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Examining
RECRUITING, ADVERTISING, AND EXAMINING
Examining funds provide support for the U.S. Military Entrance Processing Command (MEPCOM), which operates 65 Military
Entrance Processing Stations (MEPS) and 468 Military Examining Test Sites (METS). This joint-Service organization screens
individuals for medical and moral qualifications and aptitude, and then administratively processes them into all of the Armed Services.
During mobilization, the command processes persons called to active duty from the Individual Ready Reserve, as well as conscripts
inducted via the Selective Service System (SSS). As the DoD Executive Agent for the MEPCOM, the Army provides funding and
civilian personnel resources for operation of the MEPS and the METS, administration of the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude
Battery (ASVAB) for both the production and student (high school) testing programs, and the MEPCOM’s Information Technology
(IT) requirements. The Air Force provides funding for an Air Force specific strength aptitude test program. This Air Force program
provides a gender neutral test to ensure personnel are capable of performing their duties, therefore reducing accidents and injuries due
to overexertion and alleviating attrition in strenuous jobs.
The Defense Health Program finances the medical activities in the MEPS, primarily the examination of applicants to determine their
medical qualifications for enlistment in the Armed Forces. In addition, the Defense Health Program includes funds for the DoD
Medical Evaluation Review Board, which schedules and reviews physical examinations for the Service Academies and for the
Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC) scholarship program.
The FY 2014 Examining program reflects an increase of $24 million. This amount is the net result of a 3.0 million increase for price
growth and a $20.9 million program increase. The increase reflects increased support to the Military Entrance Processing Command
Integrated Resource System due to replacement schedule delays; replacement equipment for communications and information
technology; and increased production testing and examining workload.
Examining Summary
FY 2012 /1
Actual
Price
Growth
$ in Millions
Program
Growth
FY 2013 /2
Estimate
RECRUITING, ADVERTISING, AND EXAMINING
Price
Growth
Program
Growth
FY 2014 /2
Estimate
Army 170.7 1.5 -15.3 156.9 1.5 12.4 170.8
Air Force 2.8 0.0 0.0 2.7 0.0 0.9 3.7
Defense Health Program 63.3 1.1 4.6 69.0 1.5 7.6 78.1
Total 236.7 2.6 -10.7 228.6 3.0 20.9 252.6
1 FY 2012 includes Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO) funding Numbers may not add due to rounding
2 FY 2013 and FY 2014 exclude OCO funding
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