Purusing a career as a male nurse - RN . Possibly in the military?

Well, as with most others my age I am bit lost.

A bit of background...

I'm 21 and am almost done with my associates in general. I have a 500 hour massage therapy cert, and a Firefighter 1 academy. Now, originally I was going to pursue the fire service and become a paramedic. But, it's a bit tough around here and I no longer have a desire to become a paramedic. So then I thought about Law Enforcement and majoring in criminology. While I still plan on pursuing both of those in the short term I am thinking about this long term if all else fails.


I've been an EMT-B for almost 2 years now. EMS/Healthcare is all I really know right now. I'm used to long shifts, 4 days off, and hospitals. I always said I could never be a nurse but now I'm heavily considering it. You're practically guaranteed a job out of school is one big plus. There's no competition. They make plenty of money, have nice benefits, and the options are endless in terms of what you can do. Don't like the ER? Go to ICU. Don't like that? Med-flight, critical care transports? etc etc. I also love to travel and that option is always open. I can only live at home for so long until I need to find a real career. I need enough money to support myself and my desire to travel.

Also, I speak a decent amount of Spanish. Around the new year I will be moving to Spain for a year. I plan on becoming completely fluent. I'd like to work on the ambulance there but who knows. Regardless, I'm going. In the area that I live speaking Spanish offers great bonus points in any job.

Now, I was curious. Military service has gone through my mind plenty since I've been 18. I was wondering if any branch of the military (Air Force or Navy) offers any sort of program for nurses. Such as going to school while on duty, working as an EMT or something of the sort.

I doubt I'd join the military as a nurse if I did get a civilian job as a nurse. So my plan is to join the Navy as a corpsmen or perhaps the Air Force as a medic. (Or corpsmen? I know the Marines use the Navy corpsmen). And then going to nursing school when I get out.

Well, as with most others my age I am bit lost.

A bit of background...

...I doubt I'd join the military as a nurse if I did get a civilian job as a nurse. So my plan is to join the Navy as a corpsmen or perhaps the Air Force as a medic. (Or corpsmen? I know the Marines use the Navy corpsmen). And then going to nursing school when I get out.