AROTC Nurse Cadet to Airborne?

[ginko]

My son is deciding on Airborne school tomorrow for Cadre. As a nursing student, would this training direct his career in any way? For example, would it keep him out of Fort Sam? He is hoping for San Antonio...

 

[USN16x]

So it wouldn't directly effect his ROTC career, however it could open the door further down the road in terms of getting into some high-speed units i.e. Airborne forward surgical teams.

 

[AROTC Parent]

He should try to get the airborne slot as a cadet. It adds to the OML points which impacts choice of 1st assignment if near the top.

It should not negatively impact a first assignment to San Antonio. The vast majority of nurses go to a Med Center for first assignment and San Antonio is one of the Med Centers.

 

[conrack]

and of course Nurse Corps attend OBC at Fort Sam also, its an inevitable stop for AMEDD folks

 

[Afdnp2013]

I was an Army Nurse who attended Airborne as a cadet and it gave me massive respect points from peers throughout my career. It also was a great conversation starter when dealing with my patients, etc.