You're required to serve for how many years you sign for with your contract. The eight years is the Mandatory Service Obligation. If you serve four years, you may be subject to be recalled (if needed) for the four years after your ETS date.
Veteran is a term used for those that have served in the military. Enlisted refers to personnel that are not officers in the military. Once an enlisted man or officer leaves the service, they are veterans.
unless you have prior service, no. the oldest age at which you can enlist is/was 36.
In the United States, you have to be at least 17 to enlist. A 17 year old is required to have parental permission to join. And 18 year old simply has to see the recruiter.
You do not join "bootcamp", you enlist in the US military. Boot camp is a slang term for the initial training that a service member undergoes. To enlist, you must be at least 17 years of age with parental consent. You may enlist at 18. There are also educational requirements to meet to enlist.
ask a recruiting officer
This depends on the country that you live in, whether mandatory HIV testing is required to enlist, and whether a positive result is an exclusion to serving. In some countries this is no in other it is yes.
In all states, parental consent is required before a minor can enlist in the military. How does a parent revoke his/her consent?
With rare exceptions ( called Mustangs or Mavericks) who are raised-up-from the ranks ex NCO types, Officers do not (enlist) They are commissioned, and come from various sources, the Service Academies, R.O.T.C., OCS, and in some cases direct commissions to such specialized roles as Chaplains and Medical Officers- who might walk in ( so to speak) in a commissioned officer"s role- most Doctors are either Captains or Majors, for example. As Lt. Choi was a commissioned officer, well the term Enlist would not apply.
It is COMMON for men to serve their time in one branch and then when their time expires to enlist into another branch of service. It ALL adds up to 20 years of service for pension purposes. However, it often does not allow higher or equivalent rank in the next service...sometimes there is a minor down grade upon entry into the next branch of service. But time DOES go by faster when experiencing different branches of service.
very simple, if you enlist in the marines a year in advance that means you are in the marines and you are doing the Delayed Entry Program, that means that you are required to basic training within that year.
More then likely the MEPS "Military Entrance Processing Station" will deny you to enlist and ask you to get all the medical documents pertaining to this. I would guess it would have to be taken care of "No LONGER HAVE IT" in order to enlist into any branch of service. More then likely the MEPS "Military Entrance Processing Station" will deny you to enlist and ask you to get all the medical documents pertaining to this. I would guess it would have to be taken care of "No LONGER HAVE IT" in order to enlist into any branch of service.
It is possible to enlist, but boot camp will be mandatory.