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I am a practicing family physician, board certified, with an MPH in environmental health and a fair bit of disaster management background. I have always been interested in the joining the U.S. military, but continued the civilian route through school residency and my first job.
I would like to serve in the reserves or guard, but am having a difficult time looking at all options comprehensively and objectively to choose which fits my needs/desires best. I have spoken to several recruiters, reservists, guardsman, and active duty military, and while their insight has made me quite confident that this is a venture I want to set forth upon, I still haven't settle on with who. I was hoping that opening this up to a broader audience here might give me some thought to further direct my decision.
There are a few areas I am not quite clear on the differences between the reservs vs guard and between the branches.
1. Educational and professional opportunities, I have a very strong interest in training as a flight surgeon, but I am overall just interested in advanced training that might open doors to more unique opportunities
2. Interesting deployments/experiences etc.
3. Loan repayment
My current sense is that the guard, either air or army offers more along these lines overall. But I have had limited input from any reservists who've had any similar interests who could enlighten me as to opportunities there.
Thanks for your help
I would like to serve in the reserves or guard, but am having a difficult time looking at all options comprehensively and objectively to choose which fits my needs/desires best. I have spoken to several recruiters, reservists, guardsman, and active duty military, and while their insight has made me quite confident that this is a venture I want to set forth upon, I still haven't settle on with who. I was hoping that opening this up to a broader audience here might give me some thought to further direct my decision.
There are a few areas I am not quite clear on the differences between the reservs vs guard and between the branches.
1. Educational and professional opportunities, I have a very strong interest in training as a flight surgeon, but I am overall just interested in advanced training that might open doors to more unique opportunities
2. Interesting deployments/experiences etc.
3. Loan repayment
My current sense is that the guard, either air or army offers more along these lines overall. But I have had limited input from any reservists who've had any similar interests who could enlighten me as to opportunities there.
Thanks for your help
