Hospital Corpsman question!!!

HMHunt · 06-15-2013, 11:46 AM

Navywife, you will not have the opportunity to go to a C School as a reservist, unless you sign a HMDA contract and then you'll go through normal A School then go to Dental Assistant C School. As for the question about shore or ship, as a first year Corpsman, you are almost 100% guaranteed to be on shore they don't send many corpsman on ships. There are about 30 on each carrier and even less on smaller ships. A lot of my friends who got sent to Naval Hospital San Diego are attached to the Mercy whenever she deploys, but deployments have been canceled a lot due to budget cuts, so they may never go out.

vet502 · 06-16-2013, 06:39 AM

I suggest going to MEPS asap. I DEP'ed 20130610 and won't ship until 20140317. You sound like me! I'll be turning 26 at RTC and wanted to do something meaningful with my life. I was offered CTT and HM-I worked at a desk job the past 2 years...no way would I go that route. Just request and the career counselor will make sure your line scores match. I'm hoping to be on a base overseas.

HMHunt · 06-16-2013, 08:23 AM

Vet502, Overseas orders aren't too hard to get. I had quite a few shitbags in my class with average GPAs go to Japan. We had about 5-6 Japan billets, 1 Italy billet and 1 Hawaii billet. It all just depends what billets are open.

gameingkine · 06-16-2013, 08:31 AM

my first job choice was HM but my recruiter said it was a rare job, but when i was there they had both HM and HM assistant open for december and january. my theory is that a wider range of jobs r open right now due to schools getting out and a large amount of graduates coming in

sweetmtn · 06-16-2013, 01:40 PM

Just understand that a RESERVIST will not get an overseas billit!

navywife83 · 06-16-2013, 02:29 PM

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Originally Posted by sweetmtn

Just understand that a RESERVIST will not get an overseas billit!

i think I was the only reservist asking about hm. i dont want overseas... my husband is here

lol

Ktamse · 06-16-2013, 04:10 PM

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Originally Posted by vet502

I suggest going to MEPS asap. I DEP'ed 20130610 and won't ship until 20140317. You sound like me! I'll be turning 26 at RTC and wanted to do something meaningful with my life. I was offered CTT and HM-I worked at a desk job the past 2 years...no way would I go that route. Just request and the career counselor will make sure your line scores match. I'm hoping to be on a base overseas.

I'm hoping to contact a recruiter once I get back from vacation! Good luck!!!!

Ktamse · 06-16-2013, 04:12 PM

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Originally Posted by HMHunt

Navywife, you will not have the opportunity to go to a C School as a reservist, unless you sign a HMDA contract and then you'll go through normal A School then go to Dental Assistant C School. As for the question about shore or ship, as a first year Corpsman, you are almost 100% guaranteed to be on shore they don't send many corpsman on ships. There are about 30 on each carrier and even less on smaller ships. A lot of my friends who got sent to Naval Hospital San Diego are attached to the Mercy whenever she deploys, but deployments have been canceled a lot due to budget cuts, so they may never go out.

Thank you for all your help! This actually has me quite excited!!! Ready to contact my recruiter!

HMHunt · 06-17-2013, 07:07 AM

Glad I could be of assistance. This site helped me before I left for boot, so I just want to help others with their journey.

06-15-2013, 11:46 AM	#1
HMHunt Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: San Diego Posts: 32 Rep Power: 0	Navywife, you will not have the opportunity to go to a C School as a reservist, unless you sign a HMDA contract and then you'll go through normal A School then go to Dental Assistant C School. As for the question about shore or ship, as a first year Corpsman, you are almost 100% guaranteed to be on shore they don't send many corpsman on ships. There are about 30 on each carrier and even less on smaller ships. A lot of my friends who got sent to Naval Hospital San Diego are attached to the Mercy whenever she deploys, but deployments have been canceled a lot due to budget cuts, so they may never go out.

06-16-2013, 06:39 AM	#2
vet502 Newbie Join Date: May 2013 Posts: 14 Rep Power: 0	I suggest going to MEPS asap. I DEP'ed 20130610 and won't ship until 20140317. You sound like me! I'll be turning 26 at RTC and wanted to do something meaningful with my life. I was offered CTT and HM-I worked at a desk job the past 2 years...no way would I go that route. Just request and the career counselor will make sure your line scores match. I'm hoping to be on a base overseas.

06-16-2013, 08:23 AM	#3
HMHunt Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: San Diego Posts: 32 Rep Power: 0	Vet502, Overseas orders aren't too hard to get. I had quite a few shitbags in my class with average GPAs go to Japan. We had about 5-6 Japan billets, 1 Italy billet and 1 Hawaii billet. It all just depends what billets are open.

06-16-2013, 08:31 AM	#4
gameingkine Active Duty Join Date: May 2013 Posts: 121 Rep Power: 0	my first job choice was HM but my recruiter said it was a rare job, but when i was there they had both HM and HM assistant open for december and january. my theory is that a wider range of jobs r open right now due to schools getting out and a large amount of graduates coming in

06-16-2013, 01:40 PM	#5
sweetmtn Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: N. CA Posts: 3,792 Rep Power: 0	Just understand that a RESERVIST will not get an overseas billit!

06-17-2013, 07:07 AM	#9
HMHunt Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: San Diego Posts: 32 Rep Power: 0	Glad I could be of assistance. This site helped me before I left for boot, so I just want to help others with their journey.