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    Air Force Nursing Bonus, Student Loan Repayment

    carolinapooh replied to missmiss's topic in Government, Military

    The form with the accept/don't accept is the AF's way of covering their butts. I signed the same thing. Basically you've committed to a three year contract and have accepted the minimum offering,...
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    Air Force Nursing Bonus, Student Loan Repayment

    carolinapooh replied to missmiss's topic in Government, Military

    See my above post for what we got last year, and think carefully about how you take your money. It's not the same amount based on taxation. The bonus will be taxed at a rate approaching fifty percent...
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    Air Force Nursing Bonus, Student Loan Repayment

    carolinapooh replied to missmiss's topic in Government, Military

    Regarding the post on FY2009's offerings: No, that's not was available in FY2009, because that's not what I got. Three years - the minimum commitment - got me a $30K signing bonus. When I get to my...
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    Air Force Nursing Bonus, Student Loan Repayment

    carolinapooh replied to missmiss's topic in Government, Military

    If you're offered the bonus and you accept it, you have to give them six years. My understanding with a commission (which is quite different from an enlistment) is that as long as we continue to serve...
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    Need a plan

    carolinapooh replied to StudentCNM's topic in Government, Military

    I missed that part of your original post. I have family in the Army, the Navy, and I'm in the AF (and I've been around the military my whole life), and I've never heard of limits on how many kids you...
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    Fort Sill, OK - anyone know anything?

    carolinapooh replied to NursePamela's topic in Government, Military

    Fort Sill is almost two hours from OKC... I lived in SW OK about forty minutes west of Fort Sill when I was stationed at Altus Air Force Base. In four years, it snowed once and it lasted two days on...
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    How to do a Commissioning Ceremony?

    carolinapooh replied to Spencer2002's topic in Government, Military

    Honestly: whether the ceremony matters or not is in the eye of the participant. Mine was a big deal to me, was made very special for me by a fantastic group of my very best friends, and will be...
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    How to do a Commissioning Ceremony?

    carolinapooh replied to Spencer2002's topic in Government, Military

    Because government laptops are notoriously unreliable. You also can't access personal email and about eighty percent of the internet with them. I'll be taking mine as
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    Can anyone tell me about Air Force TMO/leaving for COT?

    carolinapooh replied to NurseJessi's topic in Government, Military

    On the back of your orders (I got mine about ten days ago and I leave for COT in October) there are instructions for both handling your travel arrangements and how to contact TMO. TMO will then help...
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    in the process of becoming an air force nurse!

    carolinapooh replied to mobro's topic in Government, Military

    Thanks for not taking me wrong. :0) Maybe it has something to do with the nursing career field? I don't know - I was surprised at it myself when I got the paperwork back from Randolph. I thought I...
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    Fort Sill, OK - anyone know anything?

    carolinapooh replied to NursePamela's topic in Government, Military

    Sorry I don't know anything about the base, but most people seem to hear that Oklahoma is a fate worse than death - but your assignment is what you make it, so I thought you'd like to hear some...
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    How to do a Commissioning Ceremony?

    carolinapooh replied to Spencer2002's topic in Government, Military

    Compromising: a $5000 prepaid Amex gift card Non-compromising: a reasonably priced memento or thank you for the occasion.
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    Pros and Cons of Joining the Army as a New grad (BSN)

    carolinapooh replied to GHOT-Anes's topic in Government, Military

    I calculated what is called my High Three retirement based on a rank of Lt Col (O5) with 20 years in, retiring in 2025 (I have prior enlisted time). Assuming the stuff about the raises and inflation...
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    Fort Sill, OK - anyone know anything?

    carolinapooh replied to NursePamela's topic in Government, Military

    I know the area - I spent four years at Altus AFB, OK, about forty-five minutes west of Fort Sill. You're about an hour and a half from Oklahoma City, three hours from Dallas, and a long way from...
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    interviewing with NP and Chief Nurse (air force)

    carolinapooh replied to mt_nurse's topic in Government, Military

    You will sign an acceptance letter well before you get your final orders. Your final orders will not come until after you're commissioned. On your class acceptance letter there will be an...
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    Any AF January COT hopefuls out there?

    carolinapooh replied to NurseJessi's topic in Government, Military

    Officers don't sew on rank. We pin on bars. When I was enlisted we "sewed on" our stripes - "sewing" is an enlisted term. AFPC will go over your experience from your date of licensure and will give...
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    in the process of becoming an air force nurse!

    carolinapooh replied to mobro's topic in Government, Military

    Hate to be argumentative, but it does in the Air Force. I am being paid as a second lieutenant with five years, eleven months, and twenty-eight days TIS - and I ONLY have four years active time. I'm...
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    Housing/Food allowance

    carolinapooh replied to mobro's topic in Government, Military

    http://www.bah-rates.com/ This one is working better - and it's accurate; I checked it against my own rate. Don't type "AFB" or "Air Force Base", just put in "Eglin". BAS for officers is $223.04 a...
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    interviewing with NP and Chief Nurse (air force)

    carolinapooh replied to mt_nurse's topic in Government, Military

    Signing bonuses are not negotiable; the amounts and availability are determined by Congress and DoD and then they're handed out by the Department of the Air Force until they're gone for that...
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    AFR In-Processing

    carolinapooh replied to ugaRN's topic in Government, Military

    What I've always heard and actually seen was a silver dollar. I went in the bank and was told that these days they're rare as rocking horse puckey, so she gave me a Presidential dollar with Thomas...
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    2nd degree to military nurses

    carolinapooh replied to GHOT-Anes's topic in Government, Military

    Second degree and second round in the Air Force - I spent four years in the AF as an enlisted K9 cop. I lived my whole life (for the most part!) as a military dependent or on active duty and when I...
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    Navy Nurse Corps with Greencard

    carolinapooh replied to SummerWhites's topic in Government, Military

    I tried. :) I always try to lobby for the green card holders because I'm married to one - my husband is British and I know what a nightmare the whole process is. Post what you find out; I find it...
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    Feeling very military now!!!

    carolinapooh posted a topic in Government, Military

    Sorry for the post - but I actually got an ID card last week from Bolling AFB on my way to Philly to visit family at the weekend, and just seeing my pic and the "LT" on the card makes me feel like all...
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    in the process of becoming an air force nurse!

    carolinapooh replied to mobro's topic in Government, Military

    I wonder if you get credit for the time you spend under the Reserves (which would be from commissioning to COT) like you do when you're enlisted. I spent two weeks in DEP and got two weeks off of my...
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    Need a plan

    carolinapooh replied to StudentCNM's topic in Government, Military

    You should call the health professions recruiter in Washington. When I was in nursing school in 2006-2007 (accelerated BSN), no such program existed with the Air Force (the Navy had one), and as far...