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    Can/should I haggle with the recruiter?

    carolinapooh replied to ksk33's topic in Government, Military

    Actually, the numbers are turned against the applicant - there are fewer slots than there are applicants, and officer recruiters do NOT run on the same types of quotas that enlisted recruiters do. So...
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    Can/should I haggle with the recruiter?

    carolinapooh replied to ksk33's topic in Government, Military

    And given that applicants are a dime a dozen right now, you'll haggle your way right out of the recruiter's office and blackball yourself before you even get started. Don't be daft. Take it from...
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    MEPS

    carolinapooh replied to aniko743's topic in Government, Military

    COT is fully staffed. It's the number of applicants, not the staffing, that's driving the classes. They try to keep the classes down to a certain size - and because of the increase in applications...
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    Graduated cot on friday!!!

    carolinapooh replied to carolinapooh's topic in Government, Military

    You don't get a whole lot of per diem because you'll be drawing BAS - I think your per diem is only something like $3.30 a day. And for the other person who asked, "per diem" is Latin for "per day" -...
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    COT class 10-03

    carolinapooh replied to nursemel09's topic in Government, Military

    We found our house on realtor.com. Actually, we found TONS of houses on realtor.com. And midinphx - GREAT
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    Prior nursing exp applies to higher rank?

    carolinapooh replied to ksk33's topic in Government, Military

    You sound exactly like I did, midinphx...I SO know how you
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    A day in the life. Military Nursing

    carolinapooh replied to midinphx's topic in Government, Military

    AFN cracks me up.
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    COT class 10-03

    carolinapooh replied to nursemel09's topic in Government, Military

    There's no warrior week at COT. You wouldn't have time for it anyway, really. The ruling at COT when I was there was that blues are a comfort issue and therefore do not have to be standardized....
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    In AF nursing, no differential pay in hospital, right?

    carolinapooh replied to ksk33's topic in Government, Military

    You still run a high risk of paying out of pocket - I know this because it's happening here at Lackland. I have friends who live in on-base housing - in houses half the size of mine - who pay more...
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    USAF COT 10-04

    carolinapooh replied to mt_nurse's topic in Government, Military

    Nope, you've accepted their offer. Unless something drastic occurs, you're in!
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    In AF nursing, no differential pay in hospital, right?

    carolinapooh replied to ksk33's topic in Government, Military

    On base you turn over your entire housing allowance and you get no difference - trust me. That's only true if you live off base. You're better off renting in many cases. Here the biggest houses are...
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    In AF nursing, no differential pay in hospital, right?

    carolinapooh replied to ksk33's topic in Government, Military

    OMG, why why WHY do people say this stuff...THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN IN THE AF UNLESS YOU ARE DEPLOYED. I was an enlisted COP in the Air Force - and believe me, cops have the worst ops tempo and get...
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    Mar09 COT - Questions PLEASE

    carolinapooh replied to Palakiko's topic in Government, Military

    No - they will issue you one, believe it or
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    Mar09 COT - Questions PLEASE

    carolinapooh replied to Palakiko's topic in Government, Military

    The only rank allowed on ABUs PER REG (this really annoys me because it would seem the correct information isn't being read by higher ups somewhere) is subdued. Somewhere, someone's not reading the...
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    Airforce Updates - Boards/Bonus

    carolinapooh replied to cat2008's topic in Government, Military

    It's been that rate for the last two years, so it hasn't changed. That's the same thing I got - and I signed letters for that back in May of 2008. In case you're trying the mental math based on my...
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    Graduated cot on friday!!!

    carolinapooh replied to carolinapooh's topic in Government, Military

    Look, I'm just honored that my posts are helpful. :0) Congrats and take some time while you're in COT to actually smell the figurative roses - it is going to FLY by... (And keep in mind that a...
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    Servicemembers Civil Relief Act

    carolinapooh replied to The Little Greek's topic in Government, Military

    Look into renting it out. That's what we've done. We're lucky in that we have a good chunk of equity but we still wouldn't get what it's worth, so to speak, if the economy were better. As it is,...
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    Commission to Officer Training in Air Force

    carolinapooh replied to SandyD8's topic in Government, Military

    I ran the 1.5 in 16:40. By then end of COT I could run 3 miles in 30 minutes. You don't do a whole lot of PT but you do a lot of running on the track for 30 minutes at a time. You'll be
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    Recruiter that Doesn't Return Calls???

    carolinapooh replied to rpw4031's topic in Government, Military

    And if you continue to not hear from him, call their recruiting squadron HQ. Sometimes you just gotta go ahead and take stuff up the chain of
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    Air Force Nurse Pay

    carolinapooh replied to UTstudent's topic in Government, Military

    And rest assured you will spend a lot of time in the sandbox with those creds - there's a reason they're attaching fat bonus checks to those specialties. If hanging out on the lovely beaches of Iraq...
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    Still can't decide on Army or Airforce

    carolinapooh replied to sch983's topic in Government, Military

    I'm in my ACLS refresher course and have talked to tons of AF RNs with trauma experience, so it's going to depend on where you are. Most of the AF RNs are at the hospitals, not out in the field or in...
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    Air Force Nursing

    carolinapooh replied to lauren21's topic in Government, Military

    I just completed COT in November and was an RN in the civilian world for just about two years, so I didn't have to go to NTP. I am on the adult BMT unit at Wilford Hall Medical Center, a Level 1...
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    Navy ODS Study Material

    carolinapooh replied to Jams95's topic in Government, Military

    Congrats, oldschool! I'm an AF RN but have a huge Navy tradition in my family - my oldest brother is a retired E9 (machinist mate on board nuclear subs) and my father was a retired Chief (hospital...
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    Servicemembers Civil Relief Act

    carolinapooh replied to The Little Greek's topic in Government, Military

    God bless those military wives who lobbied the crap out of Congress to get that changed. Good post,
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    interviewing with NP and Chief Nurse (air force)

    carolinapooh replied to mt_nurse's topic in Government, Military

    My guess would have to be "yes", since they're going to contact previous employers and they're going to want to know why you were fired. Don't hide it and don't lie about