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Specializes in ICU, Burn, Prison.

AF recruiter told me zero bonus incentive for AF reserves. They are only offering an incentive for critical care or flight nurse. Anyone think this is somtihing that will change with new fiscal year in Oct. He told me nothing would change till 2010, but he has a quota to meet. I would hate to get the ball rolling an find out that I missed out on 10-50k. If there are any AF reservist actively drilling, especially in Ca. I would love to to hear from you. This is a great web site I don't post much, but have been a member for a long time.

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Specializes in Med/Surg, Tele, ER, Military.

AF reserve-wise he is probably right. I looked into the AF reserves initially but decided against it. Once I graduate I will go Air National Guard..as far as i'm concerned, they are offering only ICU and OR Nurses a $45K bonus for joining. Not Bad if I do say so myself :)

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Specializes in ICU, Burn, Prison.

l plan on joining regardless of any additional incentive. I'm just not in some crazy hurry to get in. I can wait a couple of months for 10-50k in bonus or loan repayment. I was in the Navy for 5 years and signed up for an additional 6 years in the reserve, but only did about six months of active drilling. I wasn't an RN, and all I did on drill weekends was sit around. Now I'm looking to get back into the military. I'm thinking the AF because I'm married with 4 kids and they have limits on there deployment lengths. That is the only reason, because I really rather go back into the Navy. I was just hoping somebody might have some insight on whether waiting is a good idea?????

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Specializes in ICU- adults, Flight RN peds/neo.

Hi,

I cant tell you about the Air force incentives, but I did know 2 airforce reserve ICU/flight rns in colorado. Their unit was in Wyoming. I know they deployed twice in (roughly) 4years @ 3-6months each time? They loved it. Last time was in Afghanistan.

Army reserve is still offering up some nice incentives: I know for ICU (BSN)==30K with 50K loan repayment for 6yrs. Deployment limits of 6months (it is rumored).

good luck

cb

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AF recruiter told me zero bonus incentive for AF reserves. They are only offering an incentive for critical care or flight nurse. Anyone think this is somtihing that will change with new fiscal year in Oct. He told me nothing would change till 2010, but he has a quota to meet. I would hate to get the ball rolling an find out that I missed out on 10-50k. If there are any AF reservist actively drilling, especially in Ca. I would love to to hear from you. This is a great web site I don't post much, but have been a member for a long time.

I'm not sure what kind of AF Reserve nurse spot you are hoping or waiting for? It would seem with your background(what I see, anyway) would make you a good candidate for either critical care or flight RN. Do these slots not interest you? I'm just confused...

Anyway, i hear that the new fiscal year thing is generally true and so more $$ may become available for others then.

Only thing I can say for sure is that for the last few years they have been offering 75k(25 per) for three years of participating reserve. After that you can finish in inactive status if you choose to do so. Heck, actually, you can go inactive after year 1 and just decline the next installment if you find you don't like it. I wouldn't suggest it but still an option....

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