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Question About ROTC/Joining the Navy
Hello-
My daughter is going to be a Junior next school year. She has been researching the Navy and is leaning towards it more and more every day. I have NO CLUE...how this works. Should she take ROTC her last two years of high school? Will this help her? She was interested in becoming a nurse, but wants to keep an open mind. If she goes into the Navy do they pay for college in full when she gets out...or can she train to become a nurse while enlisted? I'm so confused. Any advice/help would be appreciated. TIA!!
Thanks,
Cindy
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Permalink Reply by LeAnn ⚖ on
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Cindy:
I have 2 kids that are Navy Medicine Officers. Although the path with the Navy in medical school differs from nursing school, she will want to speak with a Navy Health Professionals Recruiter - they work only with those seeking advanced training as opposed to the enlisted recruiter for corpsman. Please check this site for Navy Nursing and scroll down to take note of the "High School Students" portion as to educational opportunities: http://www.navy.com/careers/healthcare/nurse/?campaign=search_Repri...|dc/pcrid/5239680156/pmt/p
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LeAnn
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Permalink Reply by lemonelephant on
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Yes, taking JROTC will help her. If she chooses to go enlisted rather than the officer program, then having the 2 years of JROTC, regardless of the branch at her high school, will mean that she will be enlisted as an E-2 rather than an E-1. If she chooses to go in as an officer, the JROTC program will still help to prepare her.
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