My orders came today!!

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And it's so strange to see them..."59th Medical Operations Squadron, Lackland AFB, TX...Officer is allowed approximately 4 weeks of TDY enroute at the Officer Training School (OTS) Maxwell AFB, Montgomery AL to attend course MOTS-002, Commissioned Officer Training..."

I'm all official now, and I couldn't be happier. :)

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Specializes in Med/Onc, Med/Surg, Stepdown, ICU.

That's awesome!!! Congratulations!!! :D

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Specializes in Nephrology, Cardiology, ER, ICU.

Congratulations!

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Specializes in Advanced Practice, Home Care, Med-Surg,.

Awesome, I am excited for you! 4 weeks sounds good. When do you leave? How is the prep for PFT going? Congrats!!!!!!!!!

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Good job. Congratulations as well :up::yeah:

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It was always exciting to get new orders...

I wish you the best... and who knows, I may even join you (as a RN next time)!

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Specializes in L&D, mother/baby, antepartum.

Congrats! I'm sure you are beside yourself with excitement.

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Awesome, I am excited for you! 4 weeks sounds good. When do you leave? How is the prep for PFT going? Congrats!!!!!!!!!

It's coming along; I'm not making as much progress as I'd like to but I can do enough to go down there and pass the PFT the first time I take it, which has been my primary goal. Then I want to kick butt and show real improvement while I'm down there.

I find it hard to stay motivated sometimes, I'm a bit embarrassed to say. And I really have to push myself to work on endurance. I tend to do better in a group environment (if for no other reason to not embarrass myself). I know it sounds silly, but I made amazing progress during BMT just by pushing myself against the rest of the flight (and I was the oldest person in my flight at 24!). By the time I graduated from the AF police academy, I was running two miles in just over fifteen minutes. I'm 13 years older now, yes, but I know I can accomplish the same sort of change at COT. And I know I have to be able to do the 1.5 in 15:30 or less for my first military education course as an LT, so I know what I have to do to get there.

I'm leaving on the 16th of October; they've given me plenty of time to get down there and I'm going to take advantage of a little road trip - stop in Atlanta and treat myself to a bit of luxury at the Doubletree (active duty can stay there for fifty bucks a night!!)...

And they've given me four days to get to Texas from Montgomery, so that's also a nice amount of time.

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Congratulations!!

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Specializes in Advanced Practice, Home Care, Med-Surg,.
It's coming along; I'm not making as much progress as I'd like to but I can do enough to go down there and pass the PFT the first time I take it, which has been my primary goal. Then I want to kick butt and show real improvement while I'm down there.

I find it hard to stay motivated sometimes, I'm a bit embarrassed to say. And I really have to push myself to work on endurance. I tend to do better in a group environment (if for no other reason to not embarrass myself). I know it sounds silly, but I made amazing progress during BMT just by pushing myself against the rest of the flight (and I was the oldest person in my flight at 24!). By the time I graduated from the AF police academy, I was running two miles in just over fifteen minutes. I'm 13 years older now, yes, but I know I can accomplish the same sort of change at COT. And I know I have to be able to do the 1.5 in 15:30 or less for my first military education course as an LT, so I know what I have to do to get there.

I'm leaving on the 16th of October; they've given me plenty of time to get down there and I'm going to take advantage of a little road trip - stop in Atlanta and treat myself to a bit of luxury at the Doubletree (active duty can stay there for fifty bucks a night!!)...

And they've given me four days to get to Texas from Montgomery, so that's also a nice amount of time.

Sounds good. The PFT advice and links that you posted have been very helpful to me and I don't go to OBLC until March. Please continue to keep us here at 'all nurses' posted on your experiences. Even though you are AF I enjoy your post and have learned from them. Best wishes- I know you must be on cloud nine right now, enjoy!

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Specializes in ER/Trauma Administration Geriatrics.

I'm all official now, and I couldn't be happier. :)

Congrats !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :yeah::yeah::yeah:

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Specializes in Flight/ICU/CCU/ED/Trauma.

Awesome! Congratulations, and have fun! It'd be nice to hear how your experience at COT goes if you don't mind posting some info on here when you get done... Hope to cross paths with you at some point!

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