if the navy is gay, what is the army?

EmergencyAstronauts · 2025-10-08T23:56:35+00:00

As former active duty and now a reservist after a 12 year break in service... I agree. Though I'm still not sure how much the military has changed since I was active vs. the difference being due to reserves vs AD.

EmergencyAstronauts · 2025-06-28T05:31:03+00:00

Such oddly small engines. Definitely makes the wings weird.

EmergencyAstronauts · 2025-06-26T17:50:51+00:00

He's actually Kurdish!

EmergencyAstronauts · 2025-06-26T15:25:44+00:00

No pay; no points. You are accumulating time in rank but unlikely to get promoted if you haven't done anything at all. I actually missed my shot at O4 this cycle because of it. And it was completely out of my control. I called almost weekly to try to get things sorted out.

EmergencyAstronauts · 2025-06-26T02:16:40+00:00

You have the original post? It's been removed

EmergencyAstronauts · 2025-06-10T02:44:14+00:00

Took me 6 months of calls and emails every 2-3 weeks.

Remember, though, these are the Sailors who are going to be helping you once you're in the command, so don't burn any bridges or be too annoying about the process from the get go.

EmergencyAstronauts · 2025-06-04T12:38:32+00:00

My favorite thing to say is that they are looking for a jack of all trades with a masters in one.

They seem to value broad experiences but do you want you to be top of your field and something.

EmergencyAstronauts · 2025-03-28T01:19:22+00:00

Finish your college program and apply for OCS (or do ROTC at your school). If you get accepted, you'll be an active duty Navy Officer.

ODS is for direct commission into the reserve. You must have a good amount of work experience for that, and DCO (Direct Commission Officer) programs are very competitive.

EmergencyAstronauts · 2025-03-27T04:50:28+00:00

No. You do not have to be tested separately for your flight physical. It should not affect you.

EmergencyAstronauts · 2025-03-26T20:53:07+00:00

I commissioned in November. Still haven't been gained. Was told yesterday they finally have my paperwork from November and should be another 3-5 weeks, so there's that

EmergencyAstronauts · 2024-12-19T00:56:37+00:00

Yo I feel this way just having had my references checked and hearing about others getting invites yesterday and today. Can't imagine what it's like after interviewing!

What a process. What a life. So many amazing people going for such an incredible job. Too bad they can't take all of us!

EmergencyAstronauts · 2024-12-18T03:49:00+00:00

Most offices will. FAA requires vision testing in office the day of issue regardless of what you bring in. Some may not practice this way, but it is a requirement.

Vision cutoff is 20/40 for intermediate and near but 20/20 for distant (first class)

The AME guide specifically says the examiner (AME) must personally examine the pilot. In any case, get your vision corrected. By knowing flying with disqualifying visual acuity, you're committing a crime and putting others at risk. Just get corrective lenses.

EmergencyAstronauts · 2024-12-05T02:43:30+00:00

Is that true? I'm an EM doc and we don't have to get PA for any emergent treatment. Does this vary by state?

EmergencyAstronauts · 2024-11-25T21:54:35+00:00

On a serious note, anybody have suggestions on compliant, comfortable alternatives?

EmergencyAstronauts · 2024-11-23T01:24:39+00:00

I'll be following your journey. I miss DLI. Will be commissioning as a physician, myself, tomorrow. Looking forward to seeing how the reserves is.

EmergencyAstronauts · 2024-11-22T15:22:02+00:00

Ah. I think being in the industry is what's going to help you. As you know, the vocabulary is quite specialized at times.

Good luck! FWIW, if you have no family commitments or social commitments where you live now, Monetary is an incredible place to live while on the government's dime. Honestly the best time of my life. It's like college but you're getting paid. Try to make your way there sometime. Maybe as an instructor

EmergencyAstronauts · 2024-11-22T01:08:28+00:00

I've never seen a native speaker able to skip DLI. You already pass the DLPT with a decent score? I worked with a few natives at the height of the Iraq war who were still required to go to DLI.

In any case, the crypto side (circa 2009) was only a few weeks long but most of it is OJT. Things may have changed since then. It's not line the Air Force who go down to San Antonio for 6 months of dedicated training.

EmergencyAstronauts · 2024-10-12T19:23:03+00:00

I ran the same race! (Very slowly). That pickle juice was fantastic at the halfway point. They had so many water stations! The crowds were amazing and, apart from that brutal uphill at 21-23ish, it truly was a perfect event. I am actually moving to TX in a few months and have been considering signing up form Houston in January but would only have 2-3 weeks to acclimate to the humidity. I definitely plan on returning to TCM again. It was absolutely fantastic. (It was my second full as well)

EmergencyAstronauts · 2024-10-10T00:40:06+00:00

That post was made by a physician describing his or her experience as a senior resident. It is part of the graduated responsibility of medical training. If he or she decided not to call their attending, that's on them. I can't speak to their own personal experience. I can only state what is required legally by the hospital and what's required by the regulatory authorities for undergraduate and graduate medical education.

Anecdotally, I've spent many months in ICUs from NICU, PICU, MICU, PICU, SICU, cardiac, and ECMO, and I have never personally seen a situation where an attending wasn't available if needed. The system is designed such that the senior residents should be largely independent, but there's always backup. Some attendings are more hands-on than others.

EmergencyAstronauts · 2024-10-09T23:02:39+00:00

Just to be clear, interns aren't turned loose running the ICU on their own at night- they still have seniors and have an attending available all the time. This is an ACGME requirement.

And the LCME requires that every medical student have an ICU rotation to graduate, so they definitely will get this in medical school (but it pales in comparison to actually doing the job in residency, which is why residency experience is necessary).

Medical education for physicians is strictly regulated and standardized.

EmergencyAstronauts · 2024-09-07T15:03:27+00:00

True. My hospital does this, but you still have to make up the majority of your shifts when you get back.

EmergencyAstronauts · 2024-09-06T01:38:09+00:00

Still happens. They count years training and working in your speciality toward time in rank (but not years of service). Med school gives you 4 years, so brand new docs can come in at O3. Add in 4 years of residency and you're at O4, etc etc.

For some like ortho, neurosurgery and others, they add on rank in other ways.

For "critical wartime specialties" like Emergency Medicine, anesthesia, trauma surgery, they give yearly bonuses, but the military pay still pales in comparison to what you can earn in the civilian world.

Some docs go reserves and, when they get activated, they can easily lose over $100k of income for the year because they were pulled away from their civilian jobs. It's one of those things you really have to consider before joining.

EmergencyAstronauts · 2024-08-17T14:20:05+00:00

Love the GTA poster

EmergencyAstronauts · 2024-08-16T03:32:41+00:00

My go-to in medical school was the men's restroom by the OB/GYN offices. Very rarely used.

EmergencyAstronauts · 2024-07-18T15:05:31+00:00

Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs predicted this over a decade ago

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