my friend...

[gunnin4them]

hey i just got my friend to go down to meps with my recruiter and he did his asvab and physical...passed it all and had picked 11x infantry as i had about 2 months ago. now about a month later after signing the contracts and everything at meps..he decides he doesnt want to go anymore and does not want to be in the army...he is delaying askin his recruiter what he can do so i thought i would ask on here if there is anyway he can get out of being in the army after signing a 3 year contract? any help would be good. i guess he thinks he made a mistake and it was kind of an impulse decision...thank you

[xGHOSTx]

Tell your friend he is able to cancel his enlistement regardless of what the recruiter says. Until he takes his final oath he does not belong to any service.

[gunnin4them]

so how does he go about canceling? just tell his recruiter he wants to cancel his enlistment? thank you...i just called him actually woke him up to tell him this..

[RR691983]

He's not legally obligated to anything until he reports to MEPS and officially swears in on his shipout date. All he has to do is tell the recruiter he has changed his mind. Whatever bull the recruiter tries to tell him after that isn't true. It won't adversly effect him in any way and they can't force him to go.

I strongly encourage him to not go as a matter of fact. If he doesn't want to be a soldier, we don't want him. If you need anymore help send a PM my way and I'll give you whatever advice you may need.

[USMCRET6391]

Originally Posted by gunnin4them

so how does he go about canceling? just tell his recruiter he wants to cancel his enlistment? thank you...i just called him actually woke him up to tell him this..

Go back to sleep and dont bother to wake up on the day you are supposed to report to MEPS. No one is going to come hunting you down.

[Vulture6]

It's natural to change your mind and have second thoughts after making a big decision. The key is to make an informed decision - do your reseach and soul searching first, then decide. That way, when those doubts come you can go back to the reasons why you decided to join in the first place.

That's part of the trouble -- it requires making an adult decision. Some 18 & 19 year olds can do that, and some can't. Hell, some still can't when they're 24 or 25... make that 40 or 45 for some folks... The difference is that adults are (or should be) held accountable for their decisions.

[Grimmy]

What you could have done...

Call your buddy up and tell him that you heard it on good authority that for pulling out of his contract like this...

He has to go to the recruiters office where he'll be met by some government suits who will "escort" him to a specific medical facility where a non removable tattoo will be inked into both his chest and back.

This tattoo will only be viewable by Doctors and it lets them know that he (your buddy) backed out of a military contract and they (the Doctors) do not have to treat him if they dont want to.

or something like that.

Even better!! you call him up and tell him that You called his recruiter for him. You let his recruiter know what was up and the recruiter ordered to "talk your buddy into comming down to the station...tell him it's just to sign a few papers and then he's free and clear..' but what's really gonna happen is that he's gonna be arrested, hand cuffed and transported immediatly to the stockade



It's sad when ya gotta pass up a really good chance to mess with your buddy's head for awhile.

[Hasbeen]

I wonder what component his friend has enlisted in...seems like AD , but he didn't make any reference. If he's AD, then the above advice is sound.....and dead on. Interestingly enough, if he enlisted in the Army National Guard, things work a bit differently, as soon as he is sworn in , he's going to have a more difficult time getting out of it, not impossile, just difficult.

[333MP]

Very true I swore in the first time I went to MEPS months before I shipped out.

[RR691983]

Originally Posted by 333MP

Very true I swore in the first time I went to MEPS months before I shipped out.

I'm pretty sure we all do, I did as well 333 but when we swore in the first time we were swearing into the DEP not the Army, there's a difference.

[gunnin4them]

he enlisted in ad...just so you know...i guess he called his recruiter today and talked to him...you know as recruiters do they tried to talk him out of his decision..but now he has to go down and sign a bunch of release papers n stuff...but it looks like its all gonna work out for the best...thanks for everyones help...

[Hasbeen]

Tough decision to make, but better he did it now. Best of luck to him then.