03-19-2015, 12:36
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Special Forces and Medical School
Hi all, so before I say anything, I know how difficult it is to make it into your amazing community. I've wanted to do SF since I was 14, and it has been a long term goal of mine. I'm now 18 and going to college as a Pre-Med, but still have that desire. I've been lucky to have been awarded an Army ROTC scholarship which I applied for because I wanted to join the Army in general, not just for SF. Now my question is, have you seen anyone in or out of SF do medical school and Special Forces? Is it possible? If you have any information regarding this please let me know. Again, I'm not banking on being in SF down the road, just wondering if it's a possible thing to do with medical school. Either way, I have a Plan B, but it's something I've really wanted to do.
PS: If there is an enlisted or NG way to do this, let me know. But I much rather hold my scholarship as out-of-state tuition for UCLA would be quite a burden.
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03-19-2015, 12:42
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Originally Posted by yojink5434
Hi all, so before I say anything, I know how difficult it is to make it into your amazing community. I've wanted to do SF since I was 14, and it has been a long term goal of mine. I'm now 18 and going to college as a Pre-Med, but still have that desire. I've been lucky to have been awarded an Army ROTC scholarship which I applied for because I wanted to join the Army in general, not just for SF. Now my question is, have you seen anyone in or out of SF do medical school and Special Forces? Is it possible? If you have any information regarding this please let me know. Again, I'm not banking on being in SF down the road, just wondering if it's a possible thing to do with medical school. Either way, I have a Plan B, but it's something I've really wanted to do.
PS: If there is an enlisted or NG way to do this, let me know. But I much rather hold my scholarship as out-of-state tuition for UCLA would be quite a burden.
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You might want to review the board rules and introduce yourself before asking for help here.
A fleshed out profile would be wise as well.
Best of luck.
TR
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03-19-2015, 12:55
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Originally Posted by The Reaper
You might want to review the board rules and introduce yourself before asking for help here.
A fleshed out profile would be wise as well.
Best of luck.
TR
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Will get on that! Sorry I thought I had posted my introduction, but I have read through the Stickies. I have not found a post regarding this topic on here and hope it can still be answered. Thanks!
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03-19-2015, 19:47
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There have been a number of med students ask similar questions. Additionally, there have been a number of physician's who have asked about getting into the community.
Refine your search, you may find the answer you are looking for. Bottom line, you will need to be in Emergency Medicine to maximize your chances...then do at least 1-2 tours with an infantry unit, then apply to get assigned to Special Operations.
While it has been done that a physician or two has gone to the Q course...these chances have gotten much more rare. If you want to do "Special Forces"...your best bet is to do that FIRST, then go to medical school SECOND.
That being said - never pass up the shot at an education.
Good luck in your decision.
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03-20-2015, 13:23
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What Eagle5US said!! Go SF first then med school. SF med training and experience will give you a head start over your contemporaries. Follow TRs instructions and then PM Ender18D. He should be 2nd or 3rd year in med school by now. He can provided class A1 HUMINT. 
In the FWIW department I went the medical research route instead of med school. They paid me instead me paying them to be bored to tears with 400 hours of anatomy 
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03-20-2015, 20:13
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I can not echo enough what Eagle5US said.
If you have an ROTC scholarship and you have found a way for someone to pay for your medical school. I highly suggest you do that first. No one will want to pay for your education when you are in your 40's. Life has a funny way of sneaking up on you like that.
"Special Forces" is not something you do. It's something you are. There is a common trait that each of us have that brought us here. If none of us were ever Green Berets, we would still share that same trait, we would still be a person that each other could count on.
Just my $0.02.
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