Posted on Jul 20, 2021
Elijah Rushing
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I am renegotiating my contract for the Army (DEP). My paperwork has been submitted. I figured I'd be going to MEPs again but I was told I would renegotiate at Recruiting Battalion in Raleigh (in NC). It seems off.. is this normal?
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SFC Retention Operations Nco
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It sounds like you figured wrong. Given your vast experience in the Army and USAREC you may wish to listen to the Subject Matter Experts - SME - the Recruiters who actually have experience in this area, as opposed to faceless people on the Internet - most of whom have been retired a decade or two.

Reputable information sources, it's an important part of Critical Thinking, the first class I recommend every college age student take. People you have never met on the internet, who are not current active duty recruiters, are not a reputable source of information

Bottom line, you are an adult and are responsible for whatever you sign. Read your contract; they are very clearly written and easy to read. You got a very lucky break being allowed to renegotiate, if you don't renegotiate, you are still obligated to the contract you originally signed.
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I understand. I am well aware of what my current contact is... A situation arouse preventing me from getting what was reserved for my MEPs. I settled because i believed the issue wouldn't be able to be fixed until I stated beating around. Essentially I'm trying to unfuck my fuck-up and I recognize that.
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Elijah Rushing I think you missed the whole point of what I said which is you don't eat seafood in the Midwest and you don't ask your tailor for stock picks
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MEPS does three things - they ensure you are physically fit to serve, they ensure your line scores meet the requirement for the jobs in which you are enlisting, and they ensure the contract between you and the service in which you’re enlisting is correct and complete. Anything and everything beyond those three things is between you, your recruiter, and your selected branch. MEPS doesn’t care if you’re going to be a BB stacker or a linguist. They just care if the i’s are dotted and the t’s are crossed.
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Every person I have ever known that has renegotiated their contract, the process was done with their recruiters and the bosses of the recruiters...not thru MEPS.

By the look of your profile, are you an actual PFC or about to be a PFC once your contract is signed? Also, if you are not presently in the service, how are you a CBRN Specialist? Is that your projected MOS?
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Elijah Rushing
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Thank you for the information.
Sorry for the confusion... The contract I am renegotiating is a CBRN specialist with my entry rank being PFC courtesy of taking JROTC. So it's all projected in accordance with my current contract.
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Elijah Rushing - Ok. That clears up my confusion.
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Elijah Rushing - As I think about it, to eliminate any confusion for anyone else, I would recommend an edit to your profile to where you change yourself to civilian/potential recruit and take away all rank. This is due to the fact that you have not enlisted yet. In essence, it's a misrepresentation.
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