PART ONE: PREPARE YOURSELF: Your first meeting with a recruiter: facing the best trained salesperson on Earth

Getting the facts together: should I or shouldn't I enlist?

Women in the military

Preparing for the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) Examination

The military entrance processing station (MEPS)

PART TWO: WHAT TO EXPECT AFTER ENLISTMENT: Congratulations! You're enlisted: Staying out of trouble until you're off to basic training

Basic training and beyond

PART THREE: MILITARY BASICS: Military occupations

Benefits

Opportunities in the Guard and the Reserve

Contacts and other useful information

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