Air Force NTP Applicant FY17

[lasarazen]

Anyone looking at applying for USAF NTP program for FY17? I am trying to get the process going, but having a hard time getting consistent comms with the recruiter in my region. I was told Nurse Corps recruiting business has been moved from the Goodyear (AZ) station to the Aurora/Denver station. Spoke once a few weeks ago with a SGT Brown in the Aurora/Denver office, but haven't been able to get a hold of him since then via phone - no one answers the phone and there is no option to leave a voicemail. I failed to get his email address the one time I talked to him, so can't contact via email. Anyone have any insight?

[jfratian, DNP, RN, CRNA]

Fill out the 'contact a recruiter' form again. That stuff is tracked and they can't ignore those forms. You can also find out the main number for that office and choose the 'supervision' option if you aren't getting through.

[Grippos85]

I'm thinking about applying for the NTP FY17. I spoke to a recruiter (via email) yesterday and he sent me some forms but that's about as far as I've gotten but since stuff isn't due until July, I guess I have time to figure things out.

Lasarazen when I found the closest health care professionals recruiter, I had to go through the AF page and select a health care professional recruiter (as opposed to enlisted or college graduate) and I put in my zip code and it gave me the closest location and email address of the recruiter there. [email protected] is the email address listed for the Aurora office...which is weird because the email address I got from my closest recruiter is an actual person's email address with their first and last name like most official military email addresses.

[Jazi123]

I plan to apply for FY 2017. I understand it is competitive and limited OB spots, can't wait to follow this thread and hopefully hear from other applicants. I have experience as a home visiting nurse with military families, but since I have only community health nursing experience I must apply as a New nurse.

[Jazi123]

My recruiter told me they had about 95 applicants for 30 Med surge and 5 OB last round and should be something similar next. Did anyone hear anything different?

[Camo-angel]

Those numbers sound about right, maybe on the low side but they changed the standards so less people were able to apply. I applied first in summer 2014, when there were over 300 applicants but only 35 medsurg spots and 5 OB spots. Then I applied in 2015 and was accepted for medsurg.

[Jazi123]

Camo-angel that's great!!! When do you go to OCT? Any tips? And when do you find out where you are doing for NTP & assignment? I am a little nervous about how I'll transition form okinawa Japan to the states if I get picked.

[Jazi123]

Camo-angel that's great!!! When do you go to OCT? Any tips? And when do you find out where you are doing for NTP & assignment? I am a little nervous about how I'll transition form okinawa Japan to the states if I get picked.

[Camo-angel]

I'm already in COT, I arrived Oct 5th and graduate Nov 6. My NTP is in Tampa, FL at MacDill so I'll be there in a few weeks. There's lots of great forums on here about how to apply and be competitive. Biggest points are high GPA, strong CV with extracurriculars/missions/community service/leadership positions, 5 LORs from different types of sources to brag on your qualities, and strong questionnaire answers that show why you fit in the AF. You have to give them the whole picture of who you are and why they should pick you.

[Camo-angel]

Oh, and my first duty station is SAMMC on Fort Sam Houston, in San Antonio TX

[vlang]

Hey! Im in the process of talking to a recruiter right now. So excited to get this rolling :) If Im remembering right he said 30 med/surge positions were open and 3 (or 4) OB! This is for new first time nurses / NTP. Anyone have any idea of the average GPA / pre reqs of people who have previously been accepted??

[vlang]

Thats what I heard too as far as the spots available go. Not sure about how many applied so far!