Steps to Enlisting

1

Prequalification Questionnaire

This is where every applicant starts. A short questionnaire (about 60 seconds) covering your age, citizenship, education, height and weight, medical history, and any legal issues. Be honest, most things are waiverable but lying disqualifies you.

If approved, a recruiter follows up within 3 business days with the next steps.

2

Submit Documents & Schedule a Call

Once approved, you'll be sent instructions to email your scanned documents and a link to schedule a Zoom call with your recruiter. The full document list and emailing details are included with your prequalification result.

3

Complete the MEPS Forms

Your recruiter walks you through the official MEPS paperwork (medical history questionnaires, background info, declarations). These get submitted to MEPS for review.

Anything you disclosed in the prequalification gets documented on the official forms too. Honesty matters.

4

ASVAB & Physical at MEPS

Once your MEPS profile is accepted, your recruiter schedules you for an in-person MEPS visit. There you'll take the ASVAB (aptitude test) and complete a full medical physical exam.

Important: The MEPS visit is not a fitness test. It's an aptitude test (ASVAB) and a medical screening (vision, hearing, blood work, range of motion). More on MEPS →

5

Job List & Selection

After you pass the ASVAB and physical, your recruiter pulls a list of jobs you specifically qualify for based on your scores and currently open unit positions.

There is no public job list. Jobs depend on your individual ASVAB and physical scores AND change often as people in the unit transfer, retire, separate, or cross-train. The only way to see a real job list is to qualify through MEPS first.

Air National Guard recruits taking the Oath of Enlistment

6

Enlistment Day

You're ready. Your recruiter schedules your enlistment day on base or virtually. Family, friends, and members of your unit watch you take the Oath of Enlistment.

Air Force BMT graduation parade at Lackland AFB

7

BMT + Tech School

7.5 weeks of Basic Military Training at Lackland AFB in San Antonio, Texas, followed by tech school for your specific AFSC (length and location vary by job). You're paid full active duty rate the whole time. Once complete, you return home and start drilling at your local unit.