DSchulte99

If you want it and are willing to wait then you will get it. Just a matter of time. Don't be fooled into doing something and cross rating over. The rate is over manned and the advancement rate is low. If you make it clear to your recruiter they will help you. Just like someone said they can see what rates are open and what will be open in the near future. Best of luck.

Fmf means you've been with the marines and passed the requirements for the device. They have taskers for er, icu and medsurge nurses. In addition to that I've seen APu/pacu and labor and delivery nurses fill the med surge billets. After your first duty station you can apply for operational billet with first med battalion and a few others. These are LT positions so remember it's one up and one down. I honestly have no clue what they do when they are not deployed. I do know that there are few nurses then when they deploy they take others from all over big navy for teams such as shock trauma platoon, Frss, causality transport and a few other teams. We are on the back end of the war. If you're still in school don't expect to see time there. Things are dwindling down plus you will start on a med surge floor and won't deploy till atleast a year. Those ensign deployments are usually gitmo or dijibuti. There are 3 actual flight nurses. 2 in Diego Garcia. One in St. Louis working for a joint task force coordinating air flights. Now in certain commands you can be tasked to transport PTs to a higher acuity of care. I know nurses that have done FEW flights out of Guam and Japan.

If you're worried about deploying don't join. Nothing is a guarantee. Also it's an honor and privilege to deploy. If you don't see it like that then maybe the service isn't for you.

Make sure she is looking on usajobs.gov for gs positions or monster for the contract. Gs she will get spouse preferred. Also why not just go to the floors and talk to the division officers at your command?

You're a LTJG and you don't have pals, tncc or acls? You have to show initiative to be taken serious.

Any icu experience counts for usuhs. They use to take pacu ob and er. Keep your head up atleast your not at one of the commands losing their icu and er....

All depends on the tasker. I've seen taskers go from 6 months to 396 days.

New nurses go anywhere. Okinawa, Pensacola, 69 palms you name it. There are nursing deployments to those two, dijibuti and if your assigned to ship 02to04 wherever they go.

A few keep coming back saying it's cheaper. I just don't understand why people think tri care will be any different than other insurance companies.

The military decides so many things we do. How are you surprised tri care wouldn't do the same?

When you checked into your command and stopped by tricare they give you a card with that information.

Why didn't you call the tricare number to find out where you can obtain care? Also I know a few civilians that come to our ER because it is cheaper. If it's not life or death and they provide proof of insurance we treat them. Military ers are cheaper then any civilian urgent care or er. A few will be disappearing in the next 4 years.

Usajobs.gov long process. The people in the unit interview you. Fill out a sheet with basic requirements. Example: rn? Yes or no. Degree yes or no. Good fit? Yes or no. Etc. These are then sent to hr and they pick the hire. Long process. You will get spouse preferred though name sure you put that down. Be prepared to wait 6 months.

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To piggy back on the deployments my buddy wet 6 months in and then was given a week notice for his deployment. Also remember we go everywhere the marines go. If you want to still help your country but not sign your life away become a contractor nurse or gs nurse. Military hospitals still hire civilian nurses. Gs you can go to usajobs.com. Contractor I've seen on monster.com. Good luck.