How often selected reserve physicians (Internal medicine) are mobilized nowadays?
What is the frequency and duration of deployements?
What is the frequency and duration of deployements?
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If you are talking drilling (paid) reservists, expect 90 days every 3 years.
Thanks for your input.
But are you referring to navy or army? I am just curious about the deployments in the army. As per Dr Metal and others, it should be for about 1 year every 2-3 years. I just want to confirm that
But are you referring to navy or army? I am just curious about the deployments in the army. As per Dr Metal and others, it should be for about 1 year every 2-3 years. I just want to confirm that
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Even if you talk to a recruiter and your future CO (which you should be doing at this point), just know that it's difficult to 'confirm' things. The military can be an unpredictable business, especially in the SELRES! You just can't know for sure what's going to happen, and this uncertainly you'll have to deal with during your 6 year commitment. If you like the idea of being in the military and have a positive attitude, it's totally doable. If not, then would advise against it (no matter what the benefits that you're seeking).
Now having said that, a 1-year deployment in a 3-year period (or 2 deployments in a 6-year stint) sounds about right. It could be more, could be less, it's just hard to predict.
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Current policy for Army Reserve physician deployments is 90-days boots on the ground. Of course there are always exceptions and the policy could change at any time.
https://www.benning.army.mil/CRC/co...HealthcareProviders/90 Day Rotator Policy.pdf
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Will deployment or activation violate the terms of the contract?
The condition of employers taking you back after being activated is covered by USERRA. USERRA's rules about employers taking you back after being activated only apply to jobs classified as "other than temporary."
If your contract is working every summer as a park ranger or 9 months of the year as a teacher, you're fine. If you sign a one year contract to provide a service and are activated halfway through and can not honor the rest of your contract, I believe this would qualify as "temporary" and they would not be obligated to create a new contract for you when you get back.
Don't sign any contract you can't honor. The Reserves would make it hard to honor certain types of contracts.
Dear notdeadyet,Dr metal and others,
I am under contract to do IM physician job for one more year.
Do you think I can join active reserve?
Do I have to have permission of my employer to allow me to work as selected reserve?
I am under contract to do IM physician job for one more year.
Do you think I can join active reserve?
Do I have to have permission of my employer to allow me to work as selected reserve?
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You don't have to 'ask permission' but you should tell them about your intentions, just as a common courtesy.
What's your work schedule like? I say if you work > 5 days a week (like 6 or 7), then joining the SELRES may be difficult. remember, you're expected to work for the military 2 days/month.
One other piece of fair warning: Although your employer cannot legally fire you and must give you your same-level job back upon your return from a deployment, there are other ways that you may be slighted at work (more subtle things). I've seen it happen. For instance, you may not get a promotion, you may not get your choice of pt volume or casework . . . I dunno. That's just something you're gonna half to feel out at your own work. If you don't care about such things, then go forward. If you do care that you wont be seeing that interesting case on Fri b/c you have to drill, then you might have heartache over this decision . . . Just some more food for thought.
I am off about 7-8 days per month and drill will not be problem. I am worried about legal implication of joining SELRES while under contract with employer. Can he legally prevent me from joining reserve because there is a risk of deployment?
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No. That we can say w/ certainty, as per the law (I don't have a reference on hand, ask for it from the recruiter).
But the question you should be asking is, "Can my employer stick it to me in some other way?" Again, I'm not discouraging here, I love the SELRES, but you just want to be careful. When I was in the SELRES, I was in grad school working on my PhD, and my prof was totally cool with it. Now of course, a different Prof or a different situation (for instance, if my prof was a total slave-driver expecting me to be in lab every weekend, no exceptions) . . . would've been a different story. Again, just feel your way out in your own work environment.
If you have 6-8 days off a month (and real days off, no call, no other duties, etc), then my guess is you should be ok and your drilling time should be un-noticeable to your employer. Now as for extended work (like your AT or deployments) . . .again, your employer can't fire or demote you, but you may be missing out on things. Part of the sacrifice.
My point in all this is that the SELRES or NG isn't exactly a cake-walk. It can be a significant commitment.
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It's more than a common courtesy. If you have signed a contract and given your word that you will deliver a piece of work, signing an additional contract (like joining the Reserves) knowing that this will quite possibly cause you to break the first contract and your word is unethical, imho.
Folks throw around things like integrity and honor and whatnot in regards to the military, but this doesn't mean you should take it lightly in civilian life. If you sign a contract, you honor it. Join the reserves after it won't create a big likelihood of breaking that contract.
Not true in his case. See my post above. As he is working under temporary contract with a time outline, if he is deployed and returns after this contract has expired, his employer has no obligation to give him a new contract.
USERRA is not designed to help folks break contracts. It's designed to make sure permanent employees get a fair shake. If your Reserve duties interfere with your ability to deliver on a contracted piece of work, that contract could likely be declared void.
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He can not legally prevent you from joining the Reserves. But if your Reserve duties interfere with your ability to deliver on a contract, do not expect your being in the Reserves will magically allow you to break that contract.
Again, Reserve duties federally protect permanent employees, not temporary contractors.
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right right, I must've missed something in his situation. Rohit, is your employment temporary (contract-based) in nature? If so, read/heed above.
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Ok, well then, if you do deploy, your employer doesn't have to take you back when you return. Your employer may do so anyway--just b/c it's bad PR to be messing w/reservists right now--but he wouldn't have to. So in other words, a deployment (which we've established is likely) could terminate your temporary civilian job !
So the next question is, how much do you like this temp civilian job? Could you do w/o it, or is it near and dear to your heart? How nice of a boss do you have, is he/she likely ot re-hire you when your return? You should really talk to him/her.
