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I tried to join the Navy, went to MEPS and got sent home because i was missing a medical file. While i was searching i realized that i didn't want to join the Navy i wanted to join the Army. My question is, if i was to go to MEPS and try to enlist into the Army if the civilians working at MEPS would look at my file from the Navy liaison? or would i have to fill out all new paperwork?
Hi Crystal,
It depends entirely on whether or not the Navy is feeling cooperative at the time. They are *supposed* to share the information, but if they're angry, and think that you wasted their time and money, they may accidently "lose" the information.
Your Navy recruiter is probably the best one to address this issue with the Army recruiting command.
Hope this helps!
Rod Powers
http://usmilitary.about.com
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Rod Powers is considered one of the premire experts about U.S. Military career information on the planet. He has more than 30,000 articles about U.S. Military career information on the About.com U.S. Military Careers Information website at: http://usmilitary.about.com. Additionally, he is the author of "ASVAB for Dummies," "ASVAB AFQT for Dummies," (available in Dec 2009), and "Veteran Benefits for Dummies," all published by Wiley Publishing. He is also the author of "Barrons' Guide to Officer Candidate School Tests," published by Barron's Educational Series.
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Rod Powers is a retired Air Force first sergeant, with 23 years of active duty service, 11 of those years as an Air Force First Sergeant. He has helped thousands of military members, recruits, and military applicants since he took over the About.com U.S Military Careers Information site in 1999. He has a reputation for "telling it like it is," so questions may not be answered based on "what you want to hear," but will be answered based of the bast available information, concerning the service/situation.
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Rod is a distinguished graduate of the Air Force Noncommissioned Officers Academy, the Air Force Senior Noncommissioned Officer Academy, and the Air Force First Sergeant Academy. He also holds an Associates Degree in Personnel Administration from the Community College of the Air Force (CCAF).
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