Reserve OBLC questions

momofabmtcs · Sep 4, 2008

I just talked to a recruiter today, and he said the deployments are usually 6 months, can be a year(not usually). And he has had some only go for 90 days. He also said they are using the reserve nurses to fill stateside positions for active nurses that are deployed overseas. Don't know how true that is. I felt like he was talking in circles:banghead:

BunkyRN · Sep 5, 2008

I just received my commission offer as a 66E and am trying to look into what the Reserve OBLC consists of. I know its only 26 days long but is it mostly the FTX portion or does it have a ton of the lectures and leadership topics? During the FTX when it is the aide station exercise do you have to fill the role of any nurse or are you assigned to your specialty? I have been an OR nurse for 10 years and can't imagine being assigned elsewhere.
Also does anyone know if the length of deployments are different for an OR Nurse in the OR of a CSH vs an FST? What is the typical length of a deployment for a nurse?

Hey there,

Congrats to you. I'm a 66H in the reserves (only had one drill so far) and I spoke with a few others in my unit who recently completed OBLC and this is what they told me:

You are now mostly in the field the whole time. You are not really doing your job while there... your learning to be a solidger. It didn't seem like they learned alot of leadership skills. You were out in the field during the whole week and had class room stuff on weekends. You already know your job... therefore you wont practice it while at OBLC.

All of the officer I talked to told me that as an officer in the army, you are in charge of your career there.... you have to be proactive and seek out things to do to have a "good year". (muta points)

And lemme tell you, your tour of duty is (as of now) if your deployed is 12 months .... but its really 15 because you have training before you deploy that you have to do prior to your deploy time starts. You only deploy for those 90 day deals if your a CRNA or a DR. No different what type of RN you are. If you do a voluntary deployment..... it could be a different story.

Hope that helps.