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I am strongly considering joining the Navy to become a combat nurse. I want to help and assist our troops over seas. How do I go about becoming one? and what are some of your stories of being a Military/Combat Nurse?

Awesome, thank you. I really would no matter what im doing its just the feeling of helping people that brings the satisfation to me. What are some of those humanitarian trips the Navy has been on ?

Yes! Thank you ! Its helped alot . Im all for the war ending, but then not because I want to get over there and help out. But thanks again!!!

Im sorry I dont understand . But both ?

Im sorry , i dont undertand lol , but both ??

Oh okay , thank you for the much needed advice. I just dont want to make the wrong decision and 3nd up stuck somwhere. But, my ultimate goal is to do combat , so I guess time will tell.

What was your experience like ?

Wow, okay. I will take that into consideration!

Seems like to get to my ultimate goal is to become a navy nurse, I would have to wait, even if I have to work med/surg for a while. Thank you everyone for your advice!

Oh ok, I have an enlisted recruiter now pushing for me to go in now. And says the transition is easy, but I know it's their job to bend the truth. But okay, I really wouldn't mind working in Med surg. I really didn't think it was that complicated...

Aw man, I'm currently in a BSN program now I'm doing my last year of pre-reqs. Would you consider going into the reserves now or waiting till I'm done with my degree? Hopefully, once I get my experience I could get an opportunity to go over and h...

I am currently a Pre-Nursing student finishing up my pre-reqs to enter the program. But , I decided I wanted to take a break and join the Navy Reserves to become a Hospital Corpsman to assist with school and kind of get me acquired to the field of pa...

Would you suggest finishing my degree first ?

that's sound like it could work . Thank you .

Yea i would hate that ,but I wouldnt mind. Would i be able to have a civilian job as a nurse?

Yea i would hate that ,but I wouldnt mind. Would i be able to have a civilian job as a nurse?

Thank you also . I think I will just end up waiting or apply for the ROTC scholarship if I can , because I have no experience of ROTC not in high school . I will probably enlist and try to become an officer after graduation.

Thank you so much. I am interested in both jobs , and would lve to do them when ever I can , but my main goal is to be a navy nurse. But I do go ahead and enter the reserves what would you suggest I do ? and you can only tour the Ships uf your a rese...

Congratulations ! , but I see that if I join now it will be a long time before I can get back to school , considering the long process that I have to go through. I really want to go because working as a Corpsman sounds like a great job that I will en...

What was your path through out your time in the navy ? how did you reach the goal of becoming a RN after being a hospital corpsman ?

Thank you , that helped a lot.

Thanks for all of your advice ! I was planning on going into reserves before I go active , I was aware that I have to go to A school to become before I can go back to school. My recruiter told me that I shouldn't be off track and able to complete sc...