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I am 5’5 male and I weigh around 170lbs (I used to weigh 210lbs and lost weight to join the army) and I measured my belly and I am about at 39 inches. Will this prevent me from joining the army? Can I sign waiver? I am going for nursing officer.

I don’t understand why people say civilian nursing pays better.
When you calculate an Army O-1’s monthly pay—including base pay ($4,300), BAH (about $2,000 on average), BAS ($317), and specialty pay (about $667)—it comes out to roughly $7,300 per month, and a large portion of that is tax-free.
As a civilian Med-Surg RN with five years of experience, I make about $6,300 per month, and I take home around $4,300 after taxes. From what I can tell, an O-1 would actually have more take-home pay after taxes.
So why do people say civilian nurses make more? What am I missing?

Hi everyone,
I’m currently a civilian Med-Surg/Telemetry RN in Maryland and I’m applying for Active Duty Army Nurse Corps (66H). I’ve been researching for months, but I’m finding a lot of conflicting information from Reddit, recruiters, and official sources. I’d really appreciate hearing from current or former Army Nurse Corps officers.
Here are my questions:

1. Constructive Credit
   How is nursing experience actually calculated?
   Does RN experience earned before completing a BSN (while working as an ADN RN) receive any constructive credit?
   Does nursing experience continue to accrue until the date of commissioning, or does it stop once the application packet is submitted?

2. Duty Assignment
   As a new 66H, which duty stations are people most commonly assigned to?
   How much influence do preference lists actually have?
   If I request Maryland (where I live right now) how likely is that to happen? I heard Army tries to accommodate with you. Will I have a chance to stay in Maryland?

3. Housing
   For junior officers with dependents, do most people live on base or off base?
   What kind of residence will I get as an officer who has a wife and a 2 year old boy?

4. Work-Life Balance
   How often are Army nurses actually called back to work on their days off?
   Is it common to be contacted after hours?
   Compared with civilian hospitals, how predictable is the schedule?

5. LTHET
   How difficult is it to get selected for LTHET? My recruiter told me it will take about 10 years to be selected but could it happen earlier? Like after having served 4 years in the army?
   What does a competitive timeline usually look like?

6. PCTs
   Are PCTs generally proactive and reliable, or do nurses often have to repeatedly ask them to complete tasks?
   Do they usually take initiative, or do you end up doing most of the patient care yourself?
   Is teamwork generally good between nurses and PCTs in Army hospitals?

7. Patients
   Are most of your patients lower in rank than you? If so, does that generally lead to more respectful interactions with nurses?

Hi everyone,
I’m currently a civilian Med-Surg/Telemetry RN in Maryland and I’m applying for Active Duty Army Nurse Corps (66H). I’ve been researching for months, but I’m finding a lot of conflicting information from Reddit, recruiters, and official sources. I’d really appreciate hearing from current or former Army Nurse Corps officers.
Here are my questions:
1. Constructive Credit
How is nursing experience actually calculated?
Does RN experience earned before completing a BSN (while working as an ADN RN) receive any constructive credit?
Does nursing experience continue to accrue until the date of commissioning, or does it stop once the application packet is submitted?

2. Duty Assignment
As a new 66H, which duty stations are people most commonly assigned to?
How much influence do preference lists actually have?
If I request Maryland (where I live right now) how likely is that to happen? I heard Army tries to accommodate with you. Will I have a chance to stay in Maryland?

3. Housing
For junior officers with dependents, do most people live on base or off base?
What kind of residence will I get as an officer who has a wife and a 2 year old boy?
4. Work-Life Balance
How often are Army nurses actually called back to work on their days off?
Is it common to be contacted after hours?
Compared with civilian hospitals, how predictable is the schedule?

5. LTHET
   How difficult is it to get selected for LTHET? My recruiter told me it will take about 10 years to be selected but could it happen earlier? Like after having served 4 years in the army?
   What does a competitive timeline usually look like?

6. PCTs
Are PCTs generally proactive and reliable, or do nurses often have to repeatedly ask them to complete tasks?
Do they usually take initiative, or do you end up doing most of the patient care yourself?
Is teamwork generally good between nurses and PCTs in Army hospitals?

7. Patients
   Are most of your patients lower in rank than you? If so, does that generally lead to more respectful interactions with nurses?

So this is my background
I am 34 male
2.9 GPA for ADN
3.3 for BSN
Have 5 years of experience of med-surg at a university hospital.

I heard 66h is filled with ROTC nurses and barely leave 0 slots for direct commission
Do I have a chance?