Second thoughts about military service?

I went into a recruiting office a few weeks back and started my paperwork for the NAVY. They've got my basic info already, but I'm having second thoughts.

I have not done the ASVAB or gone to MEPS at this time and I am no longer interested in joining. Since I am pretty much under processed paper work wise, can't I just call and express my lack of interest?

Can anyone provide a meaningful answer as to what to do?

Thanks,

just tell them you changed your mind... they will try to talk you into it... your best bet would be to get angry and tell them to stop calling you or you will call the police for harrassment... they can never call again :-D

You have no obligation because you never signed a contract. Tell your recruiter exactly what you just told us. There is nothing to worry about. They can't do anything to you.

You could try feigning sickness (complain ackes and pains, artheritis) get your doctor to write to the military saying you are not well engough for duty.

you dont have to do anything, but have the courtesy of telling him/her your no longer interested

Just call them and tell them you've changed your mind, and that you're no longer interested. Of course they'll hurl every last trick they can think of to get you to join, but remain firm in your decision and do not waver. You haven't signed anything, so you're under no obligation in spite of whatever they might try to tell you. Hell, even when you do sign the papers, the first thing they tell you when you get off the bus at boot camp is "If anyone has changed their mind, turn around and get right back on the bus, and it'll be like this never even happened." At least when I joined that's what they said--two people actually did it too.

Just remain firm in your decision, and remember that it's your life--not theirs.

Yeah, you absolutely do not have to go. A few of my friends have gone through the same thing as you and even after going through MEPS once it was the night that he was supposed to go to the hotel to go through MEPS again and fly off... he decided he didn't want to go. Recruiters came and tried to talk him into it (while he was at his job) and started harassing him and then they left.
This was for the Army. He then later changed his mind again and he's going into the Navy soon.

until youre sworn in at processing, youre not obligated to continue to persue the military...

that is after the asvab, physical at meps and processing...

you dont need to justify your change of mind to the recruiter, he wants you to think that as well as to keep you interested and to get you in the military...

All you got to say that you're no longer interested. You beleive it is not the right thing for you to do at this time.

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They will be desperate to keep you (always be suspicious of job offers where the employer has to hunt for prospective candidates - there's always a catch) but you are under no obligation to follow through. Just tell them you've changed your mind.

call, and tell them you've changed your mind, and are no longer interested. that's the least you could do.

Bottom line first....... MEPS is where you actually sign up. So you have zero obligation.

But consider this. You have not taken the ASVAB so you have no idea of what your options are. There are a million jobs in the various services that do not require being shot at. Something attracted you to the idea of serving. Paid for housing, medical, food, uniforms, money for college, etc. Or knowing that later if you do something totally unrelated to your military job you will be at the top of the list of hires.

Do call the recruiter and thank him for his time and tell him you are undecided. Yes he will try to still recruit you. That is his job and it is really hard to explain the life changing benefits to a young person as they may just be thinking of the short term.

So go tell him that at this point you are not interested. You will of course "contact him if you change your mind". Thats it and walk away. If you do change your mind he might work a bit harder to get you what you really want..... because you showed class.

If you haven't been to MEPs and haven't sworn in and signed a contract calll the recruiter and tell them your not interested,period. That way they will stop bothering you. Otherwise they will always be checking back in on you.