I am currently in nursing school finishing my BSN and would like to join the reserves. I just spoke with a recruiter and I will have to go through regular basic to join now, so most likely during the summer when I am on a break and will have 9 weeks off. My question is, has anyone gone through regular basic recently that can offer any of their experiences? My hobby is distance running, so I am not worried about stamina or the physical aspects, but would like to have some sense of what I am in for.
these are the nursing mos - that is why their is an fnp who works as an fnp... patrick please correct me if otherwise... but that is also why there may be adult nps whom are not in the army practicing purely as adult nps.
cursed irishman has it right.. reception is the worst. the total lack of any sort of control and being herded around amongst confusion just sucks. i was a guidon and would have loved to be the gray man in the back.
Thank you for all of your replies. I have not signed up for the reserves yet (only gathering info at this point) so I do not have a ship off date, and I live in CT so I assume that BCT will be somewhere here on the east coast. The recruiter told me that basic was not as hard as it used to be...sort of a kinder gentler approach to prevent people dropping out I suppose, and she was a bit disappointed with some of the recruits that she put in who came back almost the same as when they left. I am in no way looking for an easier option or experience, I just find this puzzling. Does anyone have any feedback on that?? also, what is the gas chamber all about...do you sit in there with a mask on, are you protected?
As far as MOS, she said I was qualified for everything because of my ASVAB score, but I haven't decided yet. Also, part of the reason for joining now was to have a part time job where I could still go to school full time and earn money while accruing time in the army. Seems like a win win to me. The recruiter also said that since I am starting my 3rd year of nursing school, that the army would be unlikely to deploy me because they need nurses and want people to finish their nursing programs.
Here try this link, it has pretty much all the information you will need to make a decision on joining the U.S. Army Reserves. http://www.cs.amedd.army.mil/obc/index.htm
My granddaughter just joined the Army and left for SC on Dec 29th for basic. I was told she gets ONE phone call??? This sounds worse than prison (not that I know what prison's like, mind you..hehe)
I hope she'll be ok...she's a lazy little thing :)
if you live in CT you need to get in touch w/ the recruiters at the Wallingford Station. (W. Hartford). If you want to private message me I will give you recruiters name and contact info. You can go and tour the Combat Support Hospital there. The day I toured I met a new grad and got to talk with him briefly , he is very happy there and he gets the support he needs to be successful in his role.
My granddaughter just joined the Army and left for SC on Dec 29th for basic. I was told she gets ONE phone call??? This sounds worse than prison (not that I know what prison's like, mind you..hehe)
I hope she'll be ok...she's a lazy little thing :)
I want to wish your GD luck. She wont be lazy anymore.
No being in the military is not like being in prison, basic training is
a very controlled enviroment, but she volunteered to serve her country.
Do you know what job she signed up for ?
Basic training and the AIT.. that is her school she goes to learn the basics of her job in the military
have to be in a very controlled enviroment. It does instill a sense of disipline and maturity if the person
lets it. The privates get pretty good sign up bonuses. If these kids are smart, they would put that sign on bonus in a savings account or CD or mutual fund and pretend it is not there. No basic training is not like the Catalina Wine Mixer or anything.
Basic has to be tough these days, the tougher the drills are on her now, the better her chances are in Iraq or Afghanistan.
My granddaughter just joined the Army and left for SC on Dec 29th for basic. I was told she gets ONE phone call??? This sounds worse than prison (not that I know what prison's like, mind you..hehe)
I hope she'll be ok...she's a lazy little thing :)
My father was a drill sergeant in SC, he is retired now. However, it is nothing like prison. Its alot of discpline, team work and pt which what young person can't use a dose of that. After going to MEPS with alot of young adults 17-21 years old right out of high school if they didn't instill that alot of people would get hurt and killed. I wish I could sign my nephews and a few little cousins up just for 4 years of that.
My father was a drill sergeant in SC, he is retired now. However, it is nothing like prison. Its alot of discpline, team work and pt which what young person can't use a dose of that. After going to MEPS with alot of young adults 17-21 years old right out of high school if they didn't instill that alot of people would get hurt and killed. I wish I could sign my nephews and a few little cousins up just for 4 years of that.
"Conjugal visits? Mmmm. Not that I know of. Y'know, minimum-security prison is no picnic. I have a client in there right now. He says the trick is: kick someone's orifice the first day, or become someone's *****. Then everything will be all right. W-Why do you ask, anyway? "
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just_cause, BSN, RN
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lol. jd -
these are the nursing mos - that is why their is an fnp who works as an fnp... patrick please correct me if otherwise... but that is also why there may be adult nps whom are not in the army practicing purely as adult nps.
army public health nurse 66b (active)
certified registered nurse anesthetist 66f (active and reserve)
critical care nurse 66h8a (active and reserve)
emergency room nurse 66hm5 (active and reserve)
family nurse practitioner 66p (active and reserve)
medical-surgical nurse 66h (active and reserve)
ob/gyn nurse 66g (active)
perioperative nurse 66e (active and reserve)
psychiatric/mental health nurse 66c (active and reserve)
psychiatric nurse practitioner 66c8m (active)
v/r
cursed irishman has it right.. reception is the worst. the total lack of any sort of control and being herded around amongst confusion just sucks. i was a guidon and would have loved to be the gray man in the back.