Air Force NECP Help!

[aheickley]

I've been working on finishing all of the pre reqs for the NECP program but I'm currently having a very difficult time finding good schools to apply too. I'm currently stationed at Eglin AFB with my wife and two children. My question to everyone is, what were the school that you applied for and which ones did you get accepted too? I really don't care where I end up going to school but I would prefer somewhere in the Midwest but honestly that's just so my family can be closer to see my children. Next question is, how did you start your application process where did you go first to get the ball rolling? I've been to the education office and the woman there has been very helpful but she has reached a point where I need to make a decision on what schools to apply to, so until then I'm at a bit of a stand still for now. That's about it for now, the main question is if you know of any schools that are actually familiar with the NECP program and would know exactly what I was talking about if I were to email them. Oh final thought when working through the package did you ever have to contact the AFROTC detachment for anything?

Anyways thank you for all your help! Looking forward to apply this year and hopefully getting accepted :)

[jfratian, DNP, RN, CRNA]

I have a lot of co-workers that did NECP. My understanding is that you want to apply to public schools or 'yellow ribbon schools' (i.e. schools that work well with vets). The military won't give you an unlimited amount of money, and you generally get the average rate for public schools in a given area.

You don't do any ROTC. You get accepted to your school, you apply and get accepted to NECP, finish school, commission as an O1E, go to COT (google AF commissioned officer training) for 5 weeks, and then show up to your first base as a nurse.