USAF COT 10-04

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i finally got word from my recruiter! i'm going to May 24 COT. i was also promised january...then march... but anyway, i'm just glad to have finally heard. i'm going for NTP in Arizona and will be stationed at Travis. i'm happy i got my first choice for duty station.

any other people going to Arizona for NTP? let me know so we can exchange info about how it is down there.

No, that is NOT true, and I cannot believe you were told that. The things recruiters come up with (and I'm making an assumption that that's where you were told that) get more and more bizarre.

You will not begin accruing leave until your orders kick in - which is your class start date plus your travel days. You are not currently on active duty, you are in the Inactive Reserves. You currently are eligible for Tricare, but that's only because of a Congressional Mandate that was signed at the end of 2008 (I think what happened was they had people showing up for training sick as dogs and without health insurance). So you are eligible for an Active Duty benefit, but you are not on active duty. You have no orders stating you are on active duty, you have a commissioning document which states you are a (insert rank) in the Inactive Reserves of the United States Air Force. So technically, you are a lieutenant, but you are not an active duty member until the date so stated on your active duty orders (which you will not get for a few weeks yet).

Whoever told you that is unequivocally, resoundingly, and completely WRONG - and it irritates me when people invent this sort of stuff.

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I should clarify that it's the person who told you that's really annoyed me, not you! NO NO!!! :) I just reread that and it sounded somewhat pointed...I'm sorry if it did! That's just a huge soapbox of mine.

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Specializes in Med/Surg, PCU, Geriatrics, Family Practi.

Carolinapooh ~ that is exactly what we love about you....your passion for the branch and all who serve it! Keep it up woman we wouldn't want you any other way! :yeah:

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Specializes in Med/Surg.

carolinapooh - thanks for the better information. i don't know what that particular recruiter was talking about then. i think a lot of the recruiters at that office is relatively new. thanks for looking out! and no worries...i didn't take any of it personally. =P

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Specializes in ED. ICU, PICU, infection prevention, aeromedical e.

This is funny...

The colonel who did my interview has e-mailed me for an update as to what has happened to me. We had e-mailed after the interview (back in October) and kept in touch. He was interested in my career path and was really encouraging. So I told him I still know nothing. I know he has nothing to do with the boards.... but I sure hope he knows someone and can bug them! lol.

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Specializes in Med/Surg, PCU, Geriatrics, Family Practi.

midinphx ~ people in high places.....:up: let's hope this guy can do something for you!!

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ladyv is right - you never, ever, know who a full bird may know!

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Specializes in Med/Surg.

Just checking in to see who else is going to COT 10-04!!

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Carolinapooh I PM's you.

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Specializes in ED. ICU, PICU, infection prevention, aeromedical e.

I am in!!!! May COT!!!!

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You go girl, I'm so happy you got your ticket .. all that wait was worth it. Do you know where you'll be stationed at?

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Specializes in L&D, mother/baby, antepartum.
I am in!!!! May COT!!!!

Good for you! It will be here before you know it!

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