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Hi Everyone,

I am new to this forum.  I have a question for you all.  My daughter is 15 1/2 and she is strongly considering the NAVY.  She made an appointment today to go speak with a recruiter.  Her long term goal is to be a doctor or nurse.  What kinds of questions should we ask the recruiter? 

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I caught your post and Dr. jumped out.  I have 2 kids in Navy Medicine - one is a pathologist and the other is a 2nd yr med student.  I've been down that road twice!  Will be glad to help you with questions based on the experience of my 2 kids. The Navy has Health Professional Recruiters that deal only with medicine and not with the enlisted level.  She would ultimately meet with one of those recruiters.   

I'm glad your daughter has a plan.  My daughter always wanted to be a Dr. and my son decided that career path in middle school.  If your daughter studies/works hard, she will reach her goal too!

LeAnn

I have been through this.  Make sure she contacts an Officer recruiter and not an enlisted recruiter.  She needs to know which officer programs are available for her.  Luckily, she's only 15, so she can still groom herself for the officer program.  
Check out this website...
http://www.navy.com/careers/healthcare.html

Here are a couple of things to consider:

 

If she wants to be a Doctor/Nurse, then NROTC is possible.  Look into that scholarship which is worth $180,000.  Furthermore, do NOT discount enlisted.  Enlisted are not uneducated troglodytes, and in many cases, hold higher degrees than Officers.  They choose not to be an Officer.

 

If she is dead set on Officer only, she will need a Bachelors degree at a minimum to commission.

 

SENIOR ENLISTED can apply for Warrant and LDO.

Her daughter is 15 so you're quoting something that has zero relevance to the discussion. Not only that, but just because an old policy states there is a chance does not mean that section is used.

The Navy per policy could also enlist someone who has zero education. That is not happening anytime soon.

If you would focus on the TOPIC of the discussion, you would see that I am correct.  I am done with this discussion as it appears you only want to argue.

 

Actually NavyRecruiter, I don't agree either.  
This gal is only 15.  She needs to talk to an Navy Officer recruiter, not an Enlisted recruiter.  She needs to be mentored now at 15 to get her on the road to where she wants to be.

Most states allow high school students to attend their local community college, and the state picks up the tab ($).  My daughter had her Associates degree 3 week prior to her High School diploma.  I only paid for the books.  This 15 year old needs to know that she could do the same thing.  She could have her Associates paid for.  But she needs to be groomed for that, and her parents need to let her know that the program is out there.
This gal seems to be the "doer", and not the "clean-up" person.  She wants to be the Doctor or Nurse that performs the task.  As a Hospital Corpsman (HM) she wouldn't be doing that. She would be doing whatever the "doer" want them to do.  One of the few exceptions is the HM-8425 (Independent Duty Corpsman).  

Now the big thing.  If I were getting paid, why would I want to Enlist as an E2 and get $1717 per month, when I could double that and commission as a O3 and get $3874?  That's double the pay.  She would come in as a Lieutenant if she was a doctor or nurse.  A E7 over 10 years doesn't even make that much.  

I don't know about you, but I work for the money, I work for my retirement.  Yea, the job is fun too, but when I see someone making double of what I would make, and it's something I truly had a passion to do, then why not reach for those stars?

For this gal, she needs to stay completely away from the Enlisted recruiter.  The Enlisted guy can talk all they want about having higher degrees than the Officer, but, at the end of the day who is making more money, and who does the Enlisted guy salute and report to? 

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