My MEPS experience | Navy Officer Candidate

What it was like going through the Military Entrance Processing Station (MEPS) as a female Officer Candidate.

[@phefft]

Your channel is such a blessing to me!!!

[@Mollyloveblue]

Thank you! Happy to help :)

[@TheDoctorJC]

You have a great memory. Thanks for posting this!

[@Mollyloveblue]

No problem, happy to help!

[@elginavila1843]

Thank you for sharing your experience!

[@Mollyloveblue]

My pleasure!

[@BrookeVillanyiMusic]

This is really really helpful thank you

[@Mollyloveblue]

Happy to help!

[@GnarlsBarkley123]

Good luck! In prior enlisted and starting my package now.

[@Mollyloveblue]

Get it!!!

[@feliciarivera4297]

How's it going?

[@GnarlsBarkley123]

Fe Rivera horribly. Recruiter just told me there are no active duty quotas for my job. Looking at Navy reserves in hopes of getting activated, Coast Guard and Air Force. Typical Navy with their foot dragging asses lol. I hope all is well with you.

[@That0neblackchick]

Thank you!

[@Mollyloveblue]

No problem!

[@johcmit]

Great video. Keep it up!

[@Mollyloveblue]

Thanks, I put up a new one yesterday!

[@johcmit]

Mollyloveblue the OCS checklist. Great video

[@Mollyloveblue]

@@johcmit glad you liked it!

[@desy2442]

Your memory is superb

[@kaylabryant4862]

I go to meps as an officer candidate June 1st, this is so helpful!

[@KhoaNguyen.08]

@Kayla Bryant, officer candidates are not treated any differently than enlisted men. A MEPS exam is just a basic exam. If you are a [rated] officer candidate (a pilot) with either the USAF, USN or USMC, you will undergo a more thorough flight physical. That “in-depth” flight physical exams will, by default, trump your basic MEPS exam.

[@paigehartness5135]

I go in a few weeks as an officer candidate, please let me know how it goes!

[@angiem7725]

How did it go!? Thinking of joining again (Im a veteran) after I get my BA as an officer.

[@Mollyloveblue]

They were noticeably different towards me, although it probably had more to do with the fact that I was older, and knew how to fill out forms correctly on the first try.

[@Mollyloveblue]

Hope things went well!

[@Maymoneymaker123]

Just a little update from my experience with meps (9/22/2020): 1. My bra style didn’t matter at all as long as it was over the top lace. I wore a basic black sports bra. 2. I (as an officer candidate) was not separated from enlisted recruits. There were other females that I was paired with throughout the day. 3. I did have to do the duck walk but none of the movements were too hard to do. 4. I was not asked to bring my birth certificate, but I did bring it with me just in case 5. My gown was open to the front for my physical exam. The exam was about 5 minutes long and very non-invasive 6. We all had to submit to a breathalyzer before the other physiological tests were done.

[@Mollyloveblue]

Thanks for the updates! Each station must do things a bit differently.

[@SAABTURBO1986]

Any reflexes with the hammer thing?

[@Maymoneymaker123]

@@SAABTURBO1986 Yes

[@SAABTURBO1986]

Ashley M thank you for responding. Most meps exam videos never say reflexes with the hammer! Did they run it up the bottoms of your feet too lol?

[@Maymoneymaker123]

@@SAABTURBO1986 I don't think that they did that. Just checking my knee reflexes is all I remember.

[@donaldmorrison5289]

You get 100% on memory!

[@Mollyloveblue]

Thanks! I appreciate it 😁

[@sjsuejene486]

Check out my meps experience as well it was such a long process

[@brittanys1697]

what is the application process like for OCS? What types of documents do they need (I assume transcripts and letters of recommendation)? Is the process very selective? Or if I apply do I have a relatively high chance of acceptance?

[@Mollyloveblue]

To apply for OCS, you'll need to first decide on a designator. Prospective naval officers apply for a specific job, and only if they're selected do they go to OCS. Your application will be a full package to include transcripts, letters of recommendation, and your OAR or ASTB-E score (depending on which designator you're applying to). You'll also have to write a personal statement that is tailored to your designator of choice. You may apply for multiple designators, but you'll have to do a full package for each one. Look up the different types of officers, talk to people in the community you want to join, and then work with your recruiter. Different designators will have different levels of competition.

[@brandoncahoe2844]

Did you have to take a test to become a candidate? Like the airforce, they have to take the AFOQT ? I wonder if the navy has the same thing ?

[@Mollyloveblue]

Yes! The test you take depends on which designator you're submitting a package for. For some (like NFO and SNA) you'll need to take the ASTB-E, for others take only a portion of that test (the first 3 sections), and that portion is called the OAR.

[@juanvillota9097]

going to MEPS on Thursday, in Boston....what kind of officer program did you get into?

[@Mollyloveblue]

Navy! As it says in the title 😁

[@juanvillota9097]

@@Mollyloveblue oh no hahaha what I meant is what kind of field, aviation, medical, swo, intel....etc

[@MrFloppy131]

I wish you were my commanding officer

[@Mollyloveblue]

Thank you!

[@jewel1828]

How old are you just asking. What age you would be joining as an officer

[@Mollyloveblue]

Heckin' old, mate.

[@noahmaher9281]

Relax, my heart rate and bp were high because I was so stressed. (for no reason). Do the best you can on the vision and hearing stuff. Be honest. and above all else, be polite! Be polite to all workers, from the security line to the folks running the desk at meps. They know what they are doing and you may find yourself needing a question answered by them. Yes, the medical 1 on 1 with the doctor is awkward, do what he/she says, they've seen plenty of jiggly bits in their career, they don't care at all. Show up hydrated, good nights sleep and you will be fine. Edit: if you are going as an Officer Candidate, things are a bit different, as in they direct you to different areas and ask you different things and every so often you will hear "Oh! You want to be an officer, okay we are doing this instead" go with the flow, let them know if they are confused as to why your forms are different.

[@Mollyloveblue]

Excellent advice!

[@ambigawankpegh9966]

Did you do the Duck walk???

[@Mollyloveblue]

I explain everything I did in the video, and how I had to drop to my knees, but no community duck walk when I went.

[@hkgomez795]

Did you score high on your ASVAB?

[@Mollyloveblue]

I didn't take the ASVAB, officer candidates take a different exam, depending on the branch they want to join.

[@jewel1828]

How is it being an officer now?

[@Mollyloveblue]

Life is good :)

[@jameelyusuf06yusuf27]

Did you go to Yale for undergrad?

[@Mollyloveblue]

No I was there for a few years doing postgraduate research!

[@jewel1828]

Why did you choose the navy?

[@Mollyloveblue]

I picked the Navy because it's the best branch :D Also, its career options and research opportunities most closely aligned with my career goals.

[@chicago618]

That is so sweet of you that you believe that is the reason why that individual told you they could speak to you like a human 6:52. Because you had life experience. How could they possibly know that? The reason why that individual made that horribly ugly remark is because it’s an honest and real attitude that people in and out of the Navy have of what they perceive to be the enlisted personnel and those who enlist. The manual laborers or those who didn’t finish or couldn’t or wouldn’t get to college. I wonder if they made that same remark to the enlisted? I wonder how an enlisted person would have felt if he or she heard that? So they were nicer to you 55:39 because you did what the majority of those enlisted could do? Ok, got it. The quality of people who work at a typical MEPS civilian or military can be low.

[@Mollyloveblue]

It's so weird to watch this video years later, now being active duty and having had to deal with civilians and others with bad attitudes about enlisted vs officer personnel. Present day, the naivete has certainly worn off, and I'm cringing at my past-self's attempt to understand that shitty person's shitty point of view. Looking back, that was pretty horrible that the person said that to me. Hopefully, when people planning on going to MEPS watch this, they'll have some idea of the kind of people who work there, and can mentally prepare themselves and manage their expectations about how they'll be treated.

[@chicago618]

@@Mollyloveblue you have become a very wise person. May you continue to have fair winds in your journey. Bravo Zulo.

[@Mollyloveblue]

Thank you, hopefully we can become a bit better every day.

[@barryhuizing2804]

Are you still in the USN? What is your job?

[@Mollyloveblue]

Yes, I'm still in! For privacy reasons, I don't share my specific job or where I'm stationed.

[@Puggy42069]

12:40 Did he say that in a sarcastic tone or serious?

[@Mollyloveblue]

I am confident that was a sarcastic tone lmao

[@sharifp9706]

what officer Designators did you apply for?

[@Mollyloveblue]

I applied and got selected for a designator in the IWC.

[@JR-be5iy]

37:35

[@Mollyloveblue]

😅

[@JR-be5iy]

@@Mollyloveblue 😉

[@SGBass]

So have you taken your oath yet?

[@Mollyloveblue]

Nope! Some people took their ASVAB, some chose their job and did their oath of enlistment that day, but not me.

[@SGBass]

@@Mollyloveblue I only got as far as my ASVAB, before I took my oath something happened. Are you still going forward with this?

[@zoeith6]

Drink the cool-aide

[@Mollyloveblue]

I did :)

[@user-mo8yv7ru9w]

I’m sorry, but how do you forget about a Jaguar attacking you 😂

[@Mollyloveblue]

😅😅😅 It happened a long time ago and I haven't really talked to anyone about it in forever 🙃

[@brandoncahoe2844]

Did you have to take a test to become a candidate? Like the airforce, they have to take the AFOQT ? I wonder if the navy has the same thing ?

[@Mollyloveblue]

Yes, depending on your designator, you might have to take the ASTB E or the OAR. The ASTBE includes the 3 sections of the OAR (a math, physics, and reading comprehension section), plus a few additional sections. If you're going aviation, you'll have to take the full test, but otherwise you'll have to take the OAR. The highest score on the OAR is 80 points, and the lowest is 20. How you're graded is not based on a percentage thing (i.e.; 60/80 * 100 = 75%=C), but rather what percentile you land on, i.e.; where you fall on the bell curve compared to everyone who took the test that year. The other sections of the test measure other things, like your ability to think in multi-dimensional spaces (remember, sometimes aviators are upside-down), understand what terrain looks like from a high altitude, etc. Depending on if you're going for NFO or SNA, there are different requirements. Check out www.militaryaptitudetests.com/astb-e and scroll down to the bottom to learn more.