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As most of the current HPSP student probably already know, this years graduating class is the last year in which AEGD/GPR's will count towards payback. In the future it will add a year onto your obligation to participate in one of these programs.
My question is for any current Navy dentist or past Navy dentists. There is much speculation, coming from an O-6 at Bethesda during my OIS this past summer, that after this year the Navy and all services for that matter may have trouble filling the AEGD/GPR's becasue students may opt to just take the "accedidation tour" as to not add a year onto their active duty obligation.
We have a couple students that will be graduating in 2008 that plan on doing an accredidation tour because they just want to get in and out as fast as they can. The big question is by doing the accedidation tour and then being sent out into the fleet what types of duty assigments is one likely to get or not get and what benefits, i.e. duty assigments, are there in completing an AEGD/GPR?
I know that the answer to this question is dependant on many factors as duty assigments are based on needs of the Navy, luck ,etc. so I am just looking for what individuals have seen/experienced during their time on active duty.
Thank you.
My question is for any current Navy dentist or past Navy dentists. There is much speculation, coming from an O-6 at Bethesda during my OIS this past summer, that after this year the Navy and all services for that matter may have trouble filling the AEGD/GPR's becasue students may opt to just take the "accedidation tour" as to not add a year onto their active duty obligation.
We have a couple students that will be graduating in 2008 that plan on doing an accredidation tour because they just want to get in and out as fast as they can. The big question is by doing the accedidation tour and then being sent out into the fleet what types of duty assigments is one likely to get or not get and what benefits, i.e. duty assigments, are there in completing an AEGD/GPR?
I know that the answer to this question is dependant on many factors as duty assigments are based on needs of the Navy, luck ,etc. so I am just looking for what individuals have seen/experienced during their time on active duty.
Thank you.