Military Eligibility Requirements

NROTC general eligibility requirements include being no younger than 17 years old by Sept. 1 of the year you begin college.

Completing courses specified by the Navy is just the beginning of the NROTC academic requirements.

Officially, MEPS is the Military Entrance Processing Station, but nobody ever calls it that. Everyone calls it MEPS.

Each branch of military service requires its recruits to meet rigorous moral character standards.

If you decide to start the application process, your recruiter will give you a list of questions.

Each service has its own height and weight requirements for recruits.

The first question that a candidate should be prepared to answer is, "Why do you want to go to West Point?"

Coast Guard Height and Weight Requirements at a glance

The Military Entrance Processing Station, better known as MEPS: It strikes fear into some, but it really shouldn't.

Read about the Air Force's height and weight requirements in the following charts.