Transitioning into Army reserves after becoming a physician?

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Lets say one uses the HPSP, commissions as O-3 (captain) as a medical officer in the Army.

Can you transition to the Army reserves as a battalion (combat) officer when you leave the military after 4 years of AD payback as a physician rank O-3? And if it is possible to become a battalion officer will your rank reduce to 2nd lieutenant due to the fact that your O-3 was as a medical officer and not as a battalion (combat) officer? Again this is Army reserves I'm talking about after serving as a physician in the military, and back to the civilian world joining the reserves. I have a feeling there might be a rank reduction

 

[UltimateDO]

Never heard of anyone doing that, not sure why you would want to...big pay cut...more competitive promotion environment. As far as I know you would also have to get a LOR from MedCom which is highly unlikely with the shortages they currently have. If you were able to pull it off, you would be grossly unprepared for a job as a combat arms O-3 or O-4. That is a whole lot of negatives with no clear positives.

 

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Lets say one uses the HPSP, commissions as O-3 (captain) as a medical officer in the Army.

Can you transition to the Army reserves as a battalion (combat) officer when you leave the military after 4 years of AD payback as a physician rank O-3? And if it is possible to become a battalion officer will your rank reduce to 2nd lieutenant due to the fact that your O-3 was as a medical officer and not as a battalion (combat) officer? Again this is Army reserves I'm talking about after serving as a physician in the military, and back to the civilian world joining the reserves. I have a feeling there might be a rank reduction

I've never heard of this in the modern era. In the old, old days ie. Korea they would sometimes re-branch Officers into Infantry and Engineers etc. from logistics, or supply but that was a different Army and a different time and there was a great need for front-line combat officers.

You'd have to get a LOR (which you won't get) and you would have to attend Infantry/insert combat-arms branch BOLC and yes, I'd imagine you would start as an O1 with x years service.

The bigger point here is you'd have to be delusional to do this as a Physician. You'd also be setting yourself up for a potential ethical dilemma with regards to the Hippocratic oath.

-61N

 

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[deleted357625]

I've never heard of this in the modern era. In the old, old days ie. Korea they would sometimes re-branch Officers into Infantry and Engineers etc. from logistics, or supply but that was a different Army and a different time and there was a great need for front-line combat officers.

You'd have to get a LOR (which you won't get) and you would have to attend Infantry/insert combat-arms branch BOLC and yes, I'd imagine you would start as an O1 with x years service.

The bigger point here is you'd have to be delusional to do this as a Physician. You'd also be setting yourself up for a potential ethical dilemma with regards to the Hippocratic oath.

-61N

But isn't that while practicing medicine and more towards ethical standards when working with patients? Such as euthanasia or simply mistreating patients etc? I don't think it would be a dilemma in regards to the oath. Thanks for the response

 

[deleted357625]

Never heard of anyone doing that, not sure why you would want to...big pay cut...more competitive promotion environment. As far as I know you would also have to get a LOR from MedCom which is highly unlikely with the shortages they currently have. If you were able to pull it off, you would be grossly unprepared for a job as a combat arms O-3 or O-4. That is a whole lot of negatives with no clear positives.

Pay is not a concern, rate of promotion is not a concern in my view.

how unprepared? there are many individuals (21+ year olds) who attend OCS then are ready to go.

and LOR? So if you try to enter the Army reserves as a physician from the civilian world (completed all AD in military) you can't just commission as a battalion officer? Thanks for your response