I want to be a register nurse, and he wants to be a medical lab specialist. We have a 5 year son and are trying to consider whats best for our son. My question is will we deployed if we are doinig jobs like the ones we are getting trained for?
2007-05-29 11:16:06 · 13 answers · asked by tina S 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
if you sign up for the army there is alwayse a chance of deployment with any job some there are less of a chance but the chance still stands. they cannot deploy both spouses at once if you two have a child together. my husband is in the army i wanted to join too but he stoped me because its hard just having one half of us in the army if it were both did it can be moore stressfull especially if you have a child together i strongly suggest that only one of you join the military life is extremely high demanding.
2007-05-29 11:55:47 · answer #1 · answered by Honey Badger Doesnt give a Shat 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You will still be deployed as there is a great need for medical personel in the current war. My brother-in-law is a PA for the Army in Iraq right now and they are wishing more and more people were in the medical training in the Army as they are desperately needed right now! Your training in the Army is so far advanced in comparison to the civilian training as you have much more hands on training in real situations. Also know that all Army personnel are, at this time, being required to do 15 months in Iraq, for as long as the war continues. This is 1 year there and 1 year home then you go back to complete the tour. If this war ends (Please, God!, let it end!) there are other places you will be deployed to as well - Korea is one of the big ones. Everyone is required to do one year of deployment out of the states. So, keep that in mind with your little boy and do you have parents that will keep him if you are deployed at the same time?
I salute both of you for your decision to a higher education and for your choice in serving your country. It is a satisfaction you cannot get elsewhere. My son is in Iraq right now in the Marine Corps and he loves it. Hates the war, of course, but the military is exactly what he was looking for and he believes it will be a career choice for him, not just a 5 year commitment as they are educating him and he travels a lot. The very very best to you and your fiance in your endeavors!!
PS - if you get married they will not allow you to enlist together - it is either one of you or none.
2007-05-29 18:27:20 · answer #2 · answered by phxmilitarymom 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if neither of you are currently in, one of you not be able to go Active Duty. when one is already in the military, and there are children, the other spouse cannot go Active, only Reserves.
YES you will deploy,and the chances are QUITE high that you could deploy simultaneously. so you will also need a rock solid Family Care plan.. someone to take care of your child both short term and longterm( and since the average deployment is running 15 montghs.. VERY long term)
BTW.. Nurses are Commissioned Officers. Lab techs are Enlisted. possible problem there, too.. Fraternization and all that.
2007-05-29 21:07:17 · answer #3 · answered by Mrsjvb 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hell no..you're a soldier first, a specialist second. If you were trying to think of what is best for your son, remain a civilian. I don't understand why you would BOTH want to enlist? That makes absolutely no sense to me. You're both going to be deployed months, up to years at a time... Sorry, you cant bring junior.. no Chucky E. Cheese in Baghdad.
2007-05-29 18:24:35 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not only will you be deployed, unless you are married at the time you enter the military you stand a good chance of not being stationed on the same base or even in the same state or country.
2007-05-29 18:21:31 · answer #5 · answered by Yak Rider 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As much as I support our troops and the Armed Forces, I do not recommend going into the Army with children. I especially wouldn't recommend both of you enlisting. You will most likely be deployed, and although the Army will try to meet your needs as a parent, their needs will always come first.
2007-05-29 18:20:45 · answer #6 · answered by missylit 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
yes you will still get deployed--- amazing enough, nurses and lab techs are NEEDED everywhere, including IRAQ...
also, asking this question multiples times?? doesnt make the answers change to what you want to see.
if you want to do whats best for your son? only one of you enlist. that way hes got some stability of one parent all the time
2007-05-29 18:35:43 · answer #7 · answered by asailorsstar 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
You shouldn't sign up to serve if you do not want to get deployed because you never know when they might send u out! I u r considering wuts best for the child it would probably be having parents who are there for him...and breathing!
2007-05-29 18:19:29 · answer #8 · answered by CRYSTAL S 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you join the Army you will be deployed. Yes. I don't think your son wants a father who was killed in a bombing and a mother who can't talk anymore because some kid shot her in the larynx while she was drinking her morning coffee. Look for a job, don't be lazy and enlist.
2007-05-29 18:19:36 · answer #9 · answered by Edward V 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Dr. Laura says no parents should join the military, not only because of the dangers of war but because one parent having to be away for long periods of time is not good for the family.
2007-05-29 18:20:11 · answer #10 · answered by cashmere 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋