<p>Does anyone know if a cadet chooses to go on to graduate school(e.g. Med school), what effect that has on your obligation if you decide one of the following two options?
1. Can you defer obligatory service and pay for grad school yourself and then serve?
2. If you decide to enter med school having the military pay for it then do a residency training, e.g. radiology,etc., does that pretty much commit you for the full 20-30 years?</p>
<p>MIDSHIPMAN. not to be rude.</p>
<p>Beat me to it, Wheelah!</p>
<p>Pet peave of mine from Star Trek, too! :mad:</p>
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1. Can you defer obligatory service and pay for grad school yourself and then serve?
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<p>Nope.</p>
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2. If you decide to enter med school having the military pay for it then do a residency training, e.g. radiology,etc., does that pretty much commit you for the full 20-30 years?
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<p>Yep. However, you don't just elect to go to med school on the Navy's dime. It's quite difficult to get into, actually.</p>
<p>I'm not sure what the commitments are, but they're lengthy. Not 20-3 years, though.</p>
<p>If you want to be a doctor, go civilian. Your chances are much better.</p>
<p>I looked up the committments. After the Academy, you have 4 years of paid med school. Either the navy school or civilian, navy one incurs a longer committment, my times will be based on a civilian school. Then, there is a 3-5 year residency at a military hospital. Then, the time incurment is 9 years. Basically, you will not be eligble for retirement until you are 38-40 years old. However, I have heard nothing but great things from navy and air force doctors and dentists. They typically love it from what i've heard.</p>
<p>Quite true.</p>
<p>However, getting selected for medical school coming out of USNA is extrememly difficult. IIRC, my class had only 3 or 4. One of them was in my company, Zack was another, and a third guy was in my company Plebe Summer.</p>