scope:

Applicability.

This regulation applies to the Active Army, the Army National Guard/Army National Guard of the United States, the U.S. Army Reserve, the Navy, the Air Force, the Marine Corps, and the Coast Guard, unless otherwise stated. This regulation applies to all personnel who operate unit mail rooms at company and battalion levels. During mobilization, procedures in this publication can be modified to support policy changes as necessary.

Purpose

Chapters 1 through 8 prescribe Military Entrance Processing Station (MEPS) operational policies and procedures applicable to recruiting activities of the military services and contain agency and command tasks for the operation and support of the MEPS.

Chapter 9 prescribes policies, procedures, and functions for the processing of Selective Service System (SSS) registrants. The primary mission of the MEPS is to-

(1) Provide aptitude testing and results, medically examine applicants in accordance with established physical standards prescribed in Department of Defense Instruction (DODI) 6130.4, and to perform background screening to ensure moral character provisions are met for enlistment in the military services according to the eligibility standards established by the services.

(2) Access into the military services those applicants accepted for enlistment or commissioning by the sponsoring military service.