After Graduation
After graduation, you will be commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the United States Army. Your first assignment, which is determined by evaluating your college performance, ROTC standing, and your preferences, can be one of over 25 hospitals in the continental United States, Alaska, Hawaii, Germany or Korea.
Before you go to your first assignment, you will attend the Officer Basic Course at Fort Sam Houston, Texas, where you will study basic army knowledge and the functioning of an army unit.
Once you have been working as an Army nurse (on active duty for one year), you are eligible to attend a clinical specialty course of your choice. Currently, the course choices are:
Critical Care Nursing
Emergency Nursing
Preoperative Nursing
Obstetrical and Gynecological Nursing
Psychiatric & Mental Health Nursing
Community Health Nursing
Service Obligation
Scholarship Recipients: Your total service obligation will be eight years (of which the first four years are Active Duty). At the completion of the first four years, you may elect to continue on Active Duty or enter the Army Reserves for the remaining four years.
Non-scholarship Recipients: Your total service obligation will also be eight years, but the Active Duty commitment is only three years. At the completion of the first three years, you may elect to continue on Active Duty or enter the Army Reserves for the remaining five years.
