January OBLC Army Nurse Corps

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Hey all,

Just wondering if anyone here is supposed to attend OBLC this upcoming January (2009). Not 100% at this point whether I will be or not, but figured it wouldn't hurt to start trying to make some contacts. My commissioning package was supposed to meet the board in August but I guess there were some fixes that needed to be made so I was placed on the back burner. Was told that my package is supposed to be before the board today though and should hear back by next week (pretty exited right now). My wife is currently active duty AF Nurse Corps, but is in the final stage of securing an interservice transfer to the Army Nurse Corps and we both hope to attend the January OBLC class.

Hope to hear from some of our future classmates soon.

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Specializes in Tele, ICU, CVICU.

Are you joining the Army Reserve? My packet is suppose to go to the Oct board, and I was hoping to get into the January class.

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No, we will both be active duty.

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Just got word from my recruiter that I was selected for commissioning by the board!!! Pretty happy right now.

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Specializes in ICU- adults, Flight RN peds/neo.
Just got word from my recruiter that I was selected for commissioning by the board!!! Pretty happy right now.

Hooah!!!! Congratulation sir!!! It feels pretty good, huh?:wink2: You deserve every bit of it....

cb

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Hooah!!!! Congratulation sir!!! It feels pretty good, huh?:wink2: You deserve every bit of it....

cb

Thank you

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Specializes in critical care: trauma/oncology/burns.

:yeah::yeah:Congratulations. When is your Commissioning?:yeah::yeah:

:up:Welcome to ANC, Sir!:specs:

athena

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:yeah::yeah:Congratulations. When is your Commissioning?:yeah::yeah:

:up:Welcome to ANC, Sir!:specs:

athena

Supposed to be doing it sometime this upcomming week. Thanks.

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Just got word from my recruiter that I was selected for commissioning by the board!!! Pretty happy right now.

Congratulations! I am starting OBLC in October. I'll let you know how it goes. :D

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Specializes in ER/Critical Care.

Hi All! Congrats on your commission. I have a question and since I couldn't figure out how to start a new thread here I thought I'd attach it..... sorry! Anyway, I am planning on joining the Army Reserves. I have a BSN and am presently a FNP student. I work ft as a ER nurse. My question is... what should I expect the reserves recruiter to offer me and what should I ask for...... reasons for me to do this... the economy sux and I can't afford to live anymore on my pay, I am raising 4 of my 7 kids still and it pains me to realize I can't even put food on the table that well anymore. Also, how long is OBLC? thanks in advance

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Look on the goarmy website under incentives.

For the reserves there is a bonus.. there is loan repayment... it depends on your current situation and what you might benefit from. There isn't a lot of 'bargaining' that can be done... there are incentives based on the MOS you are enlisting/commissioning... you also could wait until after OCT when the new fiscal year starts and potentially better incentives are available... or perhaps they are worse off ;)

There are special stipends for those attending grad school.. check into that as well.. also have you looked at the guard's benefits/incentives?

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Hi All! Congrats on your commission. I have a question and since I couldn't figure out how to start a new thread here I thought I'd attach it..... sorry! Anyway, I am planning on joining the Army Reserves. I have a BSN and am presently a FNP student. I work ft as a ER nurse. My question is... what should I expect the reserves recruiter to offer me and what should I ask for...... reasons for me to do this... the economy sux and I can't afford to live anymore on my pay, I am raising 4 of my 7 kids still and it pains me to realize I can't even put food on the table that well anymore. Also, how long is OBLC? thanks in advance

Hey Runninmomof7,

I am sure some others will be able to fill you in better than I, but here are my two cents. Reserve OBLC for NC is considerably shorter than active duty. I believe reserve officers attend OBLC for 4 weeks. Here is a link to the AMEDD OBLC page:

http://www.cs.amedd.army.mil/obc/Index.htm

The military loves FNP's and ER nurses. Both are needed by the Army. If we were talking about active duty I would say not to worry about being forced into filling some other type of nursing position. But you are talking about the reserves though... so it will depend on what the unit you are joining has a need for. Just find out what kind of a role your local Army reserve medical unit fulfills (sp) and that will tell you a lot. Having said that though... if you hold a certification as an ER nurse and the reserve unit in question has a need for an ER nurse I would be very surprised if you were not utilized in that role. Ditto for the FNP. I would ask though if the Army would require you to attend their critical care course, regardless of your civilian certification, in order to fill an ER nurse position.

Hope that all made sense.

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