Navy Nurse Q????

[sunshine327]

i've heard the navy nurses serves the marines as well... but my question is. i'm going to school and working towards getting my bs in nursing. my husband is very support of everything i do; however, whenever i bring up the military, he is very hesistant. my questions is being the there is such a shortage of nurses in the military and i going to be deployed every often if i go into active duty and go into the navy as an officer with my bs???

i did my research and some of the people i speck too in my hometown all try to scare me that i'm going to be deployed alot due to the short-age of nurse???

can someone plse share some light!

someone plse help?????

[Texan_in_AZ]

hello,

I saw your post with no replies after about 2 months so I hope that I can offer you some help. I am getting back into school to pursue a BSN but I did serve in the Marine Corps for 12 years and 3 1/2 of them were as a recruiter, and I always dealt with applicants who had people trying to scare them out of it. I don't have the 1st hand experience like some here on the board, but here is what I can tell you from my experience.

Yes, you may serve along side Marines because the Dept of the Navy provides all medical support to the Marines but you will most likely be assigned at a base hospital on a Marine Base or to a medical battalion that provides medical needs in the field. Although you won't be assigned to a direct combat unit, all Marines are trained for combat and must be deployable so if you find yourself in a medical battalion, you won't be too far from them. Now this is what I can tell you about the Marine side and I don't want to jump into other things that I don't have the credentials for because who knows, you probably won't even get assigned to the Marines anyway.

But if you are thinking about joining the military, don't get discouraged. It is an opportunity and an honor of a lifetime to serve. You will work hard, but you will get to play hard too. It will take care of you and your husband, give you benefits that are unheard of in the civilian community. It will give you real work experience not just in your specialty but other intangibles such leadership & management skills, self discipline, professional development & opportunities, & pride of belonging to name a few.

There will be times you might have to deploy overseas and be away from your family and it may be a drawback to the job but it has a great sense of purpose and it may even be part of history. My wife hated me being overseas but she got through it and understood that it was something that needed to be done. You will always be proud that you did it and that you served.

Well I don't know if this is enough info or too much, but I hope it helps and I will answer any type of military service questions if you have any more. Good Luck, hope to see you in uniform!