Can't decide!

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Having too many options can be just as hard as having too few. I graduate in May and I'm trying to decide which branch to join. How did you choose and what do you like or regret about it?

Specializes in ER, ICU.

Do you like dirt, boats, or airplanes?

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Specializes in ED. ICU, PICU, infection prevention, aeromedical e.

With BRAC, we will all be working together eventually. We already are combined in San Antonio.

I would look at the potential for locations. Sounds silly, but I find that I have very few options as an AF ICU nurse. I like the 6month deployments with AF (though that can always change, if you get jet tasking it's longer). And compared to the Army nurses I work with, I know more in advance when my rotation for deployment is - every 18 months my bucket is open.

I chose AF because I was Army enlisted and I don't think I can keep up with them anymore! lol

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Watch Baghdad ER (HBO) and if you are still ready, join the US Army :) Depending on your specialty. Army deployments are now 9 months.

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That would be a month longer than my last one. I actually like deployments; rarely a dull moment. I've never seen the show but I'll check it out. Thanks

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I checked out the new site and I think the USPHS may be the best option.

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I was in the AF for 5 years and liked it. At the time the AF tended to be a little bit more like the civilian world which I liked. With changeing AF mission, that may have changed.

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