Flight surgeon claimancy 18 billet?

[Applepear1234]

Would like to know if there are any flight surgeons in the navy that worked in clinic 100% with no squadron time, yet although considered non-deployable still ended up being IA somewhere?

I'm not in the military, if someone could share some info. I hear these billets are called claimancy 18, but regardless if it's clinic and non deployable-you can still be ordered to be sent somewhere...Hence there are no true non deployable billets.

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[BigNavyPedsGuy]

I wasn't a flight surgeon, but my understanding was that you had a pass a flight physical to be a flight surgeon, meaning you would have to be deployable (barring pregnancy or other temporary "condition").

If you're not in the military, then what is your interest in this question? Seems VERY specific.

 

[Gastrapathy]

There are nondeployable billets. But you can deploy from them. And that is the .mil in a nutshell.

 

[backrow]

The claimancy 18 billets were some of the first to get sent IA in my experience. I would not go to one of those billets with the expectation of never deploying.

If you want a flight surgery billet with a low deployment likelihood go to one of the aviation training commands.

Most of the claimancy 18 billets by the way have been sent to the dumpster.

 

[Jbirdski]

Why join the military if you don't want to deploy?

 

[deleted480308]

Why join the military if you don't accept that you will deploy?

Ftfy 😉

 

[Applepear1234]

I'm asking this because I have been doing much research on flight surgery (pre-med). I was curious to know what this particular billet defined as due to me reading some info. I had found some threads on flight surgery for navy branch, however most of the threads are older and was looking to find some people on here that can give some insight in recent times.

I would assume if one joins the navy and has to serve there FS tour, they should always expect to be prepared for any form of deployment regardless of low-likelihood or non-deployable places. I think someone mentioned you can still be ordered to IA even if your in a non-deployable or training place?

I appreciate the responses

 

[BigNavyPedsGuy]

I would assume if one joins the navy and has to serve there FS tour, they should always expect to be prepared for any form of deployment regardless of low-likelihood or non-deployable places. I think someone mentioned you can still be ordered to IA even if your in a non-deployable or training place?

Correction: if someone joins the Navy IN ANY CAPACITY they should always expect to be prepared for any form of deployment regardless of low-likelihood or non-depolyable places.

If you're not currently in a training program (residency/internship), you are deployable.[/QUOTE]

 

[j4pac]

Many of the Navy hospitals are malignant...your chances of being owned by the hospital are significantly higher in a BSO-18 billet. Trust me...you want to be owned by a squadron CO.

Either way...there is a SECNAV instruction which dictates that you are only suppose to see 50% clinic time. It's a huge admin job...so you will stay busy with only 50% clinic time. What you are describing is not a FS...its an aeromedical examiner.

If you want to avoid deployment on a FS tour...you need to find a billet in a training squadron. They do NOT deploy because they would never halt the training of naval aviators.