SFC Dullaghan and I head down to the MEPS at Fort Gillem, GA. He has me setup to take the ASVAB and AIMS. We arrive and fill out some paperwork. I take a seat in the my new home … the MEPS applicant waiting room. After a while I am taken into a room with a bunch of computers. I am sat down and told to just follow the directions on the computer.

The test was a lot harder than the pre-test I took at the recruiting office. It covers the usual academics (language, reading, math, science, etc.) but very in depth. Asking detailed questions like the most common element in our atmosphere all the way up to hair math equations like (x³+x²) = (6x-3+x²) and more. Then it went on to mechanical questions about fuel injectors and all sorts of automotive things I have absolutely no clue about. After that it was electrical, about different types of circuits, and other things I am an idiot with. Then workshop, asking about names of different types of cuts in wood, or matching sawblades to the saw types. Again, I know none of this. And then finally it ended with engineering. Pictures of a dozen gears all meshed together (some inside each other even) and you had to determine how it all works.

Needless to say, extremely difficult….

After I finished the test I went back to the waiting room and sat, for hours. The test is about 2.5 hours timed. But I finished it in under and hour, and had to wait for all the other kids to complete it. It is the most boring place on the planet. Cold hard chairs, with a bunch of other very bored and nervous youngsters. It was miserable. Soon SFC Dullaghan pulled me aside to tell me my scores. His eyes were lit up like a kid on Christmas. He told me I had scored higher than anyone he has ever taken here to be tested. My overall AFQT score was a 92 out of 99. Passing being a 31. He said I definitely qualified for his unit (PsyOps) and pretty much every other MOS out there.

He seems to really want me into his PsyOps unit. I’m not going to deny, it sounds fun. My family definitely think it’s the job for me. And honestly, I’d say yes to it in a heartbeat, if I could just figure out if Dullaghan is sincere with his encouragement and confidence in me, or if he is just being a good recruiter. He makes me feel like I can do it, and makes it seem like he really has a sincere desire for me to be a part of his unit. But that small little bit of me knows that a) he is a recruiter and b) his unit is PsyOps, which translates into “play mind games and get people to think what you want them to think”.

The day continues on. I sit and wait in the miserable waiting area for a few more hours to take the AIMS test. This is just one of those “Are you psychotic or sweet” personality tests that almost every employer on the planet gives. Nothing hard, and it only takes like 15 minutes.

I passed everything and waited around for Dullaghan to come get me and take us both home. It was a fun car ride home. He was really excited about my test scores. And really seems to want me in his PsyOps unit. Again, my hopes lead towards sincerity, but my brain keeps telling me to be careful, he could just be “recruiting”.

Regardless, this guy is top notch. Extremely nice, and really someone I look up to already. If I choose that MOS or not, I hope to keep contact with Dullaghan in the future. Definitely someone I could get along with for many years to come.