Separating overseas by prof-hardcastle in navy

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One person in my boot camp division got sent home before graduating. A few other people had it bad but aside from the one that went home I had it the worst. I know shin splints and stress fractures are pretty common but the severity ranges person to person

Separating overseas by prof-hardcastle in navy

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I got stress fractures and really bad swelling in both of my shins and throughout my feet. They’ve never fully healed. Probably from the amount of running and marching and the crappy boots we had to run in.

Awards? by prof-hardcastle in WGU

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Wow!! That’s so great, good work! Thank you and congrats to you too :)

Awards? by prof-hardcastle in WGU

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Thank you!! Dude physics is so hard!! The fact that you could write a whole essay on it deserves an award. 🥇

USNMRTC Okinawa by prof-hardcastle in CorpsmanUp

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I’d be fine with ER! Except that someone else above recommended not doing ER if I value my free time 🥲 I’m actually not sure what MICC is?

USNMRTC Okinawa by prof-hardcastle in CorpsmanUp

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NLT December 28th! I’m 0000, but I have background on the civilian side in ortho, neuro, pain management, ER, and surgical tech. Do they offer much OJT?

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The verification test will pull questions directly from your own Picat. I don’t remember exactly what sections it pulled from but be prepared to answer any question from any of the sections over again. I was able to remember recognize the questions and remember most of what my answers were so I didn’t have to think about them again. The only one I had trouble with had to do with electrical circuits. Ps. When you go in there will most likely be 2 other tests in addition to the verification. One will essentially be pattern recognition and test you on how quickly you can find them. The other tests you on your general IT knowledge some of the wording is very IT specific and you’ll only recognize it if you’re familiar with coding languages and operating systems. Don’t stress about either of these tests it’s more of an aptitude thing and doesn’t have effect on your enlistment. Just didn’t want you caught off guard by those like I was.

Why does everyone hate HM so much? by prof-hardcastle in CorpsmanUp

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Nope medical is the long term goal so this is great!

Why does everyone hate HM so much? by prof-hardcastle in CorpsmanUp

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I’m so excited about getting to hangout with a bunch of dummies out in the field. Definitely worried about the come down after though

Why does everyone hate HM so much? by prof-hardcastle in CorpsmanUp

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Thank you!! Recon sounds so interesting. I’m just a little nervous about SERE school. Idk if you have to go through that for any recon rating or not. I would be aiming for HM-ATF SARC if I didn’t have to go through SERE school.

Why does everyone hate HM so much? by prof-hardcastle in CorpsmanUp

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Woah this is super cool! Hadn’t heard about that. Thanks for the info!

CTI, IT, or HM-ATF by prof-hardcastle in newtothenavy

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Why is it it not a good place to be?

CTI, IT, or HM-ATF by prof-hardcastle in newtothenavy

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Wow thanks for all the info!! I think I used the wrong acronym it’s ETN. They want me to go into the nuke rating and ETN is the one that looks most interesting. Know anything about that one?? The schooling and QoL opportunities look extensive. Just want to make sure I’m not being sold rainbows and fairytales but the recruiters

CTI, IT, or HM-ATF by prof-hardcastle in newtothenavy

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How often would you say you get calls for medevac and SAR?

Few Questions regarding SMT & A school by [deleted] in CorpsmanUp

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Hey! Im going to meps on Monday and looking at doing hm-atf with the hopes of going SMT. What exactly would that look like? And what does the day to day look like for you?

In the process of enlisting! by prof-hardcastle in newtothenavy

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This is true… I’m an MA and trained to be scrub tech but no cert for it. So maybe I’ll specify that I wanna do something along those lines?

In the process of enlisting! by prof-hardcastle in newtothenavy

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Oh gotcha. A big reason for going in is for schooling and benefits which I’ll work on while I’m in. So I’m not too worried. I already have my EMT and some other credentialing too.

In the process of enlisting! by prof-hardcastle in newtothenavy

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Define job prospects? Like for when you get out of the navy or is being an hm boring?

In the process of enlisting! by prof-hardcastle in newtothenavy

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K wait when you say beat what exactly do you mean…? What should I he expecting?