USMEPCOM TRANSFORMTION - IT MODERNIZATION
Abstract
The United States Military Entrance Processing Command (USMEPCOM) is an Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) Field Operating Activity with Army serving as its Executive Agent (EA). USMEPCOM reports to OSD Accession Policy (AP). USMEPCOM is the vital link between recruiting and training America's armed forces. The Command applies established DoD standards during military processing, thereby providing continual military enlistments to the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, Coast Guard, and Space Force. USMEPCOM processes applicants for military service through its 65 Military Entrance Processing Stations (MEPS) across the Continental United States (CONUS) as well as Non-Foreign Outside the Continental United States (OCONUS) locations. USMEPCOM began processing applicants for service in the 1970s using a by-hand paper intensive process. In 1995, USMEPCOM introduced the United States Military Entrance Processing Command Integrated Resource System (USMIRS) 1.0. USMIRS provides automated support for conducting aptitude tests and medical examinations and administratively processing, enlisting, and shipping applicants for the Armed Forces, Reserves, and Coast Guard. This includes the support for automated versions of the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) tests. The system also initiates Social Security Administration (SSA) checks for identity verification, interfaces with US Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS) to verify citizenship status, and interfaces with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) for background screening. The system utilizes digital fingerprints to identify/eliminate individuals with criminal records from entering military service. USMIRS supports recruiting capabilities through electronic interfaces and data sharing, using standard Department of Defense (DoD) data elements with Recruiting Service systems (such as ARISS, AIE, DMDC, and DCSA etc.) In the event a military draft is required, USMIRS supports mobilization through electronic links with the Selective Service System (SSS) as well as automated support for conducting aptitude tests and medical examinations and administratively processing, inducting, and shipping SSS registrants. In FY 2021, USMEPCOM launched the USMIRS 1.1 Minimal Viable Product (MVP). The MVP modernizes and expands the core functionality of USMIRS and migrates it to the cloud. The resulting system is automated, scalable, and secure. Further investment in the system is planned through FY 2035 to continue development of additional applications (to include a link to the Military Health System GENESIS (MHS GENESIS)), integrated analytics, predictive analytics (machine learning and power business intelligence), and data quality. FY 2025 base funding in the amount of $2.258 million underpins system sustainability and scalability and improves cybersecurity to include protection of Personally Identifiable Information (PII). Funding covers costs to redesign/develop existing MIRS capabilities to operate efficiently in a cloud environment and to integrate with MHS-Genesis. This will allow for the closure of 65 Army data centers, in support of the Army Data Center Consolidation Plan (Army Directive 2016-38) and movement towards the Force of the Future mandate of all digital processing.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Project
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2025
- Source ID
- T04_0605013A_5_2040_PB_2025
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- Root: Information Technology Development
- Child Accomplishment: USMIRS Modernization/Digitization
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