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Air Force, Space Force meet recruiting goals five months ahead of schedule
April 20, 2026 — The Air Force and Space Force achieved annual recruiting goals five months ahead of schedule, contracting 32,000 new active duty Airmen and Guardians needed for the fiscal year...

USMEPCOM, recruiting partners streamline waiver process
December 5, 2022 — When an applicant qualifies for military service at a MEPS, they sign their contract, take the Oath of Enlistment, and go home not as an applicant but as a future service member enrolled in their service’s Delayed Entry Program, or DEP. If an applicant is medically disqualified at a MEPS, they go home without entering the DEP even if they are likely to receive a waiver for their disqualifying medical condition. ...

San Antonio twin brothers strengthen bond by joining Navy together
September 29, 2020 — Two Highlands High School seniors have made the decision to join the world’s most powerful naval force, America’s Navy. Twin brothers Kalvin and Kelvin Rodriguez Rivera of San Antonio entered the Navy’s Delayed Entry Program and are making preparations to attend recruit training to become naval aircrewmen. ...

Twins continue family tradition of service by joining America’s Navy
January 30, 2019 — Continuing a family tradition of military service, fraternal twin sisters Hanna and Halle Von Plueren of San Antonio, are joining America’s Navy...

Recruiters, future Sailors, donate time to San Antonio Food Bank
February 9, 2017 — Instilling the “Whole Sailor Concept” was the mission of Navy Recruiting Station Northeast San Antonio during a Delayed Entry Program, or DEP, meeting held at the San Antonio Food Bank Feb. 1...