New officer initial training length?

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I am a nursing student looking to go AD in either AF or Army. I know AF has COT but what is the time line for initial army training? If I can do 8 weeks AF, I would prefer that to 12 Army...It's been a while since I looked at it so I was trying to see what the training times were now...

Thanks!

Deployments always have a big part to do with retainability, but what branch has you go through several weeks of training right before you deploy usually away from your family, and still doesn't count that towards your deployment length. What service would send someone fresh back from deployment to a 12+month training away from their family? What service has told their troops they are going home after a year plus deployment, let them pack their stuff get on the plane, be in mid-air on the way home, and the CC order the plane back and extend their deployments for another 12+ months. That would be the Army!

Having been on the receiving end of similar experiences: this post succinctly sums up the reasons why not to join the army. Even before the wars started, we had batalions that went from a six month stint in kosovo, to six months in the sinai, to jrtc to six months in saudi..... all within a two year period.

The army is not about individuals, it is about doing your job.

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Specializes in Anesthesia.

I am sorry if I gave anybody the wrong impression about the Army. It has a lot of great qualities.

So, if you are thinking about the Army Here are some of the good things about the Army:

1. Some of the best training in the medical world. The Army probably does more medical research than any other branch, and is committed to having graduate educated nurses and APNs. The last several Chief Nurses of the Army have all been CRNAs.

2. The Army holds the #2 spot for top CRNA training (which is 4 places higher than the other military training institute for CRNAs).

3. In my opinion the Army has the best critical care training for nurses of any of the military branches.

4. Fastest promotion rates for nurses of any branch of the military.

5. If you are gung-ho and want the whole military thing then Army is the way to go. I have seen several Army nurses with jump wings which is rare thing for nurses in other branches.

6. The last time I checked the Army was actually ahead of the AF or Navy in building new housing.

These are just a few things off the top of my head.

I guess all I am really trying to say is be well informed in whatever decision you make, and if someone goes through the trouble of giving a high priced sales pitch there usually is a reason.

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

wtbcrna- thanks for posting those positive qualities.

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Specializes in EMS, ED, Trauma, CEN, CPEN, TCRN.
5. If you are gung-ho and want the whole military thing then Army is the way to go. I have seen several Army nurses with jump wings which is rare thing for nurses in other branches.

Funny -- when my husband and I sat down with my AMEDD recruiter, I was asking about all the nurse stuff, and my husband's only question was, "Will she have access to schools?" LOL. He's former Army himself -- 11B. :D

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Jump wings...when I was an AF cop they had just stopped allowing us to go to jump school...and now they've opened it back up....boo hiss.....

I have a friend who's a prior service Army major (psych RN - love love love her) who's jump qualified who keeps trying to get me to go with her.

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