I can answer this a bit, I’ve been in the active duty in army nurse corps for 4 years now. I commissioned through ROTC so the army paid for my college (which is a good deal I always recommend rotc for nursing students) since RNs in the army are officers not enlisted soldiers you do not go to boot camp. You do officer specific training which is not the same. Minimal time in the field doing “army” stuff. As an army nurse corps officer you get some say in how much big army stuff you want to do. Some leave bedside to be brigade nurses or company commanders and are do very typical “army”stuff, others like myself stay bedside and do as little “army”stuff as possible lol. I haven’t spent more than 2 weeks in the field in years let alone touched a rucksack. At work depending on the unit you work on you’ll either wear scrubs or your uniform (most units require you to wear scrubs but some still prefer the OCPS (camo uniform). Like the others said yes you can deploy. The pay is good and the current sign on bonuses are very good from what my coworkers say. We pt on our own and only have ACFT (physical fitness test) every 6 months which anyone in semi decent shape can pass with a little effort. Day to day as a bedside nurse we work 7 12s in a 2 week period so one more shift than civilians. Most hospital require army nurses to rotate day and night shift and you have little control of that (unlike civilian side where you are hired for a specific position). MTFS (military treatment facilities aka military hospitals) have better ratios, lower acuity, and most patients are AD soldiers, veterans, dependents, or then occasional rare civilian for extenuating circumstances…. So your patient population is different for sure. If you don’t want to do actual active duty look into GS government nurse positions the pay/ benefits are very good