I want to touch base on what it cost for the military to get your recruiter to bootcamp. Some may not understand and I want you to see the BIG picture of this. So you understand the Military is NOT going to break your recruiter to fail, they break them to succeed.
Money spent just to get to bootcamp.
They pay recruiters to recruit.... this is the pay grade the recruiter is assigned based on rank. We are talking from E-5 to Chief Petty Officers. So we are talking thousands of dollars to get an enlisted member.
Then the first trip to MEPS. They are paying recruiters to be there at pick up, paying a transport company to take them to MEPS and sometimes it is states away. (For instance if enlisted anywhere from Fort Walton Beach, FL to Gulf Shores Alabama and further out, MEPS is in New Orleans, LA) so a 3-4 hour trip.) They also pay for the hotel stay over for each recruiter and the driver. They drive there the first day and go to MEPS the very next morning. With that, they feed them dinner that night, Breakfast that morning. So you have that expense.
MEPS.... they are not just paying our military to process the recruiter here at MEPS but also medical staff for their MEPS. Then Lunch and dinner again depending on how long the day takes, then the transport back.
Then, they have DEP meetings that require staff to be at the meetings at nights after recruit office hours.
Then they have the actual ship date set and the process all over again, but this time on the second day after MEPS, they pay for their flights out plus give them a VISA card for food at the airport.
So just for the ship out let me show you the money break down...
Just for your recruiter....
Transport Driver and Gas $250 (depending area and location) could be way more
Hotel stay for 2 days at $200 a night and that is with Military discount. Food per Recruit $50.00 Dinner and breakfast
MEPS again with staff $1000 min
Flights to Bootcamp in Chicago (from New Orleans) $195.00
VISA card to get food at airport $25.
Now this is just a tid bit of the money spent in 2 days headed to bootcamp that the military spends....
Ship date 1/27/2025 there was 103 recruiters staying at the hotel, leaving for MEPS, leaving for bootcamp! You do the math.....
So now you understand more of the concept of they are there to help your recruit SUCCEED, not FAIL!
Think about it.... Min $700 per Recruit min in 2 days to get them to bootcamp.... just 1/27/2025 alone was over $70K they spent to get them there. That is a almost daily expence for the military!
So another note of this....... IF YOU ARE NOT SERIOUS about joining.... DON'T.... they invest a lot of money and if you are not serious about it... Youa re wasting Military money and tax payers dollars! Just sdaying!!!