Air Force COT questions

Carolinapooh....thanks for letting me know about bringing your own shoes to COT. I had read some place that they have their own like BMT but to know what shoe type you are. I remember how horrible the shoes were in basic. I had shin splints so bad.

What NP program are you doing....FNP? I've been told the AF needs about 30 FNP which is what I will come in as if I ever finish with the process.

Thanks carolinapooh. So someone would be able to earn a NP part time while on AD in the AF? How much of that (for instance at Duke) will the AF pay? Seeing you are doing this part time what is the payback (in AD time) for Uncle Sam's part time tuition assistance? I suppose all of this is dependent on a person being stationed at one duty location long enough to put together enough part time classes to become a NP? Can't imagine the grad classes transfer well or that you can easily move into another college's grad program. Am I mistaken?

Remember - a majority of FNP and APN programs are completed totally online. And, there are tons of schools out there that are "military friendly" - meaning they charge you the in-state rate regardless of where you're stationed or where your home of record is. Once you throw the words "I'm active duty military" a lot of places start bending over backwards to help you out.

I think the AD time you owe is based on the standard completion rate of the program if you were full time. Someone please correct me if I'm wrong. i.e. - a two year program requires you owe them X amount of time. It used to work that way, but it's probably changed.

I'll probably get my FNP just to make myself more "placeable" - i.e., to keep my base options open. I'm an RN right now. I want to start my FNP by next fall.

They don't issue officers ANYTHING - seriously.

AD time you owe is dependent on the program you use to pay for college ie. GI bill has no pay back, if you use TA you have to have at least two more years AD time as of the last day of your last class or you will encur more time to get to that two years AD time, AFIT is little different but it is almost a 2 for one pay back for most programs.

SO is the AF recruiting 30 from the civilian sector or going to train 30 as NP from the AF? Someone also posted that alot of applicants are not qualified for NP school. Is that because of the unit they are working or rank? Is there an AF website for NP school that shows the prereqs? Are you online and driving at the same time????

If you owe 2-1 AD time for each year in school, and going to school part time takes longer than full time (like you are doing), while would anyone opt for Part time? Many years ago the Army used to cover 100% of your tuition (up to x$ per credit) and you didn't owe any additional time as long as you were full time AD and taking classes on your "own" time. Evidently something has changed or I am misunderstanding some portion of this program. Thanks for your patience in attempting to explain it to me.

Are you online and driving at the same time????

I am AD AF going to school full time. That is my only job right now. My school is 2.5yrs long after which I will owe 4.5yrs when I complete it in December.
When you do part time on your own time and use your GI bill and TA wisely you can basically finish your degree while doing your normal AF nursing job and never owe anymore time than your original commitment. That is the reason most people choose to complete their degree part time.