Cloq Posted October 22, 2012 Share Posted October 22, 2012 In the Army National Guard I will be graduating this Dec and would like to know how to find deployment opportunities Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator rev ronin Posted October 23, 2012 Administrator Share Posted October 23, 2012 What makes you think those opportunities won't find you first? :-) Last I heard, PAs were deployed more, per capita, than MD/DOs or RNs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hemegroup Posted October 23, 2012 Share Posted October 23, 2012 Contact the Army, would be my first suggestion. I'm actually looking at an Army Medical Corps position myself. Good luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator ventana Posted October 24, 2012 Moderator Share Posted October 24, 2012 Coast Guard ANY PSU unit extra 10k/yr for PSU................. BUT not sure you get special pays and EVERYONE in a PSU gets the 10k Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uscbigdawg Posted October 24, 2012 Share Posted October 24, 2012 Contact a recruiter and go from there. Rich Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Contrarian Posted October 25, 2012 Share Posted October 25, 2012 no need to talk about recruiters...or suggestions about the CG/AF/NAVY/MARINES... As I read it... the OP is already IN the Army NG... and looking for ways to get on a deployment roster... But hey... maybe I miss read. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hemegroup Posted October 25, 2012 Share Posted October 25, 2012 I wasn't sure what they meant either, I knew it was either A or B ... I'm filling out the paperwork and meeting with the recruiter on Monday, that's all I know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uscbigdawg Posted October 25, 2012 Share Posted October 25, 2012 If you're already ARNG, you can likely contact branch and find out which units in your area/state are on the deployment calendar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cloq Posted October 27, 2012 Author Share Posted October 27, 2012 My fault for not specifying... You are right Contrarian I am already in the Army. I've heard of a website that post deployment spots for PA's looking to volunteer. Believe it is on AKO but I haven't been able to locate anything Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunner1960 Posted October 29, 2012 Share Posted October 29, 2012 You can look on MOB OPPS website. You can find it under the HRC website www.hrc.army.mil look under careers. They list all the available opportunities to deploy forboth NG and Reserve. You shouldn't have trouble finding a slot somwhere. All you do is register and then do a search. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amsanche Posted October 29, 2012 Share Posted October 29, 2012 Talk to your DCCS in yourt state (state surgeon) in the guard on the primary contact. There are few to no 65D00 (Physician Assistant) billets for deployment down-range or even for CONUS slots on the HRC site, or the Tour of Duty (TOD) site that is often referenced for MOB opportunities (MOBCOP site as referenced in above reply). That site shows 5 to 6 slots, all for CONUS billets and O-3 or higher. Your AMEDD personnel in the guard can locate a contact for the master roster. I was told by a NG colleague you can look on GKO as well. Additionally, look at the National Guard Forum online,...many questions and answers by NG PAs. Lastly, ping me if you have no luck with this. I can put you in contact with someone that can find the answer. I was reviewing the NG Deployment needs list over a year ago before I was pulled for deployment. Best to you!! A. Sanchez, PA-C CPT, SP Afghanistan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hemegroup Posted November 2, 2012 Share Posted November 2, 2012 I apologize if I don't where to post this, but it is central to my being and to my life most including my future career in medicine. I wrote it on FB and felt the need to share it here. I want to help, I really do. http://security.blogs.cnn.com/2012/11/01/intelligence-official-offers-new-timeline-for-benghazi-attack/?hpt=hp_t1 I hate the media and I hate war. Odd then, that I've just applied for the US Army ... I told them the make or break is if MR is elected. The Sergeant told me that there are Generals far between he and I. Then he mentioned that some people LIKE to be deployed. I said, "oh I have no problem being DEPLOYED, I just want it to be ACCURATE. Russia? Really? Bin Laden wasn't a first priority?" There was just a sigh and then silence. Yea, no, I don't follow idiots. So, we'll see. But not for someone who can't even answer the 3 am question but instead throws up his hands with a 'come on barney, i'm not going to answer that!' Stand down and let America get back to work. Oh! The real moment of my day was at work when I was treating an older man in his late 70s/early 80s. We made note that we were voting for conflicting nominees, and I noted that he was there on Medicare and that wasn't he worried about that not being there? He said smugly, "yea but not for me, only those around 55 or something." I said, "do you have kids?" He said, "I have 16 grandchildren by 5 wives." I just stared him in the eye and he looked down in shame. Yea, maybe Medicare if your family is involved, huh. Thanks Grampa. No thanks. How many more on food stamps during the last 4 years? THANK GOD, WE WERE HEADING INTO ANOTHER DEPRESSION. Thank God for food. Okay, this is still writing in FB script but that's appropriate since I'm continuing right on. I want to train more extensively in medicine. I love FP/IM but my skills are surgical. I want more. I know the Army can bring me that. And I understand that the President, whoever they are, directs the military. But hell, I'm not going in as a soldier ... I get to make this choice and by g*ddamn am I going to do it incorrectly. I don't work for unintelligent superiors in medicine and that will remain the same as long as I go into the military!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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