Are army medics and army nurses in the same unit or different?

medics are in a wide variety of units. as a nurse you will go to a hospital or a clinic. both of those have medics.so it is possible yes. with having an ongoing relationship prior its a gray area, however as long as you are not in the same unit i cannot see anyone making a fuss over it

update- if you are married the military will do its best to have you at the same post, but not necessarily the same unit. also "unknown" has no clue what the hell he's babbling about. nurses do not attend AIT.

Harleyboy is fairly correct in his answer.

As to fraternization, in this situation, where both knew each other prior to the military is a gray area.

However, understand, the odds of the 2 of you being assigned to the same post are slim. So being married prior to you getting commissioned is a good idea. Then you can apply to the dual military program, whatever it is called, where the Army will try and assign the two of you to the same post.

Luckily, you as a nurse, will only be at the hospital, while, she will be assigned to some battalion's medical platoon.

First, being a medic, she will be assigned to a unit that deploys to combat areas. I won't say she'll be IN a combat unit because, at least for now, women aren't allowed in combat units. That being said, as long as she's in garrison(at the base) she'll be working in the TMC(Troop Medical Clinic) for about half the day taking blood pressure, checking temp's etc for soldiers going on sick-call. The rest of the day she'll be at the unit doing whatever. I gotta say, when they're not in the field, medics have a decent schedule. Now, whenever she's in the field she'll pretend to take care of wounded soldiers and she'll also be there in case someone is actually injured, over-heats,etc. If her unit goes to Afghanistan, she'll deploy with them and she'll be in the TMC they set up in their base. Now, that's just a general description. Her duties will very depending on the type of unit she's in as well as the base she's on. For instance, I was stationed on Ft. Bragg and we always had to have medics on drop zone whenever we had a jump(parachute jump). I assume that Ft. Campbell would require them on landing zones too. I use Ft. Campbell as an example because of the fact they're no longer Airborne but Air Assault even though they still have the Airborne tab on their unit patch. You, on the other hand, will most likely be assigned to the post hospital. If you're deployed to Afghanistan, or any combat zone, you will most likely be assigned to a CSH(Combat Support Hospital which is modern version of MASH). As for your relationship, I would suggest being married before you're commissioned. Officers dating enlisted soldiers are, at least, look down on, at worst, absolutely prohibited. This is a question that needs to be answered by an officer and I mean an officer NOW. Rules like this change and it could depend on whether or not you're in the same unit. Now, I'm going to give you a piece of advise that, if you don't remember it, could END YOUR CAREER with a quickness. Working in hospitals or possibly TMC's, you most likely won't be required to do much unit PT but you WILL BE REQUITED TO PASS A PT TEST 2 times a year. Also, this could be different for people in the medical field but you may also be required to qualify with your weapon, usually a 9mm Beretta. That being said, I was enlisted and in a combat unit so I don't know the weapons qualifications or requirements for medical officers but I'm almost sure you have to qualify ever so often. I am certain though that you DO have to pass a PT test 2 times a year so you are going to have to have enough self discipline to do some PT on your own a few times a week. Like I said, I was in a combat unit but I was also in an Airborne unit so there was no chance that we wouldn't be doing PT...LOL. I hope this helps. If you take anything from this, remember two things. First, ask a current Army officer what the rules are for officers dating enlisted. Second, make sure you have enough self discipline to stay physically fit so you can pass a pt test which doesn't take much. The military pt test is pretty easy. As long as you're not a couch potato you should be able to pass it.

You will need to be married prior.

Medics and Nurses in the Army have significantly different job focuses/patients.

As a Medic, your girlfriend will deploy with whatever unit she is assigned to (if they are, in fact, deploying.) Medics are assigned to almost any unit, while Nurses will only be assigned to Medical Detachments.

During a deployment, your GF will be on the COP/FOB with the rest of the Battalion/Squadron and will during the day will be running a First-Aid Station for any Soldiers in need of medical care. They also take care of Sick Call; and any combat injuries until the wounded can be moved to a medical facility.

As an Army Nurse, there are possibilities to deploy to areas around the world in support of military operations but there are actually very few Army nurses that are currently deployed and, in a typical year, less than a hundred or so are deployed around the world at any given time.

An overwhelming majority of your time as an Army nurse will be spent as a clinical nurse working in a large medical facility. During those rare times that you may be called upon to serve away from your hospital, it will be because it is absolutely essential to have the best medical care in the world available to those in need. Some examples of those needing our expertise are: children who live in a third world country that does not have the facilities or resources to provide such simple life saving measures as administering immunizations or performing cleft lip/palate repair; victims of natural disasters that have no medical assets as the result of a hurricane, tornado or tsunami; and the brave Soldiers that risk their lives to defend and support freedom throughout the world who, once wounded in combat, require immediate trauma resuscitation and medical treatment to ensure a safe return home.

And hopefully, you also are prepared to deal with the possibility that the two of you will not be stationed together unless all of the right cards fall into place and positions for both of your ranks and MOS/Branch are open at the same installation.

I don't mean to sound negative or like I'm telling you to give up now. I just want to give you an honest idea of what you guys will be up against so that you can get a plan in action for how you will deal with the sacrifices you will be making soon.

Good luck to both of you!

if you are a nurse you have to choose a NURSING MOS and go to ait for it even when going through rotc and no nurse's are not in a unit with combat medics they are in clinics and hospitals they cannot switch from a hospital or clinic to a unit with infantry and medics and everybody else period you are stuck in a hospital setting. and when you commission she has to salute you and respect your rank on any base or army hospital.

Known as fraternization-you will be canned and so will she. Officers do not date enlisted Yuck!!