michmurse

Both of you, thanks for the clarification. The 8 year or longer commitment is probably the reason I would not join the military reserves. It would be hard for me to sign into something for so long w/o truly experiencing it. On the other hand I hav...

I have spoken with a few recruiter in the army and AF and I've basically heard two things: Active duty is 4 years active, then 4 years inactive Reserves is 6 years, then 2 years inactive reserves I was wondering, as a nurse, if you can sign 2-4 year...

Hey I'm new to this forum and new to the profession, but I do have a number of questions for the veterans out there. I was wondering if you could elaborate on the environments nurses in the air force or army may face while being deployed to iraq? I...

Is there a way to join the army reserves as a nurse and start directly in the emergency area of a unit or do you have to put your time in the med-surg areas first? Thank you for your time.

Wow, thank you for the insight. I understand that because of the group we are fighting that there really is no "safe zone". However, my interests contain no drive or interest in ending more lives. I wish to only save them. That is why I inquired ...