WEBVTT 00:02.660 --> 00:05.380 MISEP is the Marine Corps enlisted 00:05.380 --> 00:08.899 commissioning program . MEP is the 00:08.899 --> 00:10.843 program that you'll utilize if you 00:10.843 --> 00:12.750 don't currently have a bachelor's 00:12.750 --> 00:15.399 degree . There , there's like a couple 00:15.399 --> 00:17.455 of different reasons I want to be an 00:17.455 --> 00:19.569 officer . Um , one of them is the 00:19.569 --> 00:21.680 Marine Corps has given me so much . I 00:21.680 --> 00:23.791 don't feel like I have any right then 00:23.791 --> 00:25.969 to give it everything else back . It , 00:26.209 --> 00:28.320 it helped me turn my life around from 00:28.320 --> 00:30.487 something that wasn't going so great . 00:30.680 --> 00:32.624 I submitted my package while I was 00:32.624 --> 00:34.513 embarked on the view . It was , I 00:34.513 --> 00:38.360 believe in May of 24 . My selection for 00:38.360 --> 00:41.000 MEP came out in November time frame . I 00:41.000 --> 00:44.069 reported to OCS May 25th and graduated 00:44.069 --> 00:44.959 August 2nd . 00:51.259 --> 00:53.700 So initially , uh , I had no interest 00:53.700 --> 00:55.959 in college at all , but I had a really 00:55.959 --> 00:58.126 good dunny , really good guy . Uh , he 00:58.126 --> 01:00.292 sat me down , kind of explained how to 01:00.292 --> 01:02.403 like professionalize my career . That 01:02.403 --> 01:04.459 way , whether or not I did decide to 01:04.459 --> 01:06.626 stay in , get out , make it a career , 01:06.626 --> 01:08.626 or go do something else in order to 01:08.626 --> 01:11.440 help be more present for my family . Uh , 01:11.489 --> 01:13.600 he sat me down and actually explained 01:13.600 --> 01:15.600 college . So I sat down , I started 01:15.600 --> 01:17.767 doing college , and I was like , man , 01:17.767 --> 01:19.989 like this actually isn't all that bad . 01:19.989 --> 01:21.767 I have an associate's degree in 01:21.767 --> 01:23.878 aviation maintenance , and I actually 01:23.878 --> 01:25.822 did utilize the tuition assistance 01:25.822 --> 01:28.510 program for that . Why waste any time , 01:28.629 --> 01:30.740 you know , why , why do tomorrow what 01:30.740 --> 01:32.796 you could do today ? So I went ahead 01:32.796 --> 01:34.518 and I started my pack and then 01:34.518 --> 01:36.629 submitted it . Uh , there's a package 01:36.629 --> 01:38.629 that you can get to on the McR Rick 01:38.629 --> 01:40.740 website . It's a PDF you can download 01:40.740 --> 01:42.907 it , and it's a fillable PDF too . And 01:42.907 --> 01:44.796 you can just , you can just start 01:44.796 --> 01:46.907 knocking it out . It looks like a lot 01:46.907 --> 01:49.073 at first , but once you start knocking 01:49.073 --> 01:49.059 everything out like individually , it 01:49.059 --> 01:52.389 all comes together . The Marine Corps 01:52.389 --> 01:54.556 is only gonna tell you no if you don't 01:54.556 --> 01:56.949 ask . If you care and you want to , and 01:56.949 --> 01:59.116 you put out the energy and you put out 01:59.116 --> 02:01.338 the effort , and you , and you look for 02:01.338 --> 02:03.505 those opportunities , and you look for 02:03.505 --> 02:05.616 the things that you want , especially 02:05.616 --> 02:07.727 when it comes to MEP , I really think 02:07.727 --> 02:09.838 anybody has what it takes in order to 02:09.838 --> 02:12.116 be accepted . Everything's right there , 02:12.116 --> 02:14.282 all the references , all the ability , 02:14.282 --> 02:17.679 all the applications . Just show up and 02:17.729 --> 02:20.007 actually do your job and care about it . 02:20.279 --> 02:22.570 Cause I've showed up every day since 02:22.570 --> 02:24.792 I've gotten to the fleet , just kind of 02:24.792 --> 02:26.959 in the mindset that today might not be 02:26.959 --> 02:29.181 the best day , but today's still a good 02:29.181 --> 02:31.348 day to learn , still a good day to get 02:31.348 --> 02:33.292 the job done , still a good day to 02:33.292 --> 02:33.720 actually focus on what needs to be done .