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I'm back from the interview- which lasted 2 hours. The chief nurse is a Lt. Col and she had her asst. chief sit in as well, and she was a Major. The interview was not as intense as I expected, it was very relaxed and more of us talking that questions...

So today is the day- headed out in a few minutes for my interview with the chief nurse. The unit is about 2 hours from my house, so got some travel before I'll be there. I'm horribly nervous, mostly about not being able to articulate why I want to ...

Hi all- so I confirmed my interview with the chief nurse for this Saturday morning. It is for a clinical nurse slot in an ANG unit. Any suggestions or ideas on what I might get asked? I've been told I might be asked if I understand the mission of ...

Today I got a call from the Chief Nurse of the ANG unit I am hoping to join. My preceptor is the commander of the unit and so she set up the call. We talked for over an hour, and she asked me to send my resume. They won't drill in their home locat...

The whole COTS vs RCOTS is so confusing to me. The CN says you go to RCOTS and says she just had a nurse come back from the December class, which she says lasted 5 weeks. I've been reading on the link you posted and it says RCOT is 2 weeks. I gues...

I started this thread a couple of weeks ago and no one replied- so I cut and pasted the content here. :) Today I got a call from the Chief Nurse of the ANG unit I am hoping to join. My preceptor is the commander of the unit and so she set up the cal...

NursRies- Just wanted to say Hi! I'm also an acute dialysis nurse- considering and working toward the Air National Guard. Not many of us dialysis nurses out there, so I have had some of the same questions you do.

I am working on air national guard.

Just remember people who are hiring have to be very careful. If they indicate that someone will get the job and then they don't it can cause problems. So often they are very cryptic and careful.

Meg- I've been an RN almost 23 years, and spent about 9 years of that as a nursing administrator responsible for hiring. A lot of times I would pair someone up to shadow one of my nurses so I could get their thoughts and feedback as well. I can tel...

I would say go back and read your promissary note that you signed when you received the loan. I am currently finishing up my MSN as a recipient of this and mine was quite clear that it is only as a full-time faculty member. I also asked whether eac...

Thanks! That is the website I've been reading on. It has answered a lot of questions for me- and prompted even more! :)

You're welcome! I probably could have worded my question better. I have no military frame of reference other than uncles who served around the time of the Korean War, and things were certainly different for them! Everyone else I know is either Arm...

Lunah- Just to clarify- I was not looking for specific content of exams. I would never want that myself nor would I ever ask or expect anyone to divulge information such as that. From what I've read on the website for COTS the curriculum seems to b...

Can you wife share what types of things are on the tests? Is it customs and courtesies type information?

kdazzle- I agree with you that it is the fear of the unknown that gets me. I'm used to planning a lot- we have 4 kids so I have to plan! I started working on running and the situps/pushups this week. Because of my age I don't have to do as many, b...

This does help very much. I'd love to know more about the ropes course though. I did a tree top thing this summer with my kids and did fine on the rope part, but not sure if I could make it over a wall like I've seen in movies! :)

Can you share what her experience at COT was like? I'm trying to get as much info as possible for making my decision whether or to to join. TIA

Thanks- that's what I would prefer to do rather than wait several months. Is the process to let you know you are selected and then give you your rank, then you swear in and sign before drill, or do you find out all that at COTS?And- where do you get...

Thanks! That does help clarify. It looked like there was a pretty good amount of PT in COT and even to pass the PFT I need to get in better shape. I can meet the minimum on everything except pushups, but being the type A personality I am I don't w...

Thanks Carlily! I guess what is so confusing is I am getting conflicting information on the training. I did see that the next RCOT is in April, and there are none others posted for this year after that. I have no expectation of getting everything ...

Since this thread seemso to be pretty active- I'm going to jump in! To introduce myself- I have been an RN for almost 23 years (which makes me 43). I am very seriously interested in joining the Air National Guard. I've thought about it off an on o...

Hello all- I'll try to give background and keep it brief- I've been an RN for almost 23 years (do the math--I'm 43). In the early days of the career I considered Navy or AF reserves but decided I wanted kids first. Now 3 kids later I'm about 4 months...

I am watching this thread b/c I am thinking about joining myself. Can't wait to see what the responses are.

Hi all, I am finishing my BSN in a few months and plan to start grad school in August. I need to get applications in next week, and I am having a very hard time making a decision. One reason is my career goal is to be nursing faculty, but I've wor...