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Originally Posted by Hydrae
My 17 year old son is a junior in High School and has every intention of going in to the military upon graduation next year. I just got off the phone with my wife who was telling me about the recruiters being at the house and giving my son a pre-test of some kind. He had 25 minutes to complete the test. He finished in 15 minutes and only got one out of 50 questions wrong. The recruiter was rather impressed.
My question has to do with what my wife said they are wanting to do going forward. There is talk of my son "working" for the Army Reserve this summer but returning for his senior year of high school. After graduation he would then go through basic (that may be what the plan is for this coming summer, not sure), then a 3 month training period followed by college. This is a 6 year commitment for him.
Is it normal for a 17 year old to be going through basic training (his birthday is eraly July)? Is it normal for this to happen when there is still a year of HS left before graduation? Basically, is this normal at all? I have no military experience myself nor does anyone in my immediate family.
Thanks for any input, I am just being a concerned parent
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I had a 17 year old kid in my unit who was in the Delayed Entry Program.
Basically, he continued going to school like normal but was already enlisted. He was still required to do the one weekend a month and 2 weeks a year.
The pretest he took was for the ASFAB. It was just to give the recruiter an idea of what score he would get on the actual test. The results can be used by the recruiter to begin MOS placement (basically what jobs he qualifies for) and lets the recruiter know if your son needs to study more for the test or if he is good to go as is.
Keep in mind... this is what was happening back in 03 so I don't know if this is the way it still is.