anyone had any information on it. Like would he have to become an officer?? Where is the bootcamp? How long is it? Where are places he could be stationed? If we were to get married how are the military bases that we would live on? Is it worth it to go to pt school through the navy or should he just do it at home?
2007-11-13 05:40:37 · 6 answers · asked by maymay11 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
First of all, when you join as an enlisted you are joining the service to serve. It is highly unlikely they would immediately send him to college to get a degree as that is what you have to do to be a physical therapist.
It would probably go like this. He enlists and goes to boot camp. Then they send him to some kind of training for what they want him to do. It may be anything from cook to machinist mate to corpman. If he wants to take college courses on his time off, he can do so and they will provide tuition assistence. If he does a good job on duty and finishes two years with good grades on his own, they MIGHT select him for OCS and send him to college. But again, it will be to a program to learn what they need and that may not be what he wants. After he graduates he gets a commission as a Ensign and owes them 2-3 years for college.
The fastest and most sure way of getting to be a physical therapist is to get into college on his own. If after 2 years is still interested in the NAVY, he can see if they have a ROTC program at his college and can try to get in that. They would help pay for his last few years of college then he would go in as an ensign.
If you get married and there was an opening, you could live in base housing however it is quite likely you would have to live off base. If he is assigned a job that requires sea duty, he could be out to sea for quite a while. If he is going in as an E1, you should expect that you are going to have to work and plan on not having kids right away.
Sounds to me like you two need to do a lot of research as it seems your expectations are not consistent with how things are.
2007-11-13 05:59:55 · answer #1 · answered by forgivebutdonotforget911 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Navy Physical Therapy
2016-10-01 04:28:28 · answer #2 · answered by mulock 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This Site Might Help You.
RE:
Boyfriend is wanting to join the NAVY to go physical therapy school throught them. Im just kinda seeing if?
anyone had any information on it. Like would he have to become an officer?? Where is the bootcamp? How long is it? Where are places he could be stationed? If we were to get married how are the military bases that we would live on? Is it worth it to go to pt school through the navy or should he...
2015-08-16 15:37:49 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Does he already have a college degree or is he planning on enlisting? Boot camp is in Great Lakes, Illinois. Its 9 weeks long. Usually, during the first 1-2 years of your enlistment, you won't have time to go to any other schools. Junior enlisted personnel need to submit a "chit," or request, to take college classes. Most Navy bases have switched to PPV housing, which is housing out in town that the government contractually owns. Its not horrible. We've made it work for the last 10 years or so, all over the country. There's really no way to no where he'd be stationed, especially without knowing what job he'd be enlisting into.
2007-11-13 05:49:48 · answer #4 · answered by Denise S 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Navy Physical Therapist
2016-12-11 12:40:57 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the chances of enlisting as an HM with a guarantee of getting the PT C school is about zilch. PT is not open to first termers, which means he would have to re enlist at least once before he could even try and get it,and even then there is no promise he can.
that being said, getting HM period is going to be hard, the Active duty side is overmanned and the waiting time is at least six months long before he could even think about shipping out,and again, no guarantees whatsoever about any schooling past A school. he stands a very high chance of going to FMSS and that means Greenside..with the Marines.
if he wants to be a Physical Therapist, he'd be better off doing it on his own time and dime. There are both Enlisted and Officer PTs, but the only way to go directly in is to have the degree and be Commissioned.
2007-11-13 08:01:23 · answer #6 · answered by Mrsjvb 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There's no such thing as Physical Therapy school. A physical therapist is a medical officer. To come into the navy he'd have to have already completed his degree in physical therapy.
If he comes in as an enlisted sailor the closest he can get is to enlist as a corpsman. In that case there's about a 100% chance he's going to be trained as a combat medic and sent to the Fleet Marine Force.
2007-11-13 06:16:27 · answer #7 · answered by Yak Rider 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
First your boyfriend should go talk to a recruiter. Don't let him sign anything!! Just talk and let the guy know what your boyfriend wants. He can request to get a school for a corpsman, it's not a guarantee but they do try to get you what you want. He'll go to boot camp and then to the school. He'll more than likely get to go to secondary school after the first school. There he can specialize in Physical Therapy. If he wants the military to pay for college he can take courses and apply for assistance. I would recommend after he's out of the schooling for the military to start college course. There is no way to tell you where he could get stationed, but for me that was the best part of the military. You get to have a new adventure every few years. I loved it as a kid, a military member, and now as a military wife. I wouldn't trade my experience for anything in this world.
2007-11-13 06:22:07 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋