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Can the army station me somewhere when i am attending college for a bachelors?

I am fixing to join the army for 5.5 yrs and during my servkce i want to get a bachelors for nursing. If i a attending college full time can they up root me and place me in another country anytime they want to?

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  • 8 years ago
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    Can the Army station you somewhere when you are attending college? YEP! you bet! the army will station you where they NEED YOU, regardless of where it is in the world! you can COUNT ON probably NOT being in one spot for 4 or 5 years straight to get a degree. you will have a nearly IMPOSSIBLE time of going to school full-time anyhow (especially nursing) because your schooling takes a back seat to the mission - always. you are encouraged to get your education, however, classes you take are on YOUR time. I have only known ONE person that was able to go to school full time for a year while she was also full time army. it was a challenge and more luck that the stars lined up to do so. more than likely, the best you'll be able to do is take 2...MAYBE 3 classes per semester. while active duty, about the best you can do is take classes half-time or 3/4 time at best.

    can they root you up? YEP!!! i encoruage you to look at military friendly colleges that offer distance edcuation. that way if you are relocated at a semester's break, you can merely pick up with the same program at the same college - at a different campus

  • Anonymous
    8 years ago

    Uh..yeah numbnuts...

    The US taxpayer is paying you to do a job..which isn't going to college

    You want to be a full time college student and be in the military....look at ROTC, West Point or the Reserve or Guard

    And being an enlisted guy on active duty you aren't going to get a BSN.

    90+% of the Army's Nurses come from the ROTC Nursing Program

    You will never be able to get all of the required lab classes or practical work done while working full time 50+ hours a week...not to mention weeks long field excercises and deployments

    Reality..take a dose..I'll buy the second round..you need it

    I highly suggest you get a clue before going any further in the enlistment process

    Source(s): Me, 25 years in the US Army so far
  • 8 years ago

    There are many military schools. But. You could attend North Georgia College and State University, go through national guard (they'll pay for it) and attend that school which is a senior military U.S. Army ROTC school and you will not be up rooted during your schooling, providing you don't withdraw from the school or take any time off from school cause if you do your unit could get deployed during that time and guess who's going with them. You would graduate as 2nd lieutenant. And they have a excellent nursing program there by the way. Just a thought. Continue to research your options before you sign the dotted line. Good luck!

    Source(s): I was a cadet at NGCSU.
  • Anonymous
    8 years ago

    1. There is no 5 1/2 year enlistment contract!

    2. If you're enlisting on active duty, your job is to be a Soldier and the Army will move you where they need you to be!

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  • Mrsjvb
    Lv 7
    8 years ago

    you will NOT be attending college full time. at best, one class at a time. you full time job is the ARMY.

    if you are talking going int the Guard or Reserves, if you are not SMP( also enrolled into ROTC with a contract) then yes you can be deployed or stationed elsewhere at any point.

  • 8 years ago

    For the sake of brevity (that means short)- the answer is YES!

    Because given your question- I don't think you'd understand the needs of the Army, or even duty station rotations.

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