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In light of observed changes and impact of the Coronavirus Delta Variant and out of an abundance of caution for our recruits, Sailors, staff, and guests, Recruit Training Command is restricting Pass-in-Review (recruit graduation) to ONLY fully immunized guests (14-days post final COVID vaccination dose).

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Jobs on Base?

If I go to school and get my degree, to be a Medical Assistant, can I still work on Base? or is there any way I can work on base, and that way if my man and I end up moving in a year or two, I'll still be able to have a job no matter where we go?

How does that work out? If anyone has had to move around, a lot for their loved one, can you help me out with this ? I'm just curious as to whether I can have a stable career, or if it's going to be hard for me to find a job anywhere I go, IF we even end up moving around.

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Comment by Anti M on May 25, 2010 at 5:51pm: Different rates have different sea/shore rotations. 60 months is five years and that is quite unusual. Not for an AO perhaps, not for his first sea tour, but certainly not what other rates do. The norm is three or four years in one place. They certainly do change commands and bases! I was in the Navy, raised Navy, and married Navy. We moved often, sometimes staying as little as two years in one place.

However, I worked at the high school on base in Japan for seven years once I got out of the Navy. However, that was because my husband had two sets of orders, one sea and one shore, back to back in the same geographical location. That's why we didn't have to move.

You can find work, the base has programs to help you learn how to job hunt.

Comment by Anti M on May 25, 2010 at 9:51pm: You're right though, an AO's first sea rotation is 60 months. Longer than what we had as ETs! Just saying that every rate and situation can fluctuate and should be verified as to tour length.

When we got to San Diego, I cheated and worked at the college I was attending.

Comment by gosneysgirl. on May 26, 2010 at 1:02pm: Thanks for your help. i appreciate it :)

Comment by Lynne on June 3, 2010 at 1:29pm: As a Medical Assistant, I believe you will be able to find jobs in the community fairly easily. I remember staying in a location for 2-4 yrs...and that will give you enough time to get into a practice, learn their way of doing things, and be able to leave with some knowledge gained by working in that practice. It will certainly build your resume nicely. Finding an MA position on base, I doubt very highly you will be able to find one. Its just not what happens. Corpsmen are utilized usually for these needs. I believe you will have to apply for civil jobs and someone mentioned that they are hard to get...and that is TRUE.

But the good news is, finding an MA job in the community will be a piece of cake...at least it was for me. I was not even all the way unpacked and I had a job. Private practices are always looking for good MAs to keep their costs down; they would rather have more MAs and a few RNs so finding a job will really be no trouble in the community, no matter where you are stationed, I think.

Hospitals in certain states do not hire MAs; they'd reather hire CNAs and train them to be techs...again, keeps THEIR costs down, lol....its always about the bottom line isnt it?!? But not all states feel this way. I hope you know, that MAs are VERY entry level positions. It is a good job for a second income, but not something you could live easily off of on your own. I woiuld suggest, if you are considering going for an MA title, that you use it as a stepping stone to get your feet wet in the healthcare industry, and when you are able to, start the process for you RN...in the long run, you will be paid a whole lot better for pretty CLOSE to the same things you do in a private practice as an MA, just my experience. Good luck!