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While the DEP enlistment agreement states that the military can technically order any DEP recruit to active duty in the event that they do not fulfill their commitment by reporting to training on their specified date, no recruit has been involuntarily ordered to active duty in decades.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://usmilitary.about.com/cs/joiningup/a/dep.htm|title=The Delayed Enlistment Program (DEP)|author=Powers, Rod|website=About.com}}</ref>

Enlistees in the DEP are encouraged to spentspend a significant amount of time at a local recruiting office and receive training from their [[military recruitment|recruiter]] before they ship out to begin recruit training and active service. Areas that are covered during this phase include [[drill and ceremony]], [[first aid]], [[chain of command]], [[Military rank|rank structure]], and [[Physical fitness|physical training]].

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