Which reserves branch is least likely to go active?

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If I choose to join the reserves as an operating room RN, which military branch is LEAST likely to force me to go active?

I got a lot of answers for asking a question in the wrong section. :)

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I think everyone on this thread needs a few :beer::beer:

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I think everyone on this thread needs a few :beer::beer:

You buying? ;)

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Specializes in Critical care.
I think everyone on this thread needs a few :beer::beer:

I believe I can use one of those... or maybe a few.. after this long application process...lol

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maybe you should look at the public health corp.

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maybe you should look at the public health corp.

Yeah, I thought about the V.A. too. They give higher pay to veterans.

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Specializes in ICU, ER, OR, FNP.

By actually wanting to be in the military, you show more motivation than half of the troops at my last job; many of which were C coded so they wouldn't have to deploy. Asthma, sleep apnea, PTSD - these are the keywords you should use when trying to get out of deployments - they seem to work for all of my coworkers.

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Seems like if you join at all, you shouldn't be looking for ways out of deployment. It's an integral part of the job, as I understand it. Not trying to be a smartass, but it just doesn't seem right to join the military with an exit strategy in case you're called up to deploy. It's a risk you take in joining (as I'm sure you know), so it should be something you plan on doing if necessary, not something you should go in trying to get out of. I mean, if everyone in the military who doesn't want to deploy decided to capitalize on their physical issues (real or fake) to avoid deployment, we wouldn't have much of a military...

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I'm in the CG, we don't have a Nurse Corp or commission RNs. You're either an HS (enlisted) or PA (officer, through the CG or PHS). Oh, & we deploy overseas as well - even to the desert, so no escaping deployments there.

Do I prefer to not be deployed? Of course. But it's the risk you take staying attached to the military through the Reserves.

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If I choose to join the reserves as an operating room RN, which military branch is LEAST likely to force me to go active?

Icejog, I second the comments above - if you aren't gung-ho about deployments and serving, why be in uniform at all? The military does not need half-hearted people in the ranks these days; it is too-demanding and there is too much at stake. So, all I am saying is - be sure of yourself, and before doing this, make sure you won't let down your fellow service members down, yourself or the country.

I have been told by army PAs, nurses and medics that their op tempo is much higher than that of the USAF or USN, but also know people who have deployed out of those services also. How often you deploy, if at all, depends greatly on your skills and experience, the needs of the service, operational requirements, and much else.

As other posters have noted, it is best to assume up front that you will be going sooner or later. OR nurses who know their stuff are in-demand people.

I've heard good things about life in the USAF from many docs, nurses, and other non-med personnel, but then again, that's because my family is an AF and navy family and lives in an AF-dominated town.

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Don't listen to that person. There's nothing wrong with wanting to serve your country but not as a full time job. I am the same. If you want to be in a branch where you can remain at home the majority of the time go National guard. When you deploy its usually for state emergencies and rarely they can send you overseas depending on your MOS.

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