<p>Hi im new to the whole military academy concept and i have a question
im currently being recruited as an athlete to go to the naval academy and im really interested but i just have a quick question</p>
<p>i know after graduation you have to serve in the navy or marines, but for how long?? 4 years? 6 years??
also, can you go to medical school right after graduation, and serve the required years after med school???
so basically is it possible to go to med school after graduation, or do you have to serve first??
thanks!
go navy!</p>
<p>The service obligation is 5 years active duty and 3 years reserve. The obligation is longer if you go into aviation. I believe it is 5+3 after you get your wings which takes a couple of years.</p>
<p>There are 15 graduates that go straight into the Navy Medical Corp every year, but these slots are very difficult to get and very competitive. Under normal circumstances you must complete your sevice obligation starting when you graduate from the Academy.</p>
<p>Congrats on being recruited for athletics, but be sure you know what you are getting yourself into before you make the committment.</p>
<p>thanks for the quick reply!
is the Navy Medical Corps a special medical school just for navy graduates where a graduate officially become a M.D., or do you go to another Med School in the US and earn the md title?</p>
<p>The Navy Medial Corps is a branch of the Navy like Aviation, Submarines, Surface Warfare, Special Warfare, etc. I believe that graduates selected for the Medical Corps are sent to a special government medical school.</p>
<p>I believe one of the other forum members is more familiar with this than I am and I'm sure he will be along shortly to give his imput.</p>
<p>My question to you is, what is your goal? To go to medical school or to be in the military? Becoming an MD out of USNA is very difficult and nothing is a gurantee. Personally, if I wanted to go to medical school I would not pick USNA because the chances of getting one of those 15 slots is as I said difficult and their are easier routes to becoming an MD. Of course, 15 do get it every year, but for each of those 15 there are many more who wanted it, but didn't get it. Somewhere I read that this year there were 19 students fully qualified for the 15 slots. The Superintendent asked for 4 more slots to be opened up, but the Navy denied his request.</p>
<p>Midshipmen who are selected for the Medical Corps have an option of attending medical school at either USUHS (Uniformed Services University for the Health Sciences) or a civilian medical school. Regardless of which type of school is selected, the midshipman must obtain admissions at a medical school based on their own merit. Admisssions is based upon MCAT scores, transcripts, recommendations, and interviews. Med school students remain an Ensign for the 4-year duration of their training. If they attend USUHS they receive full pay and benefits; if they attend a civilian school they are placed in the reserves and receive one-half the base pay of an Ensign without any benefits.</p>
<p>The four years of medical school does not count towards your service obligation nor does it count towards retirement unless you complete 20 years of eligible service at which point you would have 24 years of service. The obligation for attending USUHS is 7 years plus 5 years for USNA. Adding in the 4 years of medical school, you would have 16 years of service once your obligation is completed. Adding in the four yeasrs at USNA you would have been wearing a Navy uniform for 20 years before you would be eligible to resign your commission.</p>