If you want to be a nurse in the Air Force do you still have to go through basic training?

[Chelsdope0]

I’m just curious

[RebelinSteel]

Yes everyone does basic training, you need to learn to work as part of a team, help each other. It’s not all about fitness and marching, you learn how to build bonds quickly with different people so you can work effectively as a team. Yes you need to be fit, you need to pass basic fitness tests. Then you will have specific trade training, you need to learn to do things the military way.

[Chelsdope0]

I have flat feet and asthma….

[RebelinSteel]

It really depends on the trade criteria and shortages

[NathanDavis]

lmao...

not like you can just put a flight uniform on and you automatically know how to pilot planes

same for nurses...

[Chelsdope0]

I’m asking about basic training lol… like fitness etc

[NathanDavis]

well... not like the injured soldiers will go all the way from the battlefield or warzone, all the way to mainland USA to get healthcare, lol

[Apple1996]

Yes you do and more intense schooling right after basic.

[Jennz6]

Yes you have to go through basic training

[Jennz6]

@Chelsdope0 I was a Navy nurse

[Chelsdope0]

Shitttt lolol 😭

[nawtee_me]

Thank you for your service

[Nice222]

Thank you for your service!

[FunkyMonkee]

Probably. My brother did nothing but fix radios in the Air Force and he had to spend a good bit of time in basic. He took basic in Biloxi and then was stationed in Phoenix (I think)

[deus_ex_sisyphus]

You are an airman first before you get specialized in a rate - so, yes, you would attend basic.

[Chelsdope0]

Airman…. no

[Staximus]

There are different requirements if you already have a bachelor's, master's, or PhD and go in as an officer

[Staximus]

If you don't have a bachelor's or more advanced degree, you are probably going to have to do basic training

[Chelsdope0]

I have a bachelors

[Staximus]

If you have a bachelor's you need to talk to the recruiter that deals with officers. You can start as an officer when you have a degree. You well get better pay, benefits, food, housing, and treatment. Do not go in as enlisted. There are also people that work for the military that don't go through basic or officers academy

[Chelsdope0]

Okay thank you so much

[legalboxers]

Yes. Unless you got a degree then you go through OCS which is also Basic.

[Chelsdope0]

I have a bachelors degree yes… but only in psychology… I want to be a mental health nurse

[BLP11520]

Yes you do. If you can not handle boot camp you will not handle simple military life.

[jjj101010]

Yeah I think the RAF make all staff do basic training

[BCRanger10]

You'd be better off asking a recruiter.

[strateguy632]

yes like jen said.

[Twalli]

You're still in the military

[exitseven]

Yes,

[eagle1951]

yes ma'am