No options for next fiscal year?

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No options for next fiscal year?

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When I went to MEPS, I was told that I could not sign up because I was not willing to ship until January 2006. I went by today to get clarification and they told me that the Army has not "loaded" any jobs for the next fiscal year yet. They said they should be good to go in June because that's when all the high school seniors sign up as DEP's. Is this a fairly common situation? I used the search function but could not find a common story anywhere. Thank you for your time.
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Re: No options for next fiscal year?

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What Bobcat wrote:When I went to MEPS, I was told that I could not sign up because I was not willing to ship until January 2006. I went by today to get clarification and they told me that the Army has not "loaded" any jobs for the next fiscal year yet. They said they should be good to go in June because that's when all the high school seniors sign up as DEP's. Is this a fairly common situation? I used the search function but could not find a common story anywhere. Thank you for your time.
What Bobcat should have wrote: SFC Hit_it,
Is it true that Army has not "loaded" any jobs for the next fiscal year yet?

When do the Jobs for next fiscal year become available?
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Correction noted, Ranger Silverback.
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Yes it's pretty common. The Army right now is more interested in those who can ship ASAP (accession). Not someone who is only interested in leaving in January.

You got 2 options, wait until June or reevaluate why you want to wait until June.
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Ranger rgrpuck,
push ups completed.



SFC Hit_it,
thank you for the information. Graduating college is important to me so I'll just wait until June. Thanks again for your time.
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I agree with you, Bobcat. Drive on.

We'll be here waiting in June.
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