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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My daughter just graduated from USAFA last month. Her firstie year was a joke due to a fully woke Superintendent. He ended a lot of training for the fourth degrees last year, even got rid of the term doolie. Despite that, she had a good experience and is going on to graduate school this fall with about 1/3 of her class. She will be returning at some point to teach and hopes it returns to some semblance of military training by then. She had to share a bathroom the past two years with a man who pretended to be a woman who was constantly pooping in the bathroom when the biological women showered. She is glad to get out of that situation. [/quote]
I am surprised that 1/3 of her class is going to graduate school directly after graduating, as I thought this was fairly rare for academy grads. I know USNA only has about 10-15 spots for those going to medical school/dental school. How does this work? How many additional years does this add on to the service requirement?[/quote]

I don’t know about graduate degrees, but medical degree adds 8 yrs onto your service obligation. AND you aren’t considered serving your obligation until after you complete residency.  However, residency years does go towards service years for retirement purposes. [/quote]
So essentially your career becomes "Army doctor" (or whatever service doctor), for the most part? 13 years active duty beyond residency, and I imagine there is also a reserves component? [/quote]

It’s possible there is some nuisance to it.  It might be 4 active/4 reserve component.  Usually you can do IRR for reserve component with is essentially nothing at all.  I did that for my 4 yr ROTC scholarship; served 4 yrs active, 4 IRR.  In IRR I had zero requirements and didn’t hear a peep from the Army. I was essentially separated [/quote]

That's better than NROTC.  5 years active is the commitment.[/quote]

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