andohert Posted December 14, 2015 Share Posted December 14, 2015 My 6 year obligation to the Guard from IPAP is up in 6 months. 8.5 years active, 17 total in. What is active duty like these days? Any slots for field grade PAs out there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andohert Posted December 20, 2015 Author Share Posted December 20, 2015 Nothing? I'm asking because I've hit my limit in the Guard. I'm currently the unit commander for the state med det, and don't want to get into the political mix to go higher in the state. With 3 kids and 190-200 hours monthly at work, battalion command is too much. So it's either return to active component, or do another couple years of PHAs and retire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cop to pa Posted December 20, 2015 Share Posted December 20, 2015 First, I have no idea about your question, I was Navy for 8. But, would active take on someone with 17 total for a 3 and out? I'm guessing your Lt. Col. or so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andohert Posted December 20, 2015 Author Share Posted December 20, 2015 15 creditable for retirement under the Guard retirement system. If I returned to active, I'd do 11.5 for full retirement. I'd likely run into a wall with promotion. Currently MAJ, lost a pile of rank to attend IPAP (but worth it in every way nonetheless). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sapper-PA Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 AD is tight right now. Current year groups in Major and looking for Major are over 120% strength in most cases. They're working to develope more areas for field grade PA's but the AOC really wasn't built for people to stick around that long. We are also affected by the force caps for officers so the only way to develope more slots is to steal them away from other AOC's within the AMEDD, which is a fight. Overall the OPTEMPO right now is fierce and I expect that there will be a lot of turn over in the coming years esepcially after the discontinuation of the service bonus for mid-career PA's. This will increase some promotions but with downsizing and everything else there is still only so much room at the top. I'm a currentlly serving AD PA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narcan Posted May 2, 2016 Share Posted May 2, 2016 Agree with everything Sapper said, and that's the main reason I got out. The in the zone pick-up rate for major is less than 50%. That, and with the push for the "Soldier centered medical home", the hospital owns your credentials and is trying to make the aid station go away (cuz they can't be JACHO certified and you can't document RVU's). You can't serve two masters when your BN CDR rates you and the hospital owns your ability to practice. Have you thought about the Reserves? Could command an FST or similar detachment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andohert Posted May 4, 2016 Author Share Posted May 4, 2016 Switching to the Reserve. I'll spend a year so getting the lay of the land, then look for either an FST or CSH with an interesting mission. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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