Singhdrewan Posted February 3, 2017 Report Share Posted February 3, 2017 Hello all,I am a civilian who has just finally been able to find a recruiter willing to help me with putting a packet together. All the others have just tried to make me enlist first before dropping a packet. However, I do have a few questions regarding the flight physical. My recruiter was adamant about getting my flight physical AFTER I'd see a battalion board, which is contrary to what I have understood the process to be, and from what I've read (lurking) on this forum. Is this the norm? If not, do any of you have suggestions how to politely request a flight physical before the board? Thank you all for taking the time to read this and reply, it's greatly appreciated. Thank you. Andrew. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StockTrader Posted February 3, 2017 Report Share Posted February 3, 2017 Battalion board should be the last thing you do. Flight physical usually follows the asvab/inital meps physical and the sift. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Singhdrewan Posted February 3, 2017 Author Report Share Posted February 3, 2017 Battalion board should be the last thing you do. Flight physical usually follows the asvab/inital meps physical and the sift.Thank you very much for the reply. Do you have any suggestion as to how I can politely tell the recruiter this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StockTrader Posted February 3, 2017 Report Share Posted February 3, 2017 I would venture to say that the battalion board is the final review of a completed packet before it is sent up to USAREC, if you are recommended. However, I have heard of recruiting battalions doing stuff in a different order. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krustchinsky Posted February 3, 2017 Report Share Posted February 3, 2017 Battalion board should be considered the final item in your packet. You can't go to a battalion board (VERY few excpetions) without having your packet essentially completed. The major items have to be there for the board to evaluate you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Singhdrewan Posted February 3, 2017 Author Report Share Posted February 3, 2017 Thank you both for replying. I was thinking the same thing, that the board was the last step. Thanks again everyone! Now to just tell my recruiter he's wrong, haha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Army Hopeful Posted February 3, 2017 Report Share Posted February 3, 2017 Just my .02, your recruiter's battalion might be having a pre-board or want the commander to talk to you before your recruiter is allowed to devote time to helping you. I'm a SFC on recruiting and I have to schedule ever 15 minutes of my work day and have to justify everything I do. And our company commander talks to all OCS applicant before we can devote time to helping them with their packets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Singhdrewan Posted February 3, 2017 Author Report Share Posted February 3, 2017 Just my .02, your recruiter's battalion might be having a pre-board or want the commander to talk to you before your recruiter is allowed to devote time to helping you. I'm a SFC on recruiting and I have to schedule ever 15 minutes of my work day and have to justify everything I do. And our company commander talks to all OCS applicant before we can devote time to helping them with their packets.Thank you for the insight. However, the board he was referring to was the battalion board, as he explicitly wrote 1.flight physical 2.Rucker in the time line after the board. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Army Hopeful Posted February 4, 2017 Report Share Posted February 4, 2017 How far do you have to go for the flight physical? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Singhdrewan Posted February 4, 2017 Author Report Share Posted February 4, 2017 It's about a 2 hour drive. I'm in the Southern California area (30 miles east of LA) The flight physical would be at Ft. Irwin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Army Hopeful Posted February 4, 2017 Report Share Posted February 4, 2017 Ok thought maybe you were somewhere further away and that was why they were trying to do. Good luck on your physical. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Singhdrewan Posted February 4, 2017 Author Report Share Posted February 4, 2017 Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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