Army nursing +husband +children

[SBJustBreathe, ASN, RN]

I've been looking into the Army Nurse Corps for after I get my degree. My husband is also in the Army. He is deployed with his National Guard unit right now, but is going active duty when he comes home. We have two children, right now they are 3 1/2 and 1 1/2. I don't know really what I'm looking for by writing this. As much as I'd like to do the Nurse Corps, I don't want to be away from my family for extended periods of time. What is the training like for Nurse Corps? Do you go to basic training? Are deployments frequent? Would I be able to be stationed with my husband? What about Army Reserve, if I did that instead of Active Duty how would that change things? I'm just so lost and I'm not sure what to ask.

[caliotter3]

If you don't want to be away from your family for extended periods of time you should not join the service. While they make efforts to station both of you together (within 50 miles of each other), there is no guarantee. Deployments are always possible, particularly when you consider that we are in a war state of readiness.

[hopeful_army_NP]

i've been looking into the army nurse corps for after i get my degree. my husband is also in the army. he is deployed with his national guard unit right now, but is going active duty when he comes home. we have two children, right now they are 3 1/2 and 1 1/2. i don't know really what i'm looking for by writing this. as much as i'd like to do the nurse corps, i don't want to be away from my family for extended periods of time. what is the training like for nurse corps? do you go to basic training? oblc/bolc is basic officer training that the amedd officer's go to, it is a 9 week course in san antonio.are deployments frequent? not sure of frequency, but can be expected at some point, generally 6 months for rns. would i be able to be stationed with my husband? there is a married army couples program, as mentioned by previous post they will attempt to station together or within 50 miles. what about army reserve, if i did that instead of active duty how would that change things? i'm just so lost and i'm not sure what to ask.

there are lots of post surrounding this topic if you do some searches. another concern would be the possiblity of back to back deployments, so as soon as one spouse gets back the other one goes. this could lead to long seperations between spouses. be of wishes in whatever you decide. plenty of support on this board.

[UTVOL3]

Did you come to a decision? My husband is Army and I am looking into it as well...

[jeckrn, BSN, RN]

If you go Army Reserves they are on a 5 year deployment cycle. If you get activied generally it is for one year if it is stateside and 6-12 months if it is overseas. Also as your husband gets transfered you should be able to transfer units without too much problem. Alot depends on what year your unit is in the deployment cycle. Even if you can not transfer units there is the possiblility of doing RST's with another unit close to your new home. This also depends on your unit and the unit you would like to drill with. Also in the reserves there is the IMA which gives you even more freedom to move around the country.