To be a Doctor (civilian or military) you will need the following: 1. A BS degree in premed 2. A qualifying MCAT score and acceptance to a medical school 3.
A Medical Degree from Medical School 4. Board Certification and Licensure All in all it is about 12 years of college and about $6-800,000.00 in expense. To knock out your premed degree through the military you have two options: 1.
Enlist, serve your time, get out and use the GI Bill or 2. Go directly to college and complete your degree and commission through an ROTC Scholarship (highly recommended) Once you get into a medical school you can apply for the military's HPSP (Health Professions Scholarship Program) which will pay for medical school in return for 8 years of service. The Army, by far, has the largest Medical Corps and as such will have more need for MDs and will offer more HPSPs.
In order to become a doctor in any branch of service you have to become an officer. I.e. Four year degree!
You can become a medic for either branch and they will train you for free to become a medic. But you must talk to a recuriter now to see how much money will they offer for you for college. Also each branch may have a different enlistment bonus.
This is just an example, the Navy may have an enlistment bonus of $10,000 while the AirForce may have an enlisment bonus of $5000. So to get a clear answer you need to talk to a recruiter. 1.
Navy vs Airforce. Your chose 2. Navy deployed on a ship for 9 monthes or in Afghanistan.
AirForce deployed to Deiago Garcia for 6 months or Afghaistan. On this part don't let the recruiters lie to you, I have personaly seen a Navy CorspMan (medic) alonge side me in the convoys as well as AirForce medics. I have also seen them on the base at the TMC ( troop medical clinic).
3. Several ways to do this. A>Go to school first , and then have the respective branch pay your Student Loan Debts.
Talk to a recruiter to see if the branch does that and how much. B> You enlist in to the reserve componet of your branch and go to school full time and they pay for the tution. Talk to a recruiter to see how much money you will get for each branch.
C> If you do ROTC you could get a schlorship to pay for your school and then get a bonus from your branch for going threw ROTC and then going threw medical school. 4. Each branch as just about all the medical fields that you can think of: Doctors, Medics( the go off the base the most), X-ray techs, Dentis , Dental assistant, ect.ect.
The personal last mentioned stay mainly of the safest bases when deployed. 5. For further question contact me at [email protected].
And/or Talk to a recruiter!
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