Provides information for parents and children to help them decide if the military is the right career choice, and discusses what to expect when meeting a recruiter, entrance exams, and basic training.

Part one: prepare yourself: Your first meeting with a recruiter: facing the best trained salesperson on Earth -- Getting the facts together: should I or shouldn't I enlist? -- Women in the military -- Preparing for the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) Examination -- The military entrance processing station (MEPS) -- Part Two: what to expect after enlistment: Congratulations! You're enlisted: Staying out of trouble until you're off to basic training -- Basic training and beyond -- Part Three: Military basics: Military occupations -- Benefits -- Opportunities in the Guard and the Reserve -- Contacts and other useful information -- Appendix.