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7 Responses to 'will i be waiting around for the bus at MEPS?'

1. HOOAH! It's an Army Thing - July 20th, 2010 at 11:37 pm

   Welcome to the military. “Hurry up and wait” should be our secondary motto.

2. Martinez USMC - July 23rd, 2010 at 10:58 am

   Actually the bus should be on time. It should not be like it was at MEPS the first time around. Where you are sitting around waiting for your recruiter. The bus has to be on schedule so you can get to boot camp on time.

3. Stacy - July 25th, 2010 at 7:54 am

   When I shipped out to basic 6 years ago now (wow how time flies) we had a 0800 formation time after chow. If I’m not mistaken, you get taken to the airport immediately afterwards. There were buses waiting for us at about 0900 I think. The waiting I had done was for the buses that took us from MEPS to the hotel.

4. Crazy C - July 26th, 2010 at 1:59 am

   You will be at the hotel and wake up early in the morning to get on the bus outside with everyone else that is there.

5. Goofy - July 28th, 2010 at 12:15 pm

   To tell you the truth I am not sure. When I went in (Army vet) we had already passed thru MEPS and the hotel put us on the bus early in the morning (I went to Ft Knox, Ky from Virginia). MEPS is for the physical and the swearing in the day (or days) before you actually leave for boot camp. If you haven’t been sworn in yet then I’d suppose the bus will take you there, they’d swear you in and then put you on the bus. Depending on where you are leaving from there are buses that leave at different times of the day.
   I left the hotel at 7am and the bus took us to the airport. There were a group of 5 of us, a leader was appointed who was going back in the army so he knew what to do and how to do things. He gave us some good advice (like use Zest it doesn’t leave much of a soap film so GI parties go easier). He also told us how they do things at Boot camp (it’s all a mind game, they want you to succeed but need to be rough as they can because in times of war they need to know you can be counted on to help your buddies). I was better prepared with his help and made it thru Basic quite easily thanks to him. From the Airport we felw to Ky and took another bus to Ft Knox. There was a layover at the airport because we landd too late for the bus (we had missed it by about 5 minutes and had to wait another 2 hours for the next one). Keep in mind that was the Army way, though I went to MEPS for the Navy my recruiter lied to me so I ended up joining the Army. Good luck

6. Alfa 01 - July 31st, 2010 at 5:08 pm

   I think it depends upon how many people are scheduled to go to boot camp on that particular day. I went through Los Angeles MEPS. We stayed in a krappy hotel in downtown LA the night before. After hotel check-in, a couple of us grabbed a cab and explored some LA nightlife. (I think there was a curfew, but no one actually did any kind of bedcheck.) The hotel provided a free “breakfast”, then back to MEPS by 8:00am. (Some of us had a headache, so we skipped the free breakfast.) After some final medical stuff, we swore-in. We left MEPS shortly after 8am.

7. Kekionga - August 4th, 2010 at 2:12 am

   Could be. It all depends on how well the machine was oiled that day.

   One thing you will discover as your life in the military begins, and that is waiting for something to happen is a big part of the plan.

   You will be in some sort of line waiting your turn form now on out.

   “Hurry up and wait” is a long tradition of the military. You will get used to it. Take a look around at the long line at the bank or grocery. Who is the most at ease? Ex-military people who are used to waiting their turn.

   Good luck!

   ~

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