I want to become a male nurse when I become older. Right now im a Jr in high school. I heard somewhere that if I join the marines I would go through 6 weeks of training then I would stay on base and go to school to become a nurse. Is this correct? How long would I be there for school for? Also would I need to go to college after the marines? I would like to get as much schooling as possible to become a nurse. Mabe to become a Dr. in nursesing ( i dont even know if there is such thing)Thanks.
2007-07-18 06:57:01 · 7 answers · asked by charlie 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
Could I go to marine training for the 6 weeks then they pay for my education? Or how does that work I dont want to go to battle but I heard that you can stay on baeb and get schooling?
2007-07-18 07:05:03 · update #1
If you have good grades and a good SAT score and you are also active within your community and/or play high school sports then you may be competitive for an NROTC scholarship. Talk to a recruiter and have them screen you to see if you qualify for this program. Just meeting the minimum requirements for this program doesn't guarantee that you will be selected, NROTC is a super competitive program.
If you aren't qualified for this program, don't be discouraged, most people aren't. You may also want to check out the Navy's Hospital Corpsman or HM program. Most males that volunteer for FMF or Fleet Marine Force, will get assigned to a Marine unit.
The DoD ranks all of its hospitals and the top three are Naval Hospitals: Bethesda Naval Hospital (Bethesda, MD), Balboa Naval Hospital (San Diego, CA) and Norfolk Naval Hospital (Norfolk, VA). Bethesda is where all the military people and politicians go for medical care in the D.C. area.
Do some research on your own and check out all the facts before you make a decision. I will advise you to start on an NROTC application ASAP. Your junior year is an excellent time to get started on this as it can take about a year to find out if you've been selected.
Good Luck!
2007-07-18 15:13:15 · answer #1 · answered by silentservice 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nurses have to be trained through a series of classes, there is no quick way to become a nurse, not anymore thats for sure. Perhaps you mean nursing assistant, which is the equivalent to a Naval Corpsman; and I don't think the Marine Corps has this particular title.
If you want to become a male nurse, you'll need to go to nursing school and if you want to join the military after graduation, you are more than welcomed to do so.
Right now, during war, the military is short staffed for nurses, so if we're still involved in this thing when you get ready to go to college, you can probably get military reimbursements for your tuition.
Get through high school first then worry about nursing school.
2007-07-18 14:27:18 · answer #2 · answered by Uber Spicy Redhead...sssssizzle! 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Your first answerer is correct so if your heart is set on being a nurse or other medical job in the military, the Marine Corps is not the right branch for you. What you might be thinking of is called a Navy Corpsman. Corpsmen are part of the Navy but deploy with the Marines and basically serve as their medics. Because of this, Corpsmen are affectionately called "Doc" by the Marines even though they are not technically doctors. Do some more research on the job of a Navy Corpsman rather than a nurse.
2007-07-18 14:11:31 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Here's the deal: The Marine Corps does not have medical personnel, so you'd have to join the Navy if you want to work with Marines (and there's no guarantee you would). Secondly, you have to go to school for four years and get your R.N. and apply for a commission if you wanted to be a nurse in the military. If you enlist, the best you could do is become a medic, and you'd still have to go to school for four years and apply for a commission to be a nurse.
If being a nurse in the military is the way you want to go, your best bet is to do well in high school and apply for a college or university that has both (a) a good nursing program, and (b) an ROTC program for whichever branch of the service you want to join. If you're accepted, the military pays for your education and the trade-off is you do ROTC while in college and you give a service commitment of eight years to the military after you get your R.N.
P.S.: The next step past R.N. is N.P. (nurse practitioner), which is darned close to being a doctor, but you don't get the official title of Doctor. The military encourages continuing education, so if you wanted to go to school to get your N.P. while you're on active duty, there's a good chance they'll work with you on that.
P.P.S.: If you're going to join the military, do yourself a favor and go Air Force. I can give you a list of reasons a mile long why the Air Force is the way to go, but I'll sum it up in the words of my colleagues from the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard: "MAN, I wish I had joined the Air Force!"
2007-07-18 14:12:27 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Marine Corps boot camp is 13-14 weeks and it shouldn't taken lightly. Besides if you are the type of person that wants to become a nurse, you might find yourself living a double life in the Corps.
My advice: Forget the military altogether, enlisting now would only set back your attempts to reach your goal. Study hard for scholarships instead.
If you enlist in anything, enlist in the Navy or Coast Guard.
2007-07-18 14:07:54 · answer #5 · answered by origen01 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
there is no medical job in the Marines, the Navy send Corpsmen out with us. If you want do go medical you need to go to anouther branch of service.
2007-07-18 14:00:52 · answer #6 · answered by John S 4 · 4⤊ 0⤋
If your in high school. Earn good grades. Get a scholarship and become a R.N. R.N. School is hard.
2007-07-18 14:34:22 · answer #7 · answered by Terri L 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋