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Just got the chills... CONGRATULATIONS!!!!! :w00t::w00t: I hope that is me go a few months!!!! Enjoy your holiday my friend!!!!!

Because that is when the next board meets. We/ I didn't make this thread r/t November boards. It is all for beginning of next year. Still don't have all paper work in but will for next year

We won't know until February!!! I hope you make it JJTRN! especially to make your Thanksgiving even more memorable!!!

WOW! What a decrease!! How many do they accept with each board meeting? I didn't realize how nerve-wrecking this process was going to be. Are you going in for ED?

Good luck JJTRN!! I hope that you get to hear back before the holiday, and that come spring you are an officer. Where do we find out about numbers?? - Who knows that information?

It seems as though recruiters go through the same training: get the applying person all ampted up with a million questions... and then leave office for 2 weeks. haha! We will get THERE! :) :)

Woohoo!! I'm glad it is starting to roll a little bit more for you!! Brit... I hope that it all goes through for you too? What field of nursing are you applying to go to? I put in for critical care. You still have to do meps And cno? I still have cno to go through... want all the rare work in ASAP though! I think it's mostly coming through. When did you start your application process??

Did you take the job there? i was there for school and while getting my BSN my friend worked there with the Prader Willi children. She liked it a lot, but however does not work there any more. I believe she was there for 3 years. I was there before and worked with autistic children and had a tour of the facility, it is a nice place and it seems easy enough to get to from the parkway. The teachers and staff seemed very helpful and patient and CARED about the children. It is an unbelievable place!

cindz007... You are always able to look on the UPMC and West Penn health systems website for job openings, I suppose google those to see the direct HR websites? There should be openings... it is always a revolving door anymore! I am unsure what agency is best. I heard Maxim is good though. home health is always readily available. @oneLoneNurse... WPIC is not bad, Did about 12 weeks there during school on three different units: dual diagnosis, geriatric/adult, and pediatric. They have multiple units to choose from. The nurse seems to be very involved in the patients care. As far as relocation, check out the UPMC website to see what is there, or call! Pittsburgh isn't bad... born and raised... just be prepared for it to be 70* in January and 30* in April! haha! Hope this is helpful!

He said by Christmas. I am not sure if that was including the interview and stuff, but I want all stuff on my end done by end of the month! And PLEASE do not feel behind! It just happens that the MEPS place is 20 mins from my house and I was able to get it over with. However, they needed more paper work than I expected (DUH OF COURSE! !) and I am waiting to hear if it all clears. I am stalking the crap out of my recruiter and everyone who I gave my evals to just to make sure everything is filling in. Is there another recruiter at your site to work with you, too? Not fair to get behind because she isn't helpful right now!

Yes, we should hear something in February. The CNO is all I have left... just waiting to make sure that my recruiter has all of the paper work he needs, which should be the end of the month. CNO and MEPS are what you have left to do?? I was researching last night and I found the Air Force Officer's Guide to buy.. it looks really awesome, and it is cheap through Amazon, in case you are interested in that stuff!!! :) I hope that we are able to choose our COT for 2012 WHEN we are accepted in February! Would be relief....

Do you like the AF as an officer? I read through your past thread from COT, and you recommend to get the uniform and boots prior to COT? I feel as though I have so many questions and have some homework to do. I already requested a few books from the library and want to get the AF Officer Manual! Will help out a lot... :) Thank you for posting to our thread.. Any last words/suggestions to help ease the COT transition?? What ARE you allowed to wear at/bring to COT... I read printer paper and random office supplies. Coffee maker? && is it OK and better to drive and have a car there, or is flying OK? I haven't even been selected yet...!! I just need to know! haha

Hey JJTRN..! How was the CNO meeting?? What is there to expect? Typical nurse interview questions, mostly? I am hoping for good news in February!!!! I hope that you make it in! This is so stressful, and I feel the more I talk about it the slower time is going.. haha! ** I asked this on the other board for AF FY2012 or something, and are the COT schedules the same no matter when you are picked to come into the AF?? I don't want to wait til FY13 to go to COT!!! Yiiiiiiikes!!!!! I really hope that everyone for October boards hears back soon! I am excited to hear the responses from everyone.

Even if I am applying for the, I think/believe, it is the february board selection, will I pick from those dates for FY12?? I am confused! As long as there is an opening, I suppose??

Good luck to ALL of you!!! I am applying for January/February boards, and I hope that each one of your makes the cut!! :yeah:Reading over this gives me hope, especially to know that it is a pain to get into for everybody!!!

ps are you doing active or reserves??

UGH How sucky!!! No that stinks really bad... I took your advice and read around the message boards today, and they all seem to be like that! It is DEFINITELY difficult and a pain in the rear to get in (I'm sure its a million times worse to get out, haha!) Anyhow, I hope that my questions are OK too. My recruiter seems to be on top of things for the most part, and will see how it goes! Did your recruiter say anything about commissioned bonus? Mine hasn't so I was doing research and I found something for 2012. However, I can't tell if it means that it is still in place when you sign or if it is not... http://armedservices.house.gov/index.cfm/files/serve?File_id=60d9fd35-6a4b-4840-ab8c-3b1556d375d6 its a long bill so I typed in accessioned bonus. Maybe you can decifer or know what the deal is?

You are able to join AF, darts_888! contact a health professions recruiter for details! you will get training after joining!!

Just finished my paper work and now I am waiting for everything to go to my recruiter. It won't be long now (I hope!!) woohoo!!! any new news for you?? MEPS? CNO meeting scheduled??

Thanks for your support!!! and knowledge! I try to speak with people at my job and when I am around but no one seems to understand the process or what is to come!? I will thumb through the threads, I appreciate it. I would always google military nursing and this would always pop up. now I am apart of it.. weird. Maybe just me! I am from Pittsburgh, currently working as a trauma/burn nurse in a critical care unit. I have only been a nurse for 1.5 years but I ready to get more experience else where around the US/World! Why not?!! Do you want to do floor nursing while in AF? WHEN accepted, when do you anticipate going to COT?? We will make it through!!! :up:

Hey!! Thank you for responding! I am currently getting my evaluations out there and my paper work complete. I want it all to end! There is so much to do, I was not expecting this. MEPS was alright. My recruiter told me that "it is ran by the Army so do not get discouraged." It was a long morning, but it is over and that is that. Nothing more than an awkward doctors appointment that lasts 6 hours with other girls. For me I thought I was in the wrong place when a bus load of high school kids arrived!! haha... I have not had my interview yet. I do not know when that will be?? Did you? how did yours go? Was it what you expected?? Where are you from? What type of nursing are you in?

Hey, I am applying for and will *hopefully* be accepted into the Air Force health professions as an officer! I am so excited and am reaching out to see if there is anyone else out there in my shoes? I had my MEPS last week, getting all of my paper work together; most likely to be completed by the end of November. Is there anyone else applying for COT training next year? Please message me! Or is there anybody who had gone through the COT and what to expect? I know that every body had new and different experiences but I am interested on how to prepare: what to study, how to work out!, etc. Hope to hear back from some body! This message board is usually what I would 'google' when searching for some information on Air Force COT for nurses. Thank you! :redbeathe