Hello all, I have a question regarding medical programs in the Navy. Does anyone know if the HPSP scholarship is available to aviators after their flight commitment is up? If not, how have people switched from aviators to navy doctors in the past? I am curious as to the possibilities of being a naval aviator first and then attending medical school, if there are any. I found some good info searching through the forums already but would appreciate more feedback. Thanks a lot!
I'll just chime in here and affirm what has already been said - it's definitely doable. I had a buddy and fellow IP at NASWF who took MCAT's and applied to USUHS and was accepted.
Once he was accepted he had PCS orders easily within a month - he had to resign USN commission and be recommissioned as an ENS in MC. Last I heard he left the Nav and was a pediatrician in New York somewhere and happily doing the reserves thing.
I don't know what kind of preference USUHS gives you based on past service. My buddy kicked butt on the MCAT's though and I remember him studying in the Stan office for hours on end between flying 2 or 3 x's per day.
The fact that the military would pay you to go to Med school after letting you fly for 5 or 6 years is amazing - and just goes to show you that with a little effort, the good deals are always to be found if you have the talent.
No where else in civi life do those things occur.
