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what is your life like as a reserve nurse? at times it's chaotic...juggling home life, kids, work, army related stuff. As a reservist you are responsible for maintaining your own physical fitness, army training (online) and your certifications r/t y...

Hi I have a sleeve and a few other tattoos including a small one on my neck.... its not a big deal....... i've been to OBLC...many of the cadre have ink as well.

Hi there! this is a message coming directly from the FOB: I am presently at the June OBLC-RC down at FSH I have some suggestions for you all in order to be successful. 1.) start hydration at least a month before heading there. 2.) I would suggest go...

When I was investigating going AD, I was told by my recruiter that I could not, at the moment because I am 46 years old. He did say that I could do the 2-year AD option but it was unclear as to whether I would be able to stay in after that. This ma...

we havent needed to put up any tents............ no mention of such either.... but I have black gloves in my bag just in case. PX sells a pair for about 7 bucks

Hi So we are entering our last week here for OBLC- short course. It is still hot, the demands are greater both physically and mentally. While this course is not anywhere near what enlisted's go through for their basic training it has been tough in ...

HOOAH!!!!!!!!!

Patty I just had my interview for my security clearance a couple of weeks ago. I met the agent at a library on a college campus and it was about my credit. He had a copy of my credit report and we went through each one step by step. I dont expect...

I can tell you that ht/wt body fat analysis can be skewed and may be false. For example I dated a man who was 6'4" and 275 lbs. he was a body builder. he would go to use those scales like what is outside GNC etc and he would repeatedly be told by t...

I was considered IRR when I got my ID. HRC has been putting people into the IRR as a "holding position" so people dont get lost. I had even gotten my ID before my orders. I would suggest, if you live near an ID office, just go there w/ your two for...

Hi GoGreen I went to Westover AFB first and got my initial ID there, but they had gotten my email wrong and I could not use it to log on using my CAC reader. So I then went to Devens and got it replaced. You need to bring a couple of ID's and some ...

from athena 55.......ad (taken from another thread here on an) from athena55 [color=#1750ff]platinum member senior member age: 53 years exp: 33+ nursing specialty: critical care oncology/trauma received 320 kudos from 201 posts join date...

According to the paperwork we rec'd they state "It is important that you arrive prepared for both the physicaly demanding field training exercises and the Diagnostic Army Physical Fitness Test (DAPFT) you are required to take to graduate this course"...

they send you an email telling you to click on the link to register.

I am going to talk to them when I get down there.....my UA is useless. (well known fact)

we did apft in May....was supposed to be diagnostic but because so many soldiers in our unit needed it to count it counted. I did well. If you dont pass the apft when you need it too, you get flagged and (supposedly) that means no schools etc until...

Hi Ya! It figures, I get picked to have a background/ security clearance done. Why is it so important to have for us as nurses? And what happens if you don't get it? (I was under the impression that this was done as part of boarding process) thanks...

hmm.... don't do dope, drink very little etoh, don't know any middle easterners, don't have a record (probably the closest is a speeding ticket) and have been to a casino 3 times in my life. I've lost everything---my house, my car.......over doing ...

Good Luck with that! :) I think it will be a mute issue. I have heard, AD gets all the kudos, then AR then NG. I am beginning to believe it.

Hmm..... I'm glad the Army thinks that Reservists, can go to Texas, attend training and not get by on any income. Especially w/ the economy the way it is. Now, I'll need to make some calls to make sure people will know why their payments will be l...

I was told that by the UA @ my unit...............

ughhh! first sharing a tent w/ 38 people in the FOB, then having to share a room at the Inn..........hmmm......so much for any alone time.

nothing gang related, offensive........... anything showing above neck line or below sleeveline of uniform ( acu's, asu's) require waiver. I have several tat's. only one I required waiver for was one on my neck.

66HM5 for ER Nurse.

It all depends on what your unit has scheduled. the 1st drill w/e for me was a little messy..... as we had the new 4-hour mandatory inservice on suicide prevention to do. I also got my TA-50 issued and I inprocessed. in between I attended briefin...