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The '''Delayed Entry Program''', also mistakenly called the Delayed Enlistment Program, is a program where individuals going into active duty in the [[United States Armed Forces]] enlist first into the DEP before they ship out to [[Recruit training|Basic Training]], or "boot camp". This is a legally binding [[contract]], an enlistment into the [[Reserve Component of the Armed Forces of the United States|inactive reserves]], with an agreement to report to a training station (the ___location of one's Basic Training) by a certain date. Under the current regulations, an individual can remain in the DEP for up to 365 days, after which the recruit will either have to report for training, begin the enlistment process again, or request separation from the DEP. However, regulations governing the [[United States Army|Army]],<ref>[http://www.usarec.army.mil/im/formpub/REC_PUBS/R601_56.pdf Reg601-56.pmd<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> [[United States Navy|Navy]], [[United States Marine Corps|Marines]],<ref>[http://www.marines.mil/news/publications/Documents/MCO%20P1100.72C%20W%20ERRATUM.pdf MCO P1100.72C W ERRATUM MILITARY PERSONNEL PROCUREMENT MANUAL, VOLUME 2, ENLISTED PROCUREMENT (SHORT TITLE: MPPM ENLPROC)<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> [[United States Air Force|Air Force]],<ref>http://www.e-publishing.af.mil/pubfiles/afrs/36/afrsi36-2001/afrsi36-2001.pdf</ref> and [[U.S. Coast Guard|Coast Guard]] vary.
When [[United States Army|Army]], [[United States Navy|Navy]], [[United States Marine Corps|Marine]] recruits are in DEP, they will spend time with their [[Military recruiter|recruiter]] and begin training them in military fundamentals such as [[drill and ceremony]], [[first aid]], [[chain of command]], and [[Military rank|rank structure]] prior to [[active duty]] enlistment.
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