Reserve to Active duty question

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Looking at Army nurse corps reserve and active duty army nurse corps. My decision is going to be ultimately decided based on what my spouse does. He is going active duty aviation. My question is how easy is it to transition from reserve to active duty in the army nurse corps? second, if going the route of reserve to active duty, upon going active duty will i be able to contractually match my orders to my spouses very easily, joint officer commission?

just wondering what you all know and advise i get back. my recruiter said the transition ought be no sweat is prefereable- reserve to AD upon my deciding of when i want to make that change over. He states my spouse and i will be able to get same post assignments. so basically i can follow him to flight school at Ft. Ruckers as a reservist, then go AD when an opening is available for me at Ft. Ruckers. i'm hoping that once my spouse is done at Ruckers i can then immediately follow with my orders to the post he will be stationed at.

Help me understand if you can

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You would definitely want to enroll in the Married couples program, the only catch is you can't enroll until you are at your first duty station. Which means that your first duty station might not be where your husband is. What does he do in aviation? My husband is active duty Army aviation. He's stationed here in Hawaii but I got orders for Ft Hood because I can't enroll in the MCP until at Hood. I know that Rucker is not an option for new LT nurses, we have to go to a medical center. But I think you said you're a CPT right? So that shouldn't be a problem for you. How much longer does your hubby have at Rucker?

Thanks for your post. This is the info I've been looking for. would love to chat when you get a chance. Your wealth of knowledge here would be greatly appreciated. Right now I'm dealing with swiss cheese. Have some of the info and facts straight as we try to work this out, but so many holes in it. And Thses holes need answers to se know what we are getting ourselves into and can plan more appropriately. Joey is using his GI bill right now, and will graduate with his Bachelors May 2010. Goal for him to go AD in aviation or communications, me to go AD (BSN RB x5 years). He is studying for the AFAST now. Is your husband a warrent officer or commissioned officer in aviation?

Thanks,

Emily

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My husband is actually enlisted, he's a crewchief on UH-60s. I've had several friends who were active dual military and they had no trouble being stationed together after the first duty station. Once you're in the MCP you're good to go. You might be deployed back to back though so just think about that. But form everyone I've known that was dual military, as long as they did all the proper paperwork they stayed together. We're not really fighting my assignment to Ft Hood because my husband is deploying for a year in August anyways so we'll be seperated no matter what.

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