OBC--Internship Timeline

[73BARMYPgsp]

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I had originally jumped onto someone else's related thread and asked this question, but I am hoping to get more ideas/responses by making it its own thread.

I am HPSP, clinical psychology. I know most of you are MD's, but I am thinking the answer should be about the same.

Just for background--Clinical psych is a 5 year program, with the 5th year being internship. That 5th year is the year you go back on active duty and start your payback.

So, you match in February of the 4th year (for HPSP clinical psych the likelihood of getting the military site you want is about 100%). So it is safe to say that the "Match" for us really means "which of the 5 Army internships will I get?"

At that point, you know where it will be.

At the end of the 4th year (around May/June) you head off to OBC at Ft. Sam TDY En Route to whereever your internship will be.

Here is the problem--I am married, have a 5th grader step son and I do not know when I supposed to move them.

Do I chose based on what is convenient for me? Or is there is a policy. My wife is pretty nervous about all this because she has never dealt with the military before. Being prior service, I am a little more used to it and I don't really care what they want us to do. Her points are:

Move before OBC--first time away from home, no husband around who can help/support (because he will be immediately gone to OBC).

Move after OBC (Stay where they are until I get back)--will we have time to get our son into school? Don't want him to start late, especially as the "new kid."

Anyone here who can wade through this?

 

[73BARMYPgsp]

I can't believe with all the people who have been through HPSP and OBC already there is no one to answer this!

 

[huskydoc]

Apparently we have the same question...


I found this website using google (searched HHG TDY enroute)


http://www.belvoir.army.mil/jppsowa/outbound.html

about 2/3 of the way down on the page it discusses temporary storage.
outside of that, from reading MANY websites it appears contacting the relocation mgr at your PCS locale would be the best resource (but I know neither of us know where we are headed to yet)

hope this is of some help
any help you can provide is always appreciated

 

[dtn3t]

Move before OBC--first time away from home, no husband around who can help/support (because he will be immediately gone to OBC).

Move after OBC (Stay where they are until I get back)--will we have time to get our son into school? Don't want him to start late, especially as the "new kid."

Anyone here who can wade through this?

I don't know if this is helpful or not, but some med students who never did OBC went straight to internship after graduation. They end up getting "constructive credit" whatever that means. I'd talk to some of the programs directors to just get some feedback about what has happened in the past. Why worry about OBC and the time logistics of moving if you don't have to? You're Prior service, it's not like you'll learn anything new, especially with the AMEDD's OBC.

 

[73BARMYPgsp]

I don't know if this is helpful or not, but some med students who never did OBC went straight to internship after graduation. They end up getting "constructive credit" whatever that means. I'd talk to some of the programs directors to just get some feedback about what has happened in the past. Why worry about OBC and the time logistics of moving if you don't have to? You're Prior service, it's not like you'll learn anything new, especially with the AMEDD's OBC.

The problem is for Clinical Psych OBC is not something you are allowed to do after internship. We will be there in the summer, no matter what. It just pushes the start of Internship back to around October.

 

[elderjack21]

I had originally jumped onto someone else's related thread and asked this question, but I am hoping to get more ideas/responses by making it its own thread.

I am HPSP, clinical psychology. I know most of you are MD's, but I am thinking the answer should be about the same.

Just for background--Clinical psych is a 5 year program, with the 5th year being internship. That 5th year is the year you go back on active duty and start your payback.

So, you match in February of the 4th year (for HPSP clinical psych the likelihood of getting the military site you want is about 100%). So it is safe to say that the "Match" for us really means "which of the 5 Army internships will I get?"

At that point, you know where it will be.

At the end of the 4th year (around May/June) you head off to OBC at Ft. Sam TDY En Route to whereever your internship will be.

Here is the problem--I am married, have a 5th grader step son and I do not know when I supposed to move them.

Do I chose based on what is convenient for me? Or is there is a policy. My wife is pretty nervous about all this because she has never dealt with the military before. Being prior service, I am a little more used to it and I don't really care what they want us to do. Her points are:

Move before OBC--first time away from home, no husband around who can help/support (because he will be immediately gone to OBC).

Move after OBC (Stay where they are until I get back)--will we have time to get our son into school? Don't want him to start late, especially as the "new kid."

Anyone here who can wade through this?

On that initial move you can move your family whenever you want. It is just a question of whether or not you will be there to help them out. If you are already in training, you likely wont be given time to leave for a few days to help organize a move. At the end of your OBC, you may be given some time to go back and help.

The other question is this. Are you going to do a DITY (move it yourself) or have a moving company do it? The military will schedule and contract a civilian moving company to move your stuff once you have military orders PCSing you somewhere. They show up, pack all of your stuff while you watch them, load it typically the next day, and you determine the drop off date and location. They can even store stuff for you up to 6 months at no cost to you. All of this will be more clear once you have orders. It is worth researching both moving options (DITY or having movers come). If you have lots of nice stuff, you may want to move it yourself as movers aren't the best or most concerned with taking care of your belongings (although you can file a claim through the military to be paid back for broken or missing goods). DITY is tough because you would have to pack it all up yourself and unload it. Not sure how this would work with your timeline.

 

[73BARMYPgsp]

On that initial move you can move your family whenever you want. It is just a question of whether or not you will be there to help them out. If you are already in training, you likely wont be given time to leave for a few days to help organize a move. At the end of your OBC, you may be given some time to go back and help.

The other question is this. Are you going to do a DITY (move it yourself) or have a moving company do it? The military will schedule and contract a civilian moving company to move your stuff once you have military orders PCSing you somewhere. They show up, pack all of your stuff while you watch them, load it typically the next day, and you determine the drop off date and location. They can even store stuff for you up to 6 months at no cost to you. All of this will be more clear once you have orders. It is worth researching both moving options (DITY or having movers come). If you have lots of nice stuff, you may want to move it yourself as movers aren't the best or most concerned with taking care of your belongings (although you can file a claim through the military to be paid back for broken or missing goods). DITY is tough because you would have to pack it all up yourself and unload it. Not sure how this would work with your timeline.

That seems to be the consensus (sort of) I am getting. (About the timeline part). I am going to try to do a DITY move before OBC. I spoke to a current intern (with a family) who did that and he said he had plenty of time. I have always been able to make money on DITY moves and it might be fun for my wife and step son to take a road trip.