Posted on 04/25/2008 8:10:34 AM PDT by paterfamilias
Well, after a long haul and a master's degree, my daughter was notified this morning that she will be a member of the USUHS School of Medicine Class of 2012! This was her first-choice medical school, and she is elated.
After 6 weeks of officer training this summer, she will be commissioned an Army 2LT, and will begin school in August or September.
Her brother, an Annapolis graduate and Marine 2ndLt. is happy for his sister, but has reservations about her service selection.
My wife and I have begun practicing the term "Hooah", but we will continue to sit on the Navy side during the Big Game. Truly, now it will be pretty hard for us to consider any outcome on the football field a loss.
Good for her. Congrats!!
Congratulations! She is now going to be a student of ‘the best medical school you never heard of’. You have every reason to be proud!
Congratulations! You should be very proud of both of them.
That is wonderful news for your family, congrats to both your son and daugther!
Bravo!!!!
Thank her for her service please.
mrs
You have a raised a wonderful women....congratulations...
thanks for the vanity post....I am so happy for your entire family....
You know, I’ve been wondering for years where military docs were trained. I had assumed each service branch had its own teaching hospitals. Or that doctors joined after they had earned their MD’s through the usual route.
Sounds fascinating, I’m guessing there’s a good deal less B.S. endured in internship and residency.
OK, you know what it means but you may have to explain it to her. Be nice, though. I've learned to be very respectful to people whose business is taking sharp objects to the human body... ;-)
“From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
Seal of USU
Motto: Learning to Care For Those In Harm’s Way
Established: 1972
Type: Federal medical school
President: Charles L. Rice, MD
Faculty: > 100
Undergraduates: None
Postgraduates: 750 - 850
Location: Bethesda, Maryland, Flag of the United States United States
Campus: Suburban, ?? acres
Colors: Red, White, and Blue
Mascot: None
Affiliations: United States Navy, United States Army, United States Air Force, United States Public Health Service
Website: www.usuhs.mil/
The Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS), was established in 1972 by F. Edward Hebert, a Louisiana Congressman, and graduated its first class in 1980. The university is a center for military medical education and research. The primary mission of the school is to prepare graduates for service to the country at home and abroad in the medical corps. USUHS has officially changed its acronym to USU (Uniformed Services University). Both the Medical School and Graduate School of Nursing are located on the USU Campus, along with several research departments.
Students attending USU can focus on their education without the worry of incurring debt. Medical students enter the university as commissioned officers in the grade of O-1 in one of the four uniformed services: Army, Navy, Air Force or Public Health Service. No prior service is required for admission to USU. Students with prior active duty service as officers must forfeit all of their earned rank and start over as O-1s. Students pay no tuition or fees and, in fact, receive the full salary and benefits of a uniformed officer in the pay grade of O-1 throughout their four years at the university in exchange for a seven-year active duty service commitment following their Internship and Residency service after graduation. In addition, due to new legislation as of Federal Fiscal Year 2008, students who were officers in a pay grade higher than 0-1 when they entered the Medical School, even though reduced in rank to 0-1, will continue to be paid their former higher base pay while students. Students in the Graduate Programs are a mix of both civilians and uniformed officers. They also pay no tuition or fees. Civilian students may receive stipends and uniformed graduate students continue to receive their active duty pay and benefits while attending school at USU. The Graduate School of Nursing students are all active duty uniformed nurses or nurses in federal civilian service. Neither pay tuition or fees at USU, and unlike the medical students, both graduate students and nursing students maintain their rank and continue to receive their regular salaries while students at the university.
The university currently has two mottos: “Learning to Care For Those In Harm’s Way” and “Providing Good Medicine In Bad Places.”
Congratulations indeed. Your daughter is obviously very well prepared with enormous potential to succeed. She wears the uniform now for at least 10 years. It’s a long obligation for grads but for a chance at the best medical training in the world it’s well worth it.
Dittos to what everyone else is saying.
My congradulations also. You must be very proud of them.
My 17 year old son has joined the navy and will report for active duty just after graduation. He is going into the nuclear power program.
Bravo zulu to your son. God bless him.
Tell you daughter that I am very happy for her!
Congratulations. Sounds like you have wonderful children who must make you very proud. Must be a reflection on instilling strong American values by their parents.
You have every right to be proud!
We are an active duty family as well, and my prayers will be with you. Lot's of sacrifice.
Congrats to all!!
Congratulations! How proud you must be of both of them.
Congratulations to both you as parents and to your daughter and your son. You are to be complimented as parents.
Took me months to get the “Hooah” right.
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