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This is actually Jmick's wife but I thought that this would be a good place to get answers to questions that I have.
Here's the situation:
Since my husband attends Pacific, is is not able to do the Army's 6 week OBLC between school years as he is only on a summer break for four weeks. So he has to attend it after he graduates. I have been told that this training is 11 weeks long.
He would like to do an AEGD but misses the window of opportunity for starting one that year. I assume from what I read on SDN that he will be a general dentist for a few months and then go on to the AEGD, if accepted.
My questions are:
1. Is OBLC something we (the kids and I) can accompany him to or do I move to the first duty station without him?
2. I read on the AMEDD OBLC website that the training was 7 weeks. Did they change it or am I reading it wrong? (That's quite possible since there is so much Army jargon in those kinds of things)
3. Can we request that our first duty station be at a particular base that has the AEGD program he wants so that we only have to move once? I'd like my son's schooling to be as stable as possible in the first few years (he'll just be turning 5).
Any information from others who have been through this transitional time with a family would be helpful. Thanks.
Here's the situation:
Since my husband attends Pacific, is is not able to do the Army's 6 week OBLC between school years as he is only on a summer break for four weeks. So he has to attend it after he graduates. I have been told that this training is 11 weeks long.
He would like to do an AEGD but misses the window of opportunity for starting one that year. I assume from what I read on SDN that he will be a general dentist for a few months and then go on to the AEGD, if accepted.
My questions are:
1. Is OBLC something we (the kids and I) can accompany him to or do I move to the first duty station without him?
2. I read on the AMEDD OBLC website that the training was 7 weeks. Did they change it or am I reading it wrong? (That's quite possible since there is so much Army jargon in those kinds of things)
3. Can we request that our first duty station be at a particular base that has the AEGD program he wants so that we only have to move once? I'd like my son's schooling to be as stable as possible in the first few years (he'll just be turning 5).
Any information from others who have been through this transitional time with a family would be helpful. Thanks.