U.S. Brig. Gen. Jonathan Ellis, mobilization assistant to the 8th Air Force commander, delivers the oath of enlistment to 10 Army and Navy recruits during a swear-in ceremony at the MEPS in Shreveport, Louisiana, Feb. 27, 2018. More than 6,000 Army, Navy, Marine and Air Force applicants pass through the Shreveport MEPS before beginning their military service. The station was awarded the best small station fort within U.S. Military Entrance Processing Station Command for fiscal year 2017.