The paperwork you have to complete as part of the application requires a great deal of information about you. Make sure you have as much information collected before you first visit the recruiter. By doing so you will avoid delays. The list includes the following types of information:

• Your social security number and card
• If you are a man, your selective services number and card
• Your high school diploma
• Your college degree and transcripts
• A list of addresses you have lived at for the past 10 years.
• Contact information for people who knew you while you lived at those addresses.
• The jobs you have worked since leaving school including the addresses, job titles, job descriptions and names of supervisors.
• Your medical history including surgeries, trips to the emergency room, etc.
• Information pertaining to any legal matters including traffic tickets, arrests, legal suits, etc.

This list is not intended to be exhaustive as there is no way I can know everything about you. In short, the Army (or any branch for that matter) wants to know everything about you. DO NOT expect to hide anything because they will find out. Remember, if need be, you can obtain a waiver for almost anything. Be forthright with everyone during the process. Trying to hide something only to have it discovered later on is far worse than being upfront about it and addressing it in the first place.