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Questions for those participating in the Air Force of Army HPSP program!! Thank you in advance for your time. I have been granted the HPSP by both branches and feel like when I ask questions to the respective recruiters that they just tell me what I want to hear, I have a hard time trusting everything. I was hoping people actually in the program could advise:
1) I am aware of humanitarian mission possibilities where you have very short tours (from a few weeks to a few months) in an impoverished area. Does anybody know of opportunities for this in either branch, and if possible if you have a better chance in one military branch in taking part in these missions?
2) I am very excited about practicing dentistry abroad. If I just do my required four payback years, will it be possible to do all of me time abroad, will it even be possible to do part of it abroad?? I am not sure if the military requires equal time abroad as well as in America...
3) Can you guys correct me if there are any additional countries where you can be a dentist for the respective branches:
Army: Japan, Korea, Belgium, Italy, Germany.
Air Force: Japan, Korea, Italy, Germany, Turkey, UK, Guam.
Please let me know if there are other locations! For instance, I think there is an Air Force base in Greenland, but I have no idea if they have dentists at the "minor bases"
4) I have heard that for those fresh out of dental school, that the military will only put you in big clinics to "learn the ropes" (thus small chance of going abroad where clinics are generally smaller than in the U.S.)
5) My Army recruiter told me you have higher chance of promotion in Army because its dental core is so much bigger, anybody can comment as to the truth of this?
6) There are a lot of stereotypes flying around that quality of life being better in the Air Force, personally I think that the life of a dental officer in either branch would be completely the same. Thoughts about this?
7) Any other general thoughts about pros/cons of Air Force vs. Army. In other words, WHAT WOULD YOU DO IN MY SITUATION!!!
To those who answer this lengthy treatise, very many thanks. These are specific questions, which is why I need to ask them, because you can't find the answers in the HPSP literature out there....
1) I am aware of humanitarian mission possibilities where you have very short tours (from a few weeks to a few months) in an impoverished area. Does anybody know of opportunities for this in either branch, and if possible if you have a better chance in one military branch in taking part in these missions?
2) I am very excited about practicing dentistry abroad. If I just do my required four payback years, will it be possible to do all of me time abroad, will it even be possible to do part of it abroad?? I am not sure if the military requires equal time abroad as well as in America...
3) Can you guys correct me if there are any additional countries where you can be a dentist for the respective branches:
Army: Japan, Korea, Belgium, Italy, Germany.
Air Force: Japan, Korea, Italy, Germany, Turkey, UK, Guam.
Please let me know if there are other locations! For instance, I think there is an Air Force base in Greenland, but I have no idea if they have dentists at the "minor bases"
4) I have heard that for those fresh out of dental school, that the military will only put you in big clinics to "learn the ropes" (thus small chance of going abroad where clinics are generally smaller than in the U.S.)
5) My Army recruiter told me you have higher chance of promotion in Army because its dental core is so much bigger, anybody can comment as to the truth of this?
6) There are a lot of stereotypes flying around that quality of life being better in the Air Force, personally I think that the life of a dental officer in either branch would be completely the same. Thoughts about this?
7) Any other general thoughts about pros/cons of Air Force vs. Army. In other words, WHAT WOULD YOU DO IN MY SITUATION!!!
To those who answer this lengthy treatise, very many thanks. These are specific questions, which is why I need to ask them, because you can't find the answers in the HPSP literature out there....