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Under the current regulations, an individual can remain in the DEP for up to 365 days, after which the recruit will either have to: a) begin the enlistment process again or b) be discharged from the DEP. When the recruit signs the DEP Enlistment Contract, he/she is entering into a legally binding contract to report to his/her training station (the ___location of his/her BCT) by a certain date. However, regulations governing the Army,<ref>http://www.usarec.army.mil/im/formpub/REC_PUBS/R601_56.pdf</ref> Navy,<ref>http://usmilitary.about.com/library/pdf/navrecruit.pdf</ref> Marines,<ref>http://www.usmc.mil/directiv.nsf/0dce83e13c9c8aa685256c0c0066c2e0/736601ce41b86edd85256649005020c0/$FILE/MCO%20P1100.72C%20W%20ERRATUM.pdf</ref> Air Force,<ref>http://www.e-publishing.af.mil/pubfiles/afrs/36/afrsi36-2001/afrsi36-2001.pdf</ref> and Coast Guard<ref>[http://www.girightshotline.org/discharges/dep/coast/index.html GI Rights Hotline<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> (in other words, every branch of service) currently state that a) applicants who request release from the DEP must be released and b) if the applicant refuses to ship out to basic training, he or she may either be released from the DEP or given an Entry Level (Uncharacterized) Separation. The [http://www.girightshotline.org GI Rights Network], a non-profit that assists military personnel seeking discharges, cites [http://usmilitary.about.com About.com's US Military section] in reporting that no one has been prosecuted or involuntarily ordered to active duty for not reporting to BCT since at least the 1970's.<ref>http://www.girightshotline.org/discharges/dep/dep-fact-sheet.pdf</ref>
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