Army Nurse Reserve Deployments and Moving

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Hi everyone! I was really set on joining the army as an active duty nurse when I finish nursing school in 2010, but now I am leaning more to the reserves side. the question I have is how often have you as an reserve nurse been deployed or moved from your home base? If I joined, would I have to move somewhere else or do I just stay working my civilian job and go to my monthly and annual requirements with the army? Being relocated is not my bisggest concern, it's just I wanted to know what the main difference is in traveling between a active and reserve nurse. Thanks in advance for your help!

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Specializes in critical care: trauma/oncology/burns.

Hello Reene4christ:

When you are in the US Army Reserves you will drill or attend battle assembly hopefully somewhere close to your hometown. You will be payed for every drill you actually attend while working at your civilian job

Of course while in the USARNC you will be attending drills that are longer than the usual two day deals and once a year you will attend a two week long AT (annual training) usually out-of-state, as you stated

Depending on when your TPU (troop program unit) was last mobilized or actually deployed will give you an idea when you might be MOB'ed or Deployed.

Have fun!

athena

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

Hi,

Athena is right about her description of AR and it's basic requirements.

I am an new AR-ANC and I attended a recent "drill weekend"--Actually it was a three-day weapons qualifying weekend.....away from our normal post in Vancouver, Wa.

Our unit is a CSH, so we support or erect temporary hospitals. Our Unit is on a 5 year deployment rotation (as a whole unit, we deploy every 5 years). However, if you are needed or volunteer, individuals are deployed more frequently.

I met a few women nurses that have been on many deployments---Gulf war, Afghanistan, Iraq, Bosnia, somewhere in South America, etc.

I still work full time as a flight nurse and my hospital is very receptive to military leaves. We will see how they adjust to our deployment in 2 years time (or sooner).

Hope this helps,

cindy :)

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