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I GRADUATED ARMY BASIC TRAINING MEPS, MILITARY TRAVEL BAN, ARMY MUSICIAN

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Hi! Yes, I did the thing and graduated basic combat training and AIT! A week ago I became MOS qualified as an Army musician. I look forward to making more videos to educate you on what I do in the army and help you with your process. Leave any questions for me in the comments, thanks for watching!
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@HealingwithTifani 4 года назад

That’s so dope that you’ve lost a lot of weight then joined the army ! I’m doing the same thing, I used to be 278 now I’m 165 and I ship out next January !!! Proud of you !

@jaketaylor2923 3 года назад

That’s incredible

@nathanflores6272 3 года назад

Congratulations on the weight loss, that is a HUGE success!! I hope all is well for you in basic training.

@jazz9807 2 года назад

That's great! Any progress with that?

@w.scottmacdonald2300 6 месяцев назад

Abby…great videos! I was once where you are and ended up spending 24 years as a musician in the Army. Loved it. Your experiences resonate with me and brings back great memories! Please feel free to reach out to me!

@drewmorales2240 4 года назад

Congrats! Competing on the list in April for percussion.

@AbbyWeaver 4 года назад

Best of luck with everything! It’ll be interesting to see what they do with shippers during this time. I can tell you though- it will be worth the wait!

@drewmorales2240 4 года назад

We’ll see! I can’t ship until June, so hopefully that will still be on if I get selected. Band liaison is saying nothing has changed yet...

@AbbyWeaver 4 года назад

Oh wow! Find me on Facebook or Instagram if you have any more questions or wanna chat about what the school house was like. 😁

@drewmorales2240 4 года назад

Abby Weaver thanks for the offer! Facebook message sent.

@lydiadale 4 года назад

Congrats on your engagement!!! Also, your cat is adorable and looks so much like my old kitty Mildred :)

@ericarenee6116 2 года назад

Congrats on your engagement 🤗🤗🤗 thank you for your videos they are so helpful to me on a journey to pursuing the army 💪🏼👍🏼🙌👏👏👏

@jamesseals9765 4 года назад

I found your channel when I got curious about how barracks currently look. I was stationed at Fort Bliss 87-89 (yeah, I'm old) in the Public Affairs Office and wow have things changed. Also, I found it interesting that you were sheltering in Ann Arbor since I am a U-M grad. Love hearing about your experiences as a military musician. I wish I'd had that chance ... not too many opportunities in the Army as a violinist! I also joined the Army relatively late in life (I was 25 in basic) so I find that interesting as well. Keep up the good work!

@ExurtsYT 4 года назад

I ship out on March 30th, my ship out date was initially postponed but I was informed that I am still on track to leave the 30th. I passed my OPAT & I’m ready to go! Congratulations on graduating & your weight loss!!

@AbbyWeaver 4 года назад

Oh wow that’s awesome! Where are you headed?

@firstinfantry7722 4 года назад

congratulations and good luck to you both. my wife and I have been married for 34 years. Its a job but well worth all the work.

@AbbyWeaver 4 года назад

Thank you so much. I am very excited 😁

@firstinfantry7722 4 года назад

@@AbbyWeaver oh and welcome to the Army family!

@ItsMeToryD 4 года назад

Tbh I went back like twice to watch you say fiancé cause so precious

@AbbyWeaver 4 года назад

☺️ Quarantined with my FIANCEEE for the foreseeable future 😂

@jjquan2071 4 года назад

Abby, congrats on everything! Hopefully we'll see more videos from you since most of America is shut down. Living in Texas right now is a bit crazy, as I'm sure it is across the rest of the world, but hopefully things will be much calmer once you move to El Paso!

@LDrumsOhio 4 года назад

Congratulations on completing SOM. I've been enjoying the videos! I enlisted 21 years ago out of the Cleveland MEPS as a 02M Percussionist and served for about 10 years as a Bandsmen. Good luck at 1AD, I have a few friends still in service down there still.

@AbbyWeaver 4 года назад

Sorry for the late response on this, I’m loving it here in El Paso! Thank you for watching!

@LDrumsOhio 4 года назад

@@AbbyWeaver Enjoy! Tell Corbett I said hello (assuming he's still there).

@AbbyWeaver 4 года назад

He is!

@LDrumsOhio 4 года назад

@@AbbyWeaver awesome! I have videos on my channel of us from 1st Cav. Welcome to the field!

@AbbyWeaver 4 года назад

I’ll check it out and thank you!

@arosebski 4 года назад

Thank you for making all of these videos! I just finished my freshman year of college this year but have been considering enlisting in one of the branches after I graduate. I’m a STEM major, but I’m a member of my school’s audition only (I think they take about 15-20% of the people who audition each year) marching band, audition only pep-band and the campus concert bands. I have been considering reserves or air national guard for doing something related to my major, but have also been looking at possibly auditioning for an active-duty band once I hit my last year of school. I really appreciate getting to see a look into what it’s like to audition to be a musician and to actually be a musician in the army. Army isn’t my first choice of branch but I’m sure there are a lot of similarities in terms of the audition processes between branches.

@AbbyWeaver 4 года назад

That's awesome, Allison! You are so young and have so many options ahead of you but it's great that you're thinking long term already! The Army audition process is similar to the Marines, but the Navy and Air Force have been holding "cattle call" type auditions. Feel free to message me on instagram if you wanna know more about what the Army bands have to offer. The other branches are certainly great but I think the Army bands set you up pretty well from the very start. Thanks for watching! ❤️

@cameroncarter1696 2 года назад

@@AbbyWeaver can you show your uniform

@palakpatel3488 4 года назад

I was supposed to ship out tomorrow March 24th but my recruiter said I'm not shipping out tomorrow as of now but most likely later this week.

@AbbyWeaver 4 года назад

Good with everything! Where are you headed?

@palakpatel3488 4 года назад

@@AbbyWeaver Fort Jackson and then Fort Gordon for AIT

@MarquesJ_ 4 года назад

Congrats and thank you for your videos! I’ve passed the tapes auditions for the active Army and Marine bands. Just have to get to the live auditions.

@AbbyWeaver 4 года назад

Congratulations! Have you gone to MEPS yet?

@MarquesJ_ 4 года назад

Abby Weaver Not yet, they were literally the week before the pandemic repercussions kicked off. I’m still waiting on information to proceed.

@ConradAbbottMusic 4 года назад

hey! hope it's going well..I'm almost finished with the qualification process to play guitar for the army. was wondering if you could share a bit about the day to day experiences being a musician in the army. Thanks! love your videos

@AbbyWeaver 4 года назад

Hi! Feel free to find me on facebook! Abigail Burnett 😁

@seantaylor7358 3 года назад

Just to clarify if you have a tattoo on your wrist forward as in from your wrist to your fingers you’d need a waiver. That would take maybe a month or longer.

@Ryoma_lawang 3 года назад

I live in Ann Arbor, my recruiting office is the one on Washtenaw. :D I’ll ship in this December.

@Erebdai 4 года назад

Congratulations on making it in to the Army band. I have some applicants that want to get into the band. Perhaps if you have an Instagram you could talk to them about joining the Army band.

@alexpalomo1060 4 года назад

I live close to El Paso, Tx also congrats on graduating

@AbbyWeaver 4 года назад

Thank you! I’m excited to actually get there...one day! 😂

@victoriashockley2846 4 года назад

I talked to my recruiter and I at max I can weigh 154lbs. For context if you want to know I'm 5'5 and 17. If that helps out any

@AbbyWeaver 4 года назад

Yep and you can find the weight requirements for all branches online! Thanks for watching, Victoria!

@jameshutson7722 4 года назад

Abby, thanks for making these videos! I'm currently stationed here at Ft. Bliss (not in the 1AD band, though). Let me know if you questions about life here at Bliss. I would be happy to help. I have one contact who plays in the band here so if you don't already have a contact and want more info, let me know and I can give you his number.

@AbbyWeaver 4 года назад

How awesome that you found my videos! I’ve actually connected with a lot of people from the band! I can’t wait to actually do my job with them 😁

@juliamargalit9466 4 года назад

I love your videos and I’m so glad to have finally found a channel which talks about military bands!! Do you think you could explain the process a bit more about national guard bands? Originally I wanted to join the Air Force band but I realized it was extremely competitive. Also, even though musicians cannot join as officers, would you still recommend joining ROTC just so one can have some prior military experience?

@AbbyWeaver 4 года назад

Hi Julia, sorry for the late response to this- let me get in touch with one of my national guard friends for some more information. Do you have any specific questions?

@bluzebra6650 3 года назад

My friend is a 68W and he has some old cutting scars on his wrist from a long time ago. He doesn’t know how he got them past meps but he did lol

@rosesmith3971 4 года назад

hey I'm wondering I want to join the airforce I scored 42 but I did really good in the electronics department my recruiter told me I could get any electronical job I want. With that little score would they just dump my body in the front

@AbbyWeaver 4 года назад

Hi Rose! I can’t speak for the Air Force as I’m in the Army but I can offer a few words of advice. Don’t be afraid to ask your recruiter these questions. Ask them once, and then ask them again the next week- see if their answer changes and that they’re being honest with you. Talk to a lot of people! If you have done the research on the jobs available to you with an ASVAB score of 42 then go ahead and take a job that will make you happy! If you haven’t researched all of your options then take the time to do so and work on getting your score up. I know a lot of people take any job because they just want to ship ASAP but I would really encourage you to do your research and study hard for a job you want! And also- unless you sign up for an infantry position, they are not going to put you on front lines. There are very brave people that train hard and tirelessly for those jobs, electronics would be a different chain of training. Hope this all makes sense. Thanks for watching!

@ClydeWright 4 года назад

Thanks for the video! I'm curious about why you had to to AIT after BCT. My fiance won a job as a vocalist in the Army Field Band and is currently in Basic at Fort Jackson (how I stumbled up your channel) and as far as I know she'll get out of basic and immediately report to Fort Meade after that, with no AIT required. (She, like you, has a Masters.)

@brianjungen4059 4 года назад

Clyde Wright The Premier Bands that do specialty auditions like the Field Band don’t have an AIT, you just fo directly to them. For the regular Army Bands you have to go to AIT.

@mercedessanchezlimon6107 4 года назад

Wait wait sooo let’s say after bmt I’m allowed to go home for 14 days.... I’m not sure if you know this, maybe someone ese here will, but what if my hometown of record is Cali but my children are in a different and I want to go see them, would that be possible?... like to choose where I want to go?...

@elizagracekuhnhenn9920 4 года назад

Probably a dumb question, but are contacts okay in basic training? Or do you need to wear glasses

@246tharmyband7 4 года назад

You will need to wear glasses at basic--they will issue you a pair of glasses to use. Contacts should be okay at AIT.

@gamingot6879 4 года назад

Can i still go through rasp and everything after my osut if i do atrap? Or would i have to stay at fort benning

@AbbyWeaver 4 года назад

Rasp? And HRAP is for active duty soldiers to do after AIT before moving to their first duty station. Even if your AIT is where your first station is, you should still be allowed to do the two weeks of HRAP if you meet the requirements. (For 42R, you had to be in good academic and physical standing)

@TheLoobis 4 года назад

Did I see a Tuba? I PLAYED THE TUBA! Ha ha ha! What a nerd.

@danielle_iey 4 года назад

Hey! I’m interested in joining the military... I’m 28 though, what’s it like joining after college? Also, how often is MEPS?

@peppa_jack 4 года назад

I'm 27 with a bachelors degree and I'm shipping out in August. I can't say what it's like to join since I haven't been to basic yet, but you should know that MEPS happens whenever you're ready for it to happen. With me, we waited for my MOS to become available. Then my recruiter put a hold on it for me and I went to MEPS 7 days later to permanently reserve the job. It seems like my local MEPS is open for recruit physicals/contracts/oaths every week on Wednesdays and Thursdays.

@AbbyWeaver 4 года назад

There are actually more people that join after college than you would think. Peppa Jack explained it pretty well^^ You’ll only have to go to MEPS to get officially qualified to join whatever branch, and then again the day you ship out. It depends on your physical results if you’ll maybe need to go back before getting qualified, but once you’re in service you won’t go back.