it is OFFICIAL I am going GREEN

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Phew!!

Thank you so much for this forum and your encouragement and support since August when I first began to apply.

Wow, I just got the "official" word. I am going Green. :)

Gen

Specializes in Ortho, Med surg and L&D.
congrats. i have been following your posts. i am also in the ancp program and am scheduled to go off to obc in august. who knows, maybe we will be there together. let us know when you find out when they have you slotted.

Hello,

It is in August? I thought it was October?

No doubt I am wrong! I guess if it is held four times a year and you are set for August I guess I would follow you.

This is, unless my license for RN comes back in time! Yet, that would be too tight because I do not expect to receive my license in the mail until six weeks after I sit for it, (in late July or early August).

Congratulations to you too! Have you received your orders or your branch orientation contacts yet? I have not but, expect them in about two months or so.

Gen

Specializes in 66H.

i am schedules to grad one month before you, so you never know. i did not plan on taking the nclex until around mid june but they still have me slotted for a report date of aug 5th.

you need to talk to your recruitor right away. you need to contact LTC Adams-Mann (Program Director, AECP & ANCP Programs). She sent out a form (RFO) to all of the ancp and aecp (the enlisted soldiers) awhile back. This is the form you get to put down your top 10 places you want to go after finishing obc. if you even want a chance to get your choice (unless you some how got this guaranteed) you need to get this to her. she is a great person so if your recruitor wont do this for you or tries to brush you off, let me know, i have her contact information. This just gives her an idea of the places you want to go in the order you want them. She them tries to get that for you. if she does not have this information, then when she finally does get it, there is not going to be a lot of good places left. this is also the person who can tell you what class they have you slotted for, because if she knows about you yet (paperwork can take forever in the army) then she is the one that takes care of you. Of course I am going off the fact that i think you are in the ancp program. but just to give you an idea of how urgent this is, she has had this information for all the ancp and aecp people for months.....and she has been placing people, not to mention the reason she asks for this information so much in advanced is to give her guys a chance at getting what they want.....ROTC had their information in since around aug 06 (this all applies for a spring graduation class that they are planning for). i hope this all helps.

Specializes in Ortho, Med surg and L&D.
i am schedules to grad one month before you, so you never know. i did not plan on taking the nclex until around mid june but they still have me slotted for a report date of aug 5th.

you need to talk to your recruitor right away. you need to contact LTC Adams-Mann (Program Director, AECP & ANCP Programs). She sent out a form (RFO) to all of the ancp and aecp (the enlisted soldiers) awhile back.

....ROTC had their information in since around aug 06 (this all applies for a spring graduation class that they are planning for). i hope this all helps.

Hello,

I anticipate my orders to arrive in a month or two so that I can contact my branch orientator.

What is AECP? I am not in the ANCP I am Active Duty on reserve commission and filled out my top three base preferences as part of my application packet.

I initially listed my date of availability as October because I knew that I needed to have my RN license in my hand in order to attend OBC.

While I am still a student, I am not in ROTC nor am I on student status, I am on sustainment until graduation, like delayed entry.

Not sure if that makes a difference but, if you have any occasion to double check this with your ROTC people I would be grateful.

Maybe I will see you there!

Here is a pic of me, so you will recognize.

http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h290/Gennaver/2006marathonnearfinish.jpg

That was at mile 23 or 26 but, it looks like the real me.

Hope to see you then, then!

Gen

p.s. edit to add, your date sounds about right though, if you test in June then six weeks later, (how long I was told it takes to get your license) would be mid August. Not sure about me, I graduate mid June and wont test till probably begining of August.

Specializes in ED, ICU, MS/MT, PCU, CM, House Sup, Frontline mgr.
Phew!!

Thank you so much for this forum and your encouragement and support since August when I first began to apply.

Wow, I just got the "official" word. I am going Green. :)

Gen

YEAH! I will be going "Green" too if all goes well upon graduation!

Keep us posted! I want insight in the Nursing Corps! If you have time (you probably won't), tell us about your experience during "Boot Camp" as you go through it!!! I am so excited for you! Good luck!

Specializes in 66H.

sorry if i confused anyone.

ancp=army nurse corp program and is for someone who applies in the last two years of school. the army pays a $1000 a month and a bonus at the beginning of each school year. you in turn sign up for X amount of years of service. you have no standing in the military really (you are in the IRR or inactive reserve as a PFC to receive the pay). so basically the army pays you up to around 32,000 to go to school for about 5 years of service.

aecp=active duty soldiers who want to become a nurse. you stay active duty and get your paycheck yet your place of duty is school. this is a really great way for someone that is enlisted to go officer if you want to be a nurse.

i am not rotc (way to old).

so everything i said in my previous post does not apply. i thought i had read earlier that you had applied for this program and had been accepted to that. sorry.

Specializes in Ortho, Med surg and L&D.
YEAH! I will be going "Green" too if all goes well upon graduation!

Keep us posted! I want insight in the Nursing Corps! If you have time (you probably won't), tell us about your experience during "Boot Camp" as you go through it!!! I am so excited for you! Good luck!

Hello,

When do you graduate? I look forward to "officer basic course" too.

Officer basic course it not supposed to be like "enlisted basic training". From what I read and hear, we have classroom training, daily pt and the pt test and a week long feild training too.

Good luck! Have you acessed yet?

Gen

Specializes in Ortho, Med surg and L&D.
sorry if i confused anyone.

aecp=active duty soldiers who want to become a nurse. you stay active duty and get your paycheck yet your place of duty is school. this is a really great way for someone that is enlisted to go officer if you want to be a nurse.

.

Hi,AECP sounds sweet. :)

I did apply for the ANCP but, since my program is MS entry to nursing not BS entry to nursing I was not eligible. They may eventually accept MS entry students as candidates but, they do not yet.

Luckily I still was able to reapply as Regular Army and...yippie...took the oath.

Yet, if I complete my NCLEX in time maybe I will meet you at OBC. Good luck!

Thank you for keeping me informed though and trying to look out for me! MUCH appreciation.

Gen

Specializes in US Army.

The officer basic course has changed during the last year or two.. It is now much more realistic, and you spend a total of 4 weeks in the field. This is the web page for the course: Alpha Company 187th Medical Battalion: Home

Specializes in Ortho, Med surg and L&D.
The officer basic course has changed during the last year or two.. It is now much more realistic, and you spend a total of 4 weeks in the field. This is the web page for the course: Alpha Company 187th Medical Battalion: Home

Hi,

You mean that the field exercises are for four weeks?

Wow, glad you told me because I wouldn't have brought enough diaper wipes to wash up with!!

Gen-checking out the links next. :)

Specializes in OR Internship starting in Jan!!.

lol @ the diaper wipes :)

Specializes in Ortho, Med surg and L&D.
lol @ the diaper wipes :)

:) They help! I learned about it from my fellow cross country running teammates, (as well as from back country campers too).

Something else I heard about from fellow female back country campers is the femine hygeine product called femcup or softcup and I bought the product "Instead". However I am not just ready to try it yet have heard rave reviews. It is apparently much better than using sanitary napkins or tampons. The website for the product I have is INSTEAD® SoftCup™ || Welcome I figure that those would be much better than other products.

:) Just another thing to not have to worry about.

Gen

Specializes in OR Internship starting in Jan!!.

I heard about something similar. If this isn't too personal, have you used it yet? What do you think of it? Is it something you would use even when finished with training? Thanks :D

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