<p>You might want to ask some questions about the various military medicine options over at the SDN’s MilMed subforum. There are former and active duty military physicians, and current service-obligated med students on the forum. (■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■) </p>
<p>Service payback for medical school is a very complicated issue. And I imagine it will be even more complicated if you incur a ROTC service obligation before you matriculate into med school. </p>
<p>Also be aware that the “needs of the service” may supercede your desire for a particular specialty. You cannot be forced to accept a residency in a field you don’t want, but then again it’s not guaranteed that you will be allowed to enter a specialty residency at all. </p>
<p>Any years spent in residency training (aka medical post grad training programs) will not count towards fulfilling your service obligation.</p>