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According to the DOD, (2011) the department of defense doesn’t allow any third party anything in association with the military or any of it’s governmental functioning counter parts ala... national guards, reserves, commission corpse, naval reserves , marines reserves etc… DODD rule 8750 insures that all military servicemen must be certified in their prospective fields and be proficient in their MOS field after boot camp and AIT. (DoDD, 2011) To become a soldier one must first visit a local recruiting office; there a person may engage in talks with a recruiter, the recruiter’s main job is to help assess the civilian enquires about their military desires, the recruiter must talk to a recruit and his legal guardian or parents as no one under 18 can’t make decisions for themselves without their parents/ guardians permission. The recruiter then will start the process, one of the recruiter’s first assignments is to get the civilian ASVAB scores from their local high school or if the recruit is from out of town they can be retested on the ASVAB. The ASVAB stands for Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery test and it accesses a recruit’s probability for enlistment, military job placement and career exploration after the military. ASVAB scoring is based on (IRT) Item Response Theory, this model is used because it measures the examinee’s ability to be placed on the same scale as everyone else and each test is tailored to a specific ability level needed when the examinee picks their military job. The IRT model uses the (3pl) in which measures a examinee’s level of ability to respond to a individual item or characteristics, especially those characteristics that represents difficulty, discrimination (How an item discriminates among examinees, and guessing (the ability that a low ability examinee could get a high score just by guessing). (ASVAB, 2011) ASVAB, Continued After the ASVAB scores are computed and the standard score is converted to the ASVAB score scale using the paper and pencil based testing is called equating. Equating insures that all scores have the same meaning regardless of which test the examinee takes. All ASVAB standard scores have a fixed means and standard deviation point; a standard score will indicate the standard deviation as well as the original score whether the score is above or lower the mean scores. The examinee will receive another score as well called the (AFQT) which stands for the Armed Forces Qualification Test. The recruits AFQT scores are based on Arithmetic Reasoning (AR), Mathematics Knowledge (MK), Paragraph Comprehension (PC), and Word Knowledge (WK). AFQT scores are reported on the percentage percentile and that’s (1-99) if a recruit is 18 and takes the test and scores in the 90% that means he/she scored just as well as 90% of all 18 years olds in the nation. After a recruit is given their scores they have a chance to pick their military job or MOS, MOS stands for Military Occupational Specialty this will be the recruits job if they pass all the required military entrance regulations; the military has over 190 career fields and the field an recruit can choose is based on their AFQT and their ASVAB scores. After choosing a job and going to MEPS or Military Entry Personnel Service the recruit will be put through a battery of physical and mental testing, this is done to make sure that the recruit is (1) Physically fit for duty (2) not having any ailments that will hinder their career or disqualify them from entering military service (3) nation wide background test (4) psychological

evaluations (5) drug screens (6)HIV/ AIDS testing as well as any disease testing; all this is done to ensure that the best possible soldiers will be trained to defend our country at a moments notice without out excuses and health problems. (Military.Com, 2011) The beginning phase after a recruit has picked their MOS and passed all examinations giving by MEPS and taken the military oath a recruit may be ready to go to boot camp immediately or in about 12 months after enlisting. When a recruit is sent to basic training there are a few things they’ll need to bring along as they may have to go to their next phase of training and may not be permitted to go to their home state; they’ll need a valid driving license, some civilian clothes, their social security card and no more than $50.00 in cash everything else will be provided to the recruit by the military force of their choice. The initial phase of boot camp or (week 1) consist of recruits getting their teeth cleaned and fixed, haircuts, and taken all necessary shots for foreign travel as well as domestic travel, getting fit for uniforms, shoes, hats and graduation uniforms, after this is done Phase 1 begins which is the beginning of 9 physical and strenuous weeks of training. Some of the general requirements in boot camp are for the recruit to know their general orders, the Army’s heritage and Army’s seven core values. Recruits also will engage in nuclear, chemical and landline defense as well as building their confidence by running between 5-10 miles daily, hiking with full equipment as well as climbing and repelling the confidence tower a 75 foot wall. At the end of every phase a recruit must pass a (PRT) physical readiness test, this test includes doing the assigned number of sit ups and push ups in 2 minutes, as well as meeting the required time in the 2 mile run for the recruits prospective age group. If any recruit fails any part of the (PRT) they’ll be giving more intense exercises to perform this is to increase their stamina, and get them ready for the next phase of Army training as each phase last 3 weeks and get’s more intense until the last phase. Boot Camp Continued, The 2nd phase of boot camps consists of recruits performing tactical foot marches, learning basic rifleman marksmanship, field training exercises and engaging in skills and situational training exercises as well as the confidence obstacle course. Recruits at this point are being drilled daily on the rank &ump; insignia badges as well as their chain of command from their drill instructor to the President of the United States; and they still have to pass (PRT) for phase II and with only 3 weeks left any recruit that fails has to devote their own free time into running and training to pass the final PRT in phase 3.

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