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In your opinion... What branch of military offers the best Nursing Program? Army, Navy, or Air Force?
It isn't a matter of "best," but rather a matter of "focus."
All of the branches have nurses stationed at medical facilities at their normal (stateside) bases. I don't think there's much difference in such assignments.
With the current situation in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Army Nursing program is primarily based on the mission of that service.
The Army has more nurses practicing in forward (war) locations, practicing medical procedures in forward (combat) locations where members are injured and need immediate care.
The Air Force has more medical evactuation nurses, who specialize is treating patients in a transport mode.
The Navy has a few "medical ships," which they station off of combat zones, to provide a "safe" area to stabalize combat injuries before evacuation to major medical centers.
Hope this helps!
Rod Powers
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Rod Powers is considered one of the premire experts about U.S. Military career information on the planet. He has more than 30,000 articles about U.S. Military career information on the About.com U.S. Military Careers Information website at: http://usmilitary.about.com. Additionally, he is the author of "ASVAB for Dummies," "ASVAB AFQT for Dummies," (available in Dec 2009), and "Veteran Benefits for Dummies," all published by Wiley Publishing. He is also the author of "Barrons' Guide to Officer Candidate School Tests," published by Barron's Educational Series.
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Rod Powers is a retired Air Force first sergeant, with 23 years of active duty service, 11 of those years as an Air Force First Sergeant. He has helped thousands of military members, recruits, and military applicants since he took over the About.com U.S Military Careers Information site in 1999. He has a reputation for "telling it like it is," so questions may not be answered based on "what you want to hear," but will be answered based of the bast available information, concerning the service/situation.
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Rod is a distinguished graduate of the Air Force Noncommissioned Officers Academy, the Air Force Senior Noncommissioned Officer Academy, and the Air Force First Sergeant Academy. He also holds an Associates Degree in Personnel Administration from the Community College of the Air Force (CCAF).
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