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Garbage. If people that actually have negative first hand experiences shouldn't post their opinions in a "public" forum because they are commissioned officers, then who should? Just the commissioned officers that have positive things to say about the...

There are actually two different issues here: How much and when. Regardless of how much money you are supposed to receive the military in notoriously bad at initially paying you on time and for the correct amount. It often takes them a while to get e...

I guess we can now "assume" that it wasn't too much talking by another person. I cannot understand why people feel the need to post these kind of personal half truths on a public forum and pretend that it happened to a "friend". Particularly when the...

There you go. No need for all the drama.

Am I the only person reading this thread that is wondering how this "other" person knows so many financial and military details of another person's life? Why if this person needs advice, and is willing to provide so many personal details of her life ...

Thank you Sailornurse! I've not been able to find any nurses that actually served a tour on a "gray hull" ship. Supposedly it happens but evidently not too often and I'm unclear as to the circumstances (experience, rank ect) that would exist before a...

Thank you Sailornurse for the insight about the Navy nurse ship assignments. This helps. Do you know how long the deployments on the Mercy & Comfort are? How about combat ships? Does every ship have nurses (with the exception of subs)?

I agree. After all, the recruiter's uncle owns the military.

Does it make sense to leave the Air Force when you are making a Major's pay and only need 9 more years for retirement? I understand there are problems with AF Nursing (also in civilian nursing), but walking away after 11 years seems (to me) somewhat ...

UVa "chance me" thread on allnurses.com. :icon_roll

Thanks everyone for all the insight. I hope you all get your dream assignments, in the branches and locations that you want. Have a safe and Happy Holiday. :loveya:

You raise a good question. Are the AF bases / quarters nicer (in your opinion) than the Navy's? You're saying there may be a good reason why it's called the Navy?!

Exactly. I'm trying to determine the chances of a NROTC nurse ever serving on a ship during her first four years without volunteering for that duty. If you are going to be stationed in a hospital by the ocean (hopefully warm, but whatever) and the qu...

Thanks wtbcrna. I had heard there is a fairly extensive waiting list to get on one of these ships. What did you mean by the following: "If assigned to a hospital ship it is a "collateral duty""? What is "collateral duty"?

Thanks carolinapooh! Still sounds as though for a "new" Navy nurse the chances are slim and none that she will be assigned to a ship within the first four years of duty. After they reach O-4 (which should take at least four years for a new BSN) their...

Thanks jeckrn for the clarification! What is a "HM"? When you say nurses and HMs can be assigned to marine units, you mean marine hospitals or marine land based medical facilities....correct? What is calateria duty? Does that mean special qualificati...

Thanks carolinapooh! I knew the Navy (and the other military services) had opened most not direct combat jobs to women, but didn't realize that they had female nurses on their combat ships (although they definitely have female line officers). Oh well...

Thanks carolinapooh for the information. I probably have some incorrect information, but I had heard that the Navy doesn't assign female nurses on it's ships other than the hospital ships.....and there is a long "volunteer" waiting list to get on tho...

Thanks Wtbcrna! I figured there wasn't much difference. One last question: Will your AF time transfer over to the USPHS for purposes of rank and retirement?

Thanks wtbcrna! Is the hospital that you're currently stationed at by the ocean? How about the nurses....do they seem as happy as AF nurses or as though they wish they'd gone with the AF instead? Do you secretly wish you went Navy (just kidding)? I d...

I'd heard the same things about the difference in living conditions between the AF and Army enlisted personnel, but not anything negative about officers and nurses specifically. I would think that AF and Navy nurses have very similar working and livi...

Why? I can understand after being in the Army why you might choose another branch, but why the Air Force instead of the Navy? Seems as though the Navy hospitals would be in "better" locations (close to the oceans / beaches).

Congrats....I am sure you earned it. DC to Alaska? Better leave now....it may take two weeks at this time of the year. Should be an exciting adventure.

As an Army Vet my opinion is that you are giving the Army too much credit. Get used to this way of "doing business".

^^^^ If you were accepted into the Air Force tomorrow wouldn't you still have this same problem?