Opportunities for Travel

Published

I'm currently in college planning for nursing school and then Navy Nurse Corps. I will openly admit that one of my main goals is travel opportunity. Today I talked to a recruiter and he said that i would spend the first few years at Portsmouth/ San Diego/ Bethesda in training and then maybe get some travel time. I also read on a thread here that you won't get overseas or ship time until after your first billet which is three years. Can someone with experience please clear this up for me.

Also, my brother, who is a Sargent in the Marine Corps is thoroughly against this decision. Can someone with experience also explain to me why this might be?

Up Vote Up Vote ×

With Army Nursing, you are guaranteed to stay in your first duty station for one year. I actually have the official memorandum. Minimum time to serve active duty is 3 years, so you do the math. Deployments for RNs are rarely longer than 6 months though. I don't think the Navy can guarantee that.

Rusty

GBR (Gold Bar Recruiter)

Up Vote Up Vote ×
Specializes in EMS, ED, Trauma, CEN, CPEN, TCRN.
Deployments for RNs are rarely longer than 6 months though.

This is changing to 9 months after January, but is also dependent on deployment assignment...

Up Vote Up Vote ×
+ Join the Discussion