Questions about Service Academies

WP2010
Mon, 22 May 2006 20:22:56 +0000

godfather, found some info from USMA here about medical school:

“The Department of Defense permits up to two percent of each USMA graduating class to attend medical school”

“Currently, there are two fully-funded sources which produce physicians for the Army: The Medical School of the Department of Defense Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS) and the Department of the Army Health Professions Scholarship Program.” I’ll let you look up more about those.

Some items to note: active duty time spent in student status does not count in determining eligibility for retirement. Grads are tendered commissions as captains in the Medical Corps.

The USUHS path leads to an additional 10-year service obligation or seven years of obligated service with a six-year reserve obligation which starts following residency. (Usually USUHS grads continue their medical education with 1 year of internship and 2-4 years of residency.)

The Scholarship path leads to an additional 4 year obligation in addition to the 5 years a grad owes USMA which totals 10 years (with a year of internship training).

“IF YOU COME TO WEST POINT TO BE AN ARMY DOCTOR, UNDERSTAND THAT YOU WILL BE AN ARMY DOCTOR FOR A LONG TIME.”

so there you go, it comes straight from a West Point letter