Single Parent joining the Air Force!

[HIGirl1995]

Hi! I am a 31 year old single parent of a 5 year old son. I have been looking into joining the air force but concerned about child care and raising a child so young on my own while in the military. I will be seeing a recruiter, but would like some feedback about being a single parent in the military would be like. I currently have a BSN and has 6 years of ICU experience and would like to attend a CRNA program in the air force.

1. Are there many resources for single parents?

2. How would work schedules be like? Night shift or days?

3. Do you work over 40 hrs a week in the hospital setting?

4. Child Care?

5. Education and activities for children?

Any single parents out there in the military? How do you do it? Balancing family and military duties. Any feedback or suggestiobs would be informative. Thank You!

Am I making a good decision by entering into the military with a young child?

[cutekittenj]

Actually if you are an officer in the military, you do NOT have to give up custody of your child. You do have to create a family care plan stating where you child would go when you get deployed just like one post said. Only enlisted single parents have to give up custody not officers which you will be if you join the air force. I'm not sure where the person said your days off are not your days off. Your days off are truly your days off. As far as training, since you are an officer you work out on your own time. Hope this helps.

[vome]

so, have you got into AF as a single parent?

just read this, i know a few years have past but i have the same question right now with a 12 year old child and BSN and single,

[vome]

hi,

i heard even as an officer they wouldn't accept you..

when i talked to recruiter online, he said i have to be married to a civilian or not have any children if not married,

[vome]

Spoke to a recruiter in the AF,

not going to take you as an officer nurse unless married or don't have children and single,

please let me know if anyone has known someone who joined as an officer, not enlisted and had a child and was a single parent

thank you

[churchsgirl]

I would also like to point out that at this time the Air Force is not recruiting nurses...at least not when I talked to a nursing recruiter a few months ago. With all of the cuts they went from recruiting 330 nurses a year to 3 (this is total, not per state, not per county but TOTAL) AND they want you to be a mental health nurse. My friend who has been active duty AF for almost 10 years has not yet been accepted to the "nursing program" They just do not need the numbers