help me, help me!

[kylek044]

Ok - I know someone (about 15 years out of the navy already) who said that the navy paid for all 8 years of his education (undergrad and med). Do they still do this? I can't find anything on ye olde google but I definitely need the financial help so I want this to still be true. I'm a little apprehensive about contacting a recruiter...I guess I'm just weird.

I'm sure this will lead to some fighting, so I'll start
Person 1 - NAVY means "never again volunteer yourself"...don't do it!
Person 2 - I love military medicine ... go for it!
Person 3 - Are DO's real doctors?
Person 4 - You're stupid

Alright, now its your turn...just try to get some serious answers in there, please!

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[The White Coat Investor]

Ok - I know someone (about 15 years out of the navy already) who said that the navy paid for all 8 years of his education (undergrad and med). Do they still do this? I can't find anything on ye olde google but I definitely need the financial help so I want this to still be true. I'm a little apprehensive about contacting a recruiter...I guess I'm just weird.

I'm sure this will lead to some fighting, so I'll start
Person 1 - NAVY means "never again volunteer yourself"...don't do it!
Person 2 - I love military medicine ... go for it!
Person 3 - Are DO's real doctors?
Person 4 - You're stupid

Alright, now its your turn...just try to get some serious answers in there, please!

You could start by reading the stickies at the top, and the next 10 threads. That would answer most of your questions. I'm not sure what number person that makes me, 4 I guess.

 

[i want out]

Ok - I know someone (about 15 years out of the navy already) who said that the navy paid for all 8 years of his education (undergrad and med). Do they still do this? I can't find anything on ye olde google but I definitely need the financial help so I want this to still be true. I'm a little apprehensive about contacting a recruiter...I guess I'm just weird.

I'm sure this will lead to some fighting, so I'll start
Person 1 - NAVY means "never again volunteer yourself"...don't do it!
Person 2 - I love military medicine ... go for it!
Person 3 - Are DO's real doctors?
Person 4 - You're stupid

Alright, now its your turn...just try to get some serious answers in there, please!

It can be done, but just because you can do something doesn't mean you should.

first question is can you predict reliably what life situation you will be in or what all your goals will be in 2-3 years?

Now, you can go Academy, and USUHS for the long route, or you can go ROTC and HPSP for the 'short' route.

If you go the academy and USUHS route, then you have pretty much signed on for a career, as you will owe lots of time.

I can't really tell you if ROTC and HPSP obligations can be served concurrently (note the similarity to legal sentencing in that language). But even if they can, your talking about 4yrs college, 4yrs med school, and then at the very least 4 yrs of obligation if you do it all as GMO, or closer to 6-7 if you do a service residency.

Now back to my first question, if you tell me that you can reliably predict what your life is going to be like in 12 years, then you are either a liar or delusional.

don't sign away that much of your life for a few dollars.

i want out

 

[colbgw02]

ROTC and HPSP obligations cannot be served concurrently. If you were to do both for 4 years each, then you would spend at least 11 years on active duty (assuming you did a military residency). There are many other factors that could add years to your obligation that I won't belabor here.

 

[kylek044]

Before the level of seriousness rises, let me just point out the OP was making fun of you guys, and this is straight-up troll post.

It wasn't a troll post - I was just poking fun at some of the answers that are typical to SDN : o )

 

[kylek044]

It wasn't a fake question - and the people who I want answering my serious question would probably get the sarcasm. Now, I would define what YOU are doing as trolling.