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JHowson: Add as a Colleague
02/19/2010 1:41:08 PM EST

You should look at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU) - URL: http://www.usuhs.mil/ USU is the government's medical school; they train physicians for the Army, Navy, Air Force and US Public Health Service. Like the service academies, there is no tuition, but after graduation you are obligated to a term of service in one of the medical branches of the Army, Navy, Air Force or Public Health Service.

rsbrashears: Add as a Colleague
02/12/2010 8:46:56 AM EST

You must have a degree of Doctor of Medicine or Doctor of Osteopathy from osteopathic school acceptable to HQDA. As an Army Medical Department (AMEDD) Officer, you will not participate in the Basic Training or Boot Camp; instead, you'll attend an Officer Basic Leadership Course (OBLC), a basic orientation course to the Army Health Care system, Army doctrine, and basic soldier and leader skills. Officer Basic Leadership Course for Active Duty Officers is held four times a year at the AMEDD Center in Fort Sam Houston and lasts from ten 10-14to 14 weeks. Officers in the Army Reserve go to OBLC for two weeks. Health Professions Scholarship Program recipients will attend for 6 six weeks one time during their graduate medical education. Your training time depends on your chosen specialty and whether or not you have prior military experience. You must also meet height and weight standards, as well as pass the Army Physical Fitness Test. After completing OBLC, AMEDD Officers report to their initial Active Duty assignment. Students return to their graduate medical education following successful completion of OBLC. If you do not have a degree, you can still join the Army as a 91W, which is a medic. You will be trained in emergency treatment and once you have attained a higher degree of skill and rank, will work with doctors in a hospital. There are various medical specialties available, see an Army recruiter for more information.