I have recently started on an adventure to join the Navy Reserves. I just wanted to say to all of those people who think th at it is easy to join the military, that they will take anyone, you really don't know what you are talking about.

The first thing that happens when you decide to join is you fill out paperwork about every little aspect of your life. Any and all tickets or run-ins with the law you have ever had, every single time you go to the emergency room or doctors office, every place you have ever lived and worked, all of your financial history, all of your relatives, and so much more.

After you spend about a week filling out that, you have to be approved from the commander that you are eligible to take the ASVAB. You spend the next week or two studying for this timed exam that covers in ten section everything under the sun. You fail the exam and you're out, pass it and the next day you have physicals to do.

After you get to MEPS (Military Entrance Processing Services) at 6 AM that next morning, you are herded like sheep from one station to the next where you get poked and pricked and have to give up every bodily fluid possible. This is when most people get booted out. Remember how I said that you had to fill out paperwork about every time you went to the hospital? Well if the doctors don't like what they see, your out.

If you successful finish all of this, you finally get a chance to pick out a job and be sworn in as a part of the military. And you know what? It's definately worth it.