Munhu wako muchengeti achaita kuti iwe uuye kuhofisi yake pazuva rimwe. Iye achazadza mapepa ose akasiyiwa uye achitarisira kuva nechokwadi chokuti akakurondedzera pane zvose zvichauya. Kana asingadaro, iwe unenge waverenga peji ino uye ukazvichengetedza urombo hwakanyanya. Zvadaro, anogona kukuendesa kune imwe nzvimbo yeMEPS kana kukuisa pavhareta inokutora ikoko. Ndinoyeuka paakauya nguva yokuti ini ndive pavhavha iyoyo; muchengeti wangu akanga akaita seamai vachitarisa mwana wake oga aenda. Sezvo ndakanga ndichikwira kuvha, akaramba achidanidzira mazwi ekukurudzira uye akandiyeuchidza kuti ndisashandure chero mhinduro dzataitaura pamusoro payo muhofisi yake (kuti ndisazvitsigira kana kuti ndirege kunonoka). Uye sezvo van vanodhonza, ndinofunga kuti ndave ndatoona misodzi muziso raScgg Daugherty raidiwa.
Akanga aita zvose zvaaigona kuita; zvaiva zvino kwandiri kuti ndiite kuti azvirumbidze.
Rwendo rwokuvhara kuenda kuMEPS rwakanga rwakafadza. Ndini ndoga mukadzi, pakati pevarume gumi. Ikoko kwakanga kune imwe imwe Air Force, imwe Marine, imwe Navy, uye 6 Army. Vakomana vechiuto vakanga vatumira. PaMEPS, nhamba yakawanda yevakatora ichava "vatengesi." Izvi zvinoreva, zviri nyore, iyi ndiro zuva ravanotumira kuChechi yeKutevedza kwebazi ravo rebasa.
Vamwe varume vakanga vachiita zvinhu zvakadai sokuenda kubva kuGurisi kuenda kune Active Duty uye chii. Nokuti "vatengi" havana chavanoita pazuva rimwe chete, vakadonhedzwa pahotera, pamwe chete nevamwe vakomana vakanga vasina chavanoita, uye ipapo mutyairi wevhavha akaenda neni kuMEPS.
Kusvika paMEPS
Mutyairi anofambisa akafamba neni kuenda kuMukuru Control Desk (iyo muchengeti wangu aizodai aita kana akanditora) uye akazoenda. Paunopinda muchivako cheMEPS pane mitemo miviri inokosha zvikuru.
- Usapfeka chinhu pamusoro wako. Bvisa hovha yako, magirazi ezuva, uye / kana headphones.
- Usaisa tsoka dzako pamusoro pechigaro. Ndinoziva, wakaneta uye iwe unoda kusununguka, uye zvichida iwe "wakanganwa." Usaita! Iwe uchazvionga iwe gare gare.
Pamusoro pemitemo iyi miviri, ingoshandisa kushandisa pfungwa. Icho chivako chezvematongerwo enyika. Usatakura zvombo chero chipi zvacho (zvinosanganisira chikwata chehomwe), usashandise mutauro unonyadzisa (iwe hausi paMarine boot camp iye zvino), uye chaizvoizvo usashungurudza shamwari dzako dzevakadzi (kana zvinopesana). Paiva nevakadzi vatatu (vose) avo "vakagadziridzwa" neni paMEPS, vachienzaniswa nevarume vanenge makumi mana. Ndakanga ndisinganyatsonzwisisi apo mumwe mudiki, punk ane makore 17, Marine-tariro yakandiudza kuti varume ava vose vaitaura sei kuti ndaive "f ***." Kana mumwe munhu anokosha anonzwa uchinge uchikwevera rudzi urwu rwekuputika, ruzivo runoita kuburikidza nehumwe hutano hweMEPS.
Havana kubvumira zvinhu izvi zvishoma. Lucky for Boy boy, handina kuudza zvakakwirira. Ndakaita, zvisinei, ndinomuda mukana wekutakura musasa.
The Main Control Desk
The Main Control Desk (Ndinonzwa kuti izvi zvinofanira kunge iri zita rakakodzera, uye naizvozvo rakatorwa) ndiko kwandakawana kutamba kwangu kwekutanga kweMEPS . Chinhu changu chekutanga chakakosha kwauri hachisi kukanganisa vanhu vakanaka pane dawati. Paiva nechecheche mukadzi wechidiki (Navy), uye akanga asina ushamwari zvikuru sezvo akakumbira pakiti yehuwandu huwandu hunotumirwa neni pamwe chete neni. Akatora zvaaida kubva pa packet ndokudzorera kwandiri.
"Iwe unoda kushandisa chivakwa here?" iye akabvunza.
Kunyange kana vasingakupi kuti varege, iwe enda, Enda! Iwe uri kuda kutora muedzo wakareba, unokosha, saka ita iwe unofadza uye ubvunze kana iwe ungaenda. Ndakaita saizvozvo, uye pandakadzokera kuDhipatimendi reDhinda, Miss Congeniality yakandiendesa pasi muimba kuimba yekuedza.
The ASVAB
Paunoona chiratidzo chinoti, "bvisa mafoni ose uye vahedheni," zviitire iwe nyasha uye uzvigadzire. "Kunyarara" hazvirevi. Ingo zviita; murume uyu mukati memusuo achakufarira iwe zviri nani. Kana uchinge uri mukati memusuo, iwe ucharayirirwa kuisa pasi rako rekwaka, uye iye achakuratidza kombiyuta. Apa ndipo paunotora ASVAB - Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery . Uyu muedzo unenge wakafanana neSAT, kunze kwekuti unobatanidza zvimwe zvinhu zvakadai semagetsi uye kugadzirisa motokari. Ndinofunga kuti iwe unogona kudzidza zvinhu izvi, asi zvino unogona kuguma mumunda webasa usingazivi zvachose pamusoro. Saka, kunze kwekuti uri mudivi wakakwana, usafunganya nezvekudzidza kweAVAB. Ini pachedu ndinoziva zvishomanana nezvekugadzirisa motokari uye kunyange zvishoma nezvekugadzira magetsi, uye ini ndichiri ne 91 ye 99, iyo inonzi inoratidzika. Hanzvadzi yangu - ndiani angave asina kumbobvira atarisa mafuta ake - ane 94, uye ane makore gumi nemashanu chete. Kune rumwe rutivi, kana iwe uchiziva kushambidza imba uye kuchinja kutengesa, asi wakakundikana kuchikoro chesekondari Algebra, iwe unogona kunge uchiita zvakanaka, zvakare. Paunoshayiwa mune imwe nzvimbo, unogona kuita mune imwe. Sezvandakati, usafunganya!
Chinhu chimwe chete chamunofanira kutanga kuita pakarepo ndechokuteerera mazano aunopiwa. Kwete kungo pamiedzo iyi, asi kubva kuvanhu vane mutoro. Sergeant uyo anotungamirira muedzo angangokupa mazano akajeka pamusoro pezvaunofanira kuita kana uchida rubatsiro. Teerera!
Pakupera kweZuva
Patainge tazoita, Miss Congeniality (wekutanga Petty Officer kubva paDhipatimendi Rokudzivirira) akatibata pamusoro uye akatiisa pachivharo. Zvakanaka, zvichida kwete chaizvo. Akatidzidzisa pamusoro pezvaizoitika kana tikabatwa tichimwa tichigara muhotera uye vakatiudza kuti tisava panhamo. (Iyoyo ndiyo nzira yakanaka, inofanirwa kuitaura). Kana uchinge uri pavharavha kuhotera, iwe uri kunze kwevanhu veMEPS. Kusunungura! Ita shamwari. Taura nevanhu vakakupoteredza, uye iwe unenge uine mumwe munhu kugara naye pakudya.
Paunosvika kuhotera, taudza vanhu vari pamberi pedhesiki kuti iwe uri mauto, uye ivo vachakutumira kwaunoda kuenda. Iwe uchaisa pepa achiti iwe haungabvaruri imba, tenga kudya kwemanheru, uye uwane kamuri yako. Iwe uchave uine waunogara naye. Kana ukapinda mukamuri uye iwe uri woga, tarisira kuuya muimba mushure mekudya kwemanheru uye uvawane ikoko. Fara nguva ino. Iwe unogona kusamboona munhu uyu zvakare, asi kana vari kutumira, iva nechokwadi chokuti unovafarira rombo. Vangangodaro vanotya kunze kwepfungwa dzavo, uye vanoda chikurudziro chavanogona kuwana.
Enda uzvigadzirire kudya kwemanheru, unakidzwe nekambani yeavo vakakupoteredza, uye uwane kurara. Vako 4:30 mangwanani kumuka-foni ichauya kare kare. Uyewo, yeuka kuti kana iwe ukatora nzvimbo ipi zvayo, iwe unofanirwa kubhadhara. MEPS inongotora tab yekamuri, kwete foni uye mafirimu.
Zuva # 2
Pazuva rechipiri, unofanirwa kuva wakagadzirira kuvhara kudzoka kuMEPS pasina nguva ye5: 00 mangwanani. Vachatora pa5, kana pasina nguva. (Izvi zvinogona kusiyana nechepamusoro peMEPS. Unofanira kunge wakanga uchiteerera pamberi kuti uwane!) Usatarisira kumhanya-mhanya, ita chevha yako. Ndiyo pfungwa yakanaka kuenda kunzvimbo dzepamusoro uye kunotora kudya kwekudya pamusi wekushambidzika wekondinendi iyo hotera inopa nokuti kudya kwemasikati hakuna kusvika 11:30 kana zvakadaro. Zuva refu kana iwe uine nzara!
Kana ukangosvika kuMEPS pazuva repiri, ivo vachava vashamwari vashoma kudarika vekutanga. Vachasangana nemunhu wese mumunzvimbo inopinda, vachikukakavara pamusoro pokupinda muchivako, uye ipapo-single-file, munhu wose achafamba nepakati pezvigadzirwa zvesimbi. Nyarara. Kunyangwe iwe uchiziva tsika uye iwe wakambovapo pano, nyarara. Iwe hausi kuda kukanganisa imwe Marine Sergeant pa5 am Izvo hazvina kukodzera! Zvichida akanga achitaura kuti anotityisa isu, asi zviri pachena zuva randakanga ndiripo, akadzinga vatatu kubva kunze, uye vaizofanira kumirira mwedzi mitanhatu kuti vaende nekuda kwekuita kwavo.
The Liaison
Icho chichave chiri chekutanga kutarisana nebazi rako rebasa paMEPS. Iwe uchatarisa ne yese yebazi rauri kupinda. Sgt Heronimus akandiongorora (Ini ndiri Air Force). Iwe unyorera pepa kadiki, tora kamitaji kaduku, uye kana murume wacho akazonaka se "Hero," ivo vachakupa rukudzo ruduku pamberi penyama, kuti uone kuti hauna kukangamwa chero chinhu.
"Wamboita zvinodhaka here?"
"Aihwa."
"Akamborwara here?"
"Aihwa."
"Iwe uri gonna 'shandura chero mhinduro dzako kune chiremba here?"
"Aihwa."
"Inoshamisa."
Sezvaunogona kuona, varume ava vari parutivi rwako! Uyezve, chero humwe hukama huri neKudenga kwaMudd "Anondivenga" pane kombiyuta yavo playlist inofanira kuva yakanaka.
The Physical
Kuongorora kwepanyama kunokosha zvakadai seAVVAB. Kana iwe usingapfuuri izvi, haugone kupinda. Iye zvino, izvi hazvirevi kuti pane kusakatika kwemamwe zvirwere, asi yeuka kuti izvi zvakakosha zvakadini . Mhinduro dzako dzinofanira kunge dzakajeka "hongu" uye "kwete" mhinduro. Mhinduro yakafanana, "zvakanaka, regai ndifunge ..." kana kuti "mutsa" zvinoreva "hongu." Iva nechokwadi chokuti hauna kuita chero mishonga mumazuva makumi maviri ekupedzisira nekuti hausi kukodzera nguva yako yekuenda ikoko kana iwe uine. Ndiko kuongorora kwakanyatsonaka mumuviri waunenge watora muupenyu hwako hwose. Hatisi kutaura nezvechikoro chesekondari mutambi wenyama, pano.
Mudzimai anomhanya muwonesi akanga asiri akanaka chaizvo. Haafaniri kunge ari. Iye achaedza kukutyisidzira iwe kuisa chimwe chinhu chiduku nekukuudza pamusoro pemari ye $ 10 000 kana nguva mujeri, asi chaizvoizvo, haasi iye anotya sezvo muchengeti wangu akadaro angave ari. Yeuka kuti chero chinhu chipi zvacho chaunopindura "hongu" kuti chizodikanwa zvinyorwa zvezvechiremba, uye zvinonoka kushanda. Iwe unofanirwa kuzviziva izvi mberi, uye chero magwaro ezvokurapa anofanira kunge akapihwa kune muchengeti wako mberi. Kumirira kusvikira MEPS inofamba kuita izvi hazvina kunaka. Zviri kungoita kuti urege kukwaniswa kusvikira magwaro ezvokurapa awanikwe uye aongororwa.
Vachaedza kutinzwa kwako, maonero, kunzwisisa kwakadzika, uye kutora ropa. Iwe uchafanirwawo kupa urini nomumwe munhu achikutarisa. Hongu, izvi zvinoreva kuti iwe uchaona pamberi peumwe munhu. Vakomana vakati munhu wavo akanga ari kutarisa, asi isu isu vasikana, mukadzi uyu akamira ipapo akatarisana nesu, asi akatarisa pamusoro pedu. Iwe uchave nekushanyira kwenguva pfupi neumwe wechiremba, uyo achakuongorora iwe uye anokubvunzawo kana iwe wakamboita mishonga kana chero zvakadaro.
Chikamu chekupedzisira chepanyama chiri mumasvondo enyu. Iva nechokwadi chekuti unopfeka zvipfeko zvishomanana, vasikana! Kana iwe ukapfeka thong, iwe unofanira kuenda kune wako unobatana uye unokumbira vaviri. Vachakupa chimwe chinhu chitsva chekunamatira kana iwe ukaita-granny panties! Mushure mokunge munhu wose avhara pasi, achakuyera, chengetedza urefu hwako, uye tarisa pamabhedhi mutsoka dzako. Uyezve mumwe chiremba achauya uye achakuona iwe uchiita maitiro akasiyana-siyana semakumbo emakumbo, kufamba kwebhino, nekufamba pamakumbo. Handizivi chaizvoizvo zvinoitika kuvakomana - ndinofungidzira kuti "shandura musoro wako uye chifukidziro." Vasikana vacho vanoenda kamwe kamwe pane imwe nzvimbo duku yekuongorora pamwe nachiremba uye mukadzi weCO (Wisina Kambomira Mukuru). Chiremba achakupa chidimbu chepfupa chekuongorora, chengetedza kufema kwako, unzwe lymph nodes yako, uye uite kuti iwe uise tsoka dzako mumakumbo. Anokutarira muchidimbu kwauri pasi. Hazvisi zvakaipa zvachose.
Kana iwe ukapfuura zvose, iwe wose waitwa! Air Force inodawo kuti iwe usimudze zvigadziko kuti uone kuti iwe uri nesimba sei. Hazvisi zvakaoma, asi edza kusaita kuti vakukurumidze! Iye zvino, imi mose maitwa, uye iwe unogona kutora mapepa ako epanyama kuMukuru WeDhipatimendi. Kana iwe usati wawana kuti yako ASVAB chikwata chii , vabvunze iko zvino. Vachava nazvo pamberi pavo.
Job Counseling
Iwe uchadzoka zvakare kumubatanidzwa kuti uvazivise kuti iwe wakapfuurira kuongorora kwepanyama, uye vanogona kuenda mberi uye mazano emabasa iwe ipapo. Izvo chaizvoizvo zvakaitika kuti ini ndoga munhu aikwanisa kupinda muHome Air zuva iroro, saka ndakanga ndine nguva yakawanda yekuona mabasa . Edza kuwana pfungwa yemabasa ose usati waenda kuMEPS. Kana uchinge watowana zvaunokwanisa, haufaniri kubvunza mibvunzo yakawanda. Iwe unogona kupedza nguva yakawanda uchisarudza mabasa aunofarira zvakanyanya, uye unoaisa pane zvaunoda. Zvinogona kunge zvakaita nguva yakakurumidza, asi usasarudza chero basa rausingadi kuita. Zvinokwanisika kuti vakwanise kunyora chero zvamunofarira. Kune rumwe rutivi, tanga wakazaruka kune zvitsva zvitsva. Ndakanga ndisati ndambofungidzira ini ndiri chikamu cheEOD - Explosive Ordnance Disposal (kubhururuka mabhomba asina kurira panguva yokutanga), asi ini ndakatanga kubatanidzwa mubasa iroro. Ndingadai ndakave nemufaro mukuru nebasa iroro remabasa, uye ndakanga ndisina kumboziva kuti raivepo! Ichi ndicho chikonzero iwe unofanirwa kuva nemaitiro emabasa akawanda mupfungwa usati waenda. (Sezvakazoitika, ndakapfuura muedzo wokuwedzera ( Wekudzivirira Mutauro Aptitude Battery ) iyo yandakatora kuti ndive mutauro , saka pavakakumbira, vakandibhadhara basa idzva zuva raitevera. Ndakanga ndaida basa remutauro kunyanya. )
Vachakutumira masikati, uye vane tariro, kana wapedza, vakagadzira basa rako rerota! Kana zvisina kudaro, usafunganya. Iwe uchaiswa pa Q & W (yakakodzera uye yakamirira) urongwa kusvikira basa rako razaruka. Mushure mokunge mawana kana basa renyu rakagadzirwa kana kuti kwete, iwe uchave uri munzira yako neyekuchera, kana kumirira pavharavha.
Kumirira pamugumo
Kana imwe zuva rapera, uye iwe hauna chaunofanira kuita, iwe unenge wakaneta zvikuru. Iwe haubvumirwi kurara paMEPS. Iwe hausi iwe unofunga kuti iwe ungadai wakarara panotangira usiku huno? Ndaifanira kugara kwezuva rechitatu kuitira kuti nditore DLAB (Defence Language Language Aptitude Battery) pabasa remutauro. Ndaifanira kumirira zuva rose kuti ndiwane chirongwa chakapedza maawa maviri. Ndinokupikirai, kunyange mushure memaawa masere eusiku usiku, ndaida kurara zvikuru. Asi iyi ndiyo pandakaona kuti MEPS haisi inotyisa sezvakaita Sgt Daugherty, muchengeti wangu, akati ichange iri.
Ndakatora utsi hwemafisi neVa Naval Petty Officers, ndakapura mapepa eAir Force Force Sergeants uye ndaipoteredza neArmed Sergeant paDare Desk. Nokuti ndakavaratidza ruremekedzo uye nditevera mazano, ivo vaiva noushamwari kwandiri. Muzvokwadi, MSgt Eakins, mukomana mukuru-honcho-USAF-mutauro akandibhadhara Coke uye bar ya Snicker yekuvabatsira! Iwe uchacherechedza kuti mapurisa ari kurutivi rwako. Achifunga kuti hausi wep punk, vanofara kuti wakasarudza kujoina Air Force (kana kuti bazi rako rakasiyana), uye vanokoshesa rubatsiro rwako kana iwe usingaiti chero chimwe chinhu.
Saka, vechidiki vanotora , varemekedze, vateerere mazano, usaisa tsoka dzako pamusoro pechigaro, usarara, kupa mhinduro dzakasimba panguva yako yepanyama, gadzirira, uye MEPS ichava yakanaka kwauri. Hazvifaniri kunge zvinotyisa sezvakataurwa nomukuru wako! Panguva yandakaenda, ndakanga ndisisiri "hey, iwe," ndaive "Ms. Elmore". Zvinogona kuitika kwauri, zvakare! Rombo rakanaka.