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Hi all,
Have a few questions I am hoping someone can help with- hard time getting recruiter to call back and want other opinions/info anyway.
Things to consider about the following question:
I am currently a 4th year student in the Army MDSSP program. I am entering a 4 yr residency in July. I am supporting my family (4) with one income, which is tough to do on a resident salary. I love the IDEA of the Army, but I have no prior service so my exposure to the ACTUAL Army is quite limited, so I am somewhat naive when trying to make these decisions.
1. If I do no program during residency, is it possible for me to drill during my 4 years of residency and owe 2 more drilling years after I am done? If so, would I be deployable during my residency?
2. Suppose I take STRAP. That brings my total owed from 6 years to 11 years, correct? And that commitment would start AFTER residency, meaning I would be looking at 15 years post graduation....Yikes. Does HPLRP come in to play in this scenario, assuming I enter a CWS?
3. Is it possible to enter FAP after taking MDSSP? I understand that FAP is AD while MDSSP is reserve. If so, how does the commitment/process work? I think I would owe 5 years of AD and then 6 in the reserve (11 total, with 5 being AD), is this right?
4. Are there any other scenarios/options out there that are better than these 3 that I am missing.
Thanks for any info. I do appreciate it.
Have a few questions I am hoping someone can help with- hard time getting recruiter to call back and want other opinions/info anyway.
Things to consider about the following question:
I am currently a 4th year student in the Army MDSSP program. I am entering a 4 yr residency in July. I am supporting my family (4) with one income, which is tough to do on a resident salary. I love the IDEA of the Army, but I have no prior service so my exposure to the ACTUAL Army is quite limited, so I am somewhat naive when trying to make these decisions.
1. If I do no program during residency, is it possible for me to drill during my 4 years of residency and owe 2 more drilling years after I am done? If so, would I be deployable during my residency?
2. Suppose I take STRAP. That brings my total owed from 6 years to 11 years, correct? And that commitment would start AFTER residency, meaning I would be looking at 15 years post graduation....Yikes. Does HPLRP come in to play in this scenario, assuming I enter a CWS?
3. Is it possible to enter FAP after taking MDSSP? I understand that FAP is AD while MDSSP is reserve. If so, how does the commitment/process work? I think I would owe 5 years of AD and then 6 in the reserve (11 total, with 5 being AD), is this right?
4. Are there any other scenarios/options out there that are better than these 3 that I am missing.
Thanks for any info. I do appreciate it.