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Your First Duty Station
Nurse LTs' first assignment will be 15-24 months in length.
What to Expect as an Army Nurse Corps Officer
What to Expect as an Army Nurse Corps Officer
As Nurse Corps Officers, our primary mission is to provide healthcare to service members, retirees, and their families, at home and abroad, in times of peace and war.
Your First Years
Your First Years
First Duty Station
First Duty Station
Upon commissioning as a Nurse Corps Officer, and once you pass your NCLEX exam, you'll be assigned to 1 of 13 duty stations as a brand new Lieutenant Nurse Corps Officer. Assignment is merit-based. Those options are:
Bethesda, Maryland
Fort Belvoir, Maryland
Fort Bliss, Texas
Fort Campbell, KY
Fort Carson, CO
Fort Cavazos, Texas
Fort Eisenhower, Georgia
Fort Liberty, North Carolina
Fort Moore, Georgia
Germany
Hawaii
Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington
Joint Base San Antonio, Texas
BOLC
BOLC
Prior to moving to your first duty station, you will attend Army Medical Department (AMEDD) Basic Officer Leaders' Course (BOLC) in San Antonio, Texas. BOLC is an 11 week course where you will learn doctrine of the AMEDD Regiment, and employ that doctrine in a tactical field environment.
Upon graduation, you will be assigned the Army Occupational Specialty (AOC) of 66H, Medical Surgical Nurse, and move onto your First Duty Station, and CNTP.
CNTP
CNTP
Upon arrival to your first duty station, you will be assigned to the Clinical Nurse Transition Program (CNTP) at the Military Treatment Facility you are assigned. CNTP is a 3-month residency program, in which new Nurse Corps Officers will perform at least 500 precepted clinical hours. The goal of the residency is to build the new nurses' autonomy and competency in caring for 4-6 medical-surgical patients. During this time, all CNTP Nurses are placed into the "non-deployable" status.
Upon graduation from CNTP, you will be assigned to one of the numerous inpatient units of the hospital you're assigned.
*Some Soldiers who have civilian RN work experience on an inpatient unit will be allowed to bypass this residency program.
Inpatient Nursing (ALL Nurse Officers)
Inpatient Nursing (ALL Nurse Officers)
CNTP Graduate Nurses work in a myriad of inpatient units as a 66H. Examples of types of units can include, but aren't limited to:
Adult and Pediatric Medical- Surgical
Postpartum
Post-Surgical
Progressive Care
Telemetry
Work life for 66Hs consist of 8-12 hour shifts, traditionally working 84-hours every 2 weeks.
PT is usually conducted on the Soldier's personal time, as 24-hour unit operations prevent organized unit PT.
Once Nurses gain more experience, other clinical and leadership opportunities become available, and opportunities are based on the individual Soldier's competency and adaptability as a Nurse and Army Officer.
MAP Assignment (Some Soldiers)
MAP Assignment (Some Soldiers)
Nurse Officers may be assigned to Army field units as part of the Modified Table of Organization and Equipment (MTOE) Assigned Personnel (MAP) system. This system assigns Soldiers as an organic part of a deployable unit while maintaining the Soldier's place of duty at their current Military Treatment Facility (MTF).
MAP Soldiers will continue their jobs at their MTF, but will train, mobilize, and deploy with their assigned unit. This system maintains clinical competency of Soldiers, while allowing their field unit to cross-train mission essential tasks.
Leadership Opportunities
Leadership Opportunities
As Nurse Officers grow in experience and time in service, they will have opportunity to compete for leadership assignments. These assignments can include, but aren't limited to:
Aide-de-Camp (ADC)
Assistant Clinical Nurse Officer in Charge (ACNOIC)
Brigade Combat Team Nurse
Clinical Nurse Officer in Charge (CNOIC)
Company Command
Executive Officer
As you plan your career, you should strive to be placed in positions of increasing responsibility, and flip between clinical and broadening. Below are recommended positions based on rank.
Specializing- Earning a new AOC
Specializing- Earning a new AOC
At the 15-24 month mark time on ground at your first duty station, Nurse Officers will be allowed to request to specialize as a Nurse Officer, and therefore earn a new AOC. Soldiers requesting to specialize must compete for, attend, and successfully graduate from the specialty course associated with their desired AOC. Those specialties and course locations are:
66B- Public Health Nursing
9-week course, San Antonio, TX
66C- Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing
16-week course, Washington, DC
66E- Perioperative Nursing
16-week course, San Antonio, TX and Tacoma, WA
66G- Obstetrical/Gynecological Nursing
16-week course, Killeen, TX
66S- Critical Care Nursing
18-week course, San Antonio, TX
66T- Emergency Nursing
18-week course, San Antonio, TX
Permanent Change of Station (PCS)
Permanent Change of Station (PCS)
At the 24-month mark you will PCS to your next duty station. 6 months prior to your PCS date, you will enter into the job selection process, known as AIM Marketplace. This website will list all vacant positions you will be eligible to fill. You MUST rank all positions listed in AIM, and need to reach out to the position Points of Contact (POCs) and request interview.
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