Can military drs get to serve in places where usa does not have bases? i.e. american embassy in moscow, or there are no american drs there? Is there any other way for drs to serve in east europe?

The US could invade a couple more countries if thats what you mean.

Can military drs get to serve in places where usa does not have bases? i.e. american embassy in moscow, or there are no american drs there? Is there any other way for drs to serve in east europe?


Embassy doctors are employed by the state department.

The US could invade a couple more countries if thats what you mean.
no, i was specifically asking if a military doctor could be assigned to a place(i.e. u.s. embassy) that is not a base? and i heard there was a nato base in Lithuania, could it have a u.s. doctor?

also, say some kind of navy or whatever unit is deployed for an exercise. i.e. they go on a mediterranean tour and they obviously need doctors. but drs belonging to that unit do not volunteer to deploy. could then a dr from a different unit volunteer to deploy on that tour, or would they force their own drs to go instead?

Can military drs get to serve in places where usa does not have bases? i.e. american embassy in moscow, or there are no american drs there? Is there any other way for drs to serve in east europe?


Embassy doctors are employed by the state department. The CIA has doctors in certain regions as well.

Eastern Europe is going to be getting several bases in the future with the re-alignment.

Embassy doctors are employed by the state department.
then i guess if you want to be close to east europe, the closest you can get is something like germany or turkey:(

Embassy doctors are employed by the state department. The CIA has doctors in certain regions as well.

Eastern Europe is going to be getting several bases in the future with the re-alignment.
not that i care, but do embassies have actual hospitals? how much do their doctors make, especially specialists?
if east europe gets a base, do u think they might have a big hospital on the baltic sea and it would be easy to get assigned there if u speak russian?

not that i care, but do embassies have actual hospitals? how much do their doctors make, especially specialists?
if east europe gets a base, do u think they might have a big hospital on the baltic sea and it would be easy to get assigned there if u speak russian?

The Navy had a medical unit associated with the U.S. Embassy in London, UK. They were there probably as part of the U.S. military liaison.

I did a brief clinic when ashore during exercises at the U.S. Embassy in Lima, Peru. That kind of temporary det was discontinued over open issues over insurance coverage; you are treating locals (as I also did in Italy) as well as U.S. government employees who are not military.

There used to be U.S. military physicians assigned to epidemiological research stations overseas; there was one in Egypt and another in Indonesia. Status unknown to me now, though. And when we had the Gorgas Army Hospital in the Canal Zone (when there was a Canal Zone); there was a U.S.military staff there researching tropical diseases, but that was similar to a U.S. military hospital in any overseas U.S. base.

Many larger embassies will have a medical unit. Staffing varies. Usually there are nurses and NPs, occasionally there can be a FP whose responsibilities are at least partly supervisory and cover more than one country and one U.S. mission. AFAIK, there are no local civilian hospital assignments of U.S. military medical personnel anywhere overseas, and no hospitals run by non-military U.S. government agencies/departments.

U.S. military physicians are compensated with scheduled officer pay and bonuses depending on rank and qualifications. Civilian State Dept. personnel are on civil service schedules. You should check the Department of State public website recruiting section for that information. Often they are seeking primary care docs, FP or IM board-certified. The CIA hires physicians both as clinicians and also as analysts. Qualifications depend on the job assignment. They do hire their own shrinks for sensitive clinical evaluation and analytical work. See the CIA website if you are really interested.

Thanks. Do you think if usa is going to get bases in east europe in near future, they might get one in a baltic sea port, like Riga,Latvia? And if they build a military hospital there, will it belong to army or to navy? And how competitive would it be to get assigned there fresh out of residency?

Thanks. Do you think if usa is going to get bases in east europe in near future, they might get one in a baltic sea port, like Riga,Latvia?

I doubt it, but you never know. Hardly a reason for that kind of support presence in the Baltic when we don't have troops and families deployed there. From my reading, the new model for Eastern Europe basing (probably Romania, not in the Baltic) is "base-lite", minimal permanent staff, forward-placed materiel and rapid expandability in emergencies but otherwise very low-profile. My guess: no hospitals or doctors.


And if they build a military hospital there, will it belong to army or to navy? And how competitive would it be to get assigned there fresh out of residency?

Doubtful. Doubtful either. Infinitely competitive as ratio of jobs/applicants is 0/n.

what about greece or turkey, any bases there? eh, i am disappointed. i think the best bases(in terms of being cheap and exposing to foreign culture) for a dr fresh out of residency are in u.s. military hospitals, like sandiego or florida. but he is more likely to get that if he stays away from the military alltogether.

what about greece or turkey, any bases there? eh, i am disappointed. i think the best bases(in terms of being cheap and exposing to foreign culture) for a dr fresh out of residency are in u.s. military hospitals, like sandiego or florida. but he is more likely to get that if he stays away from the military alltogether.


Greece? The only one I am aware of is at Souda Bay on Crete. 2 medical officer billets, one of which is a flight surgeon. Turkiye? Unless there is a reason to bolster the presence we once had in eastern Anatolia (Izmir, IIRC)--a relic of the Cold War as a listening post into the southern republics of the former USSR--then I would say no there as well.

We will likely have fewer troops deployed overseas in non-conflict areas and hence less, not more, need for support staff like doctors.

Incirllik Air Base, Turkey. The USAF has had a presence at Incirlik for 50 years now, with a full medical clinic.

BK

In addition to Incirlik, Allied Air Forces Southern Europe (AIRSOUTH) moved from Naples to Izmir in 04 with a new title: Component Command Air Headquarters - Izmir. Doubt there is a big US medical presence (it is a NATO base), but here is the link: http://www.aiiz.nato.int/