Posted on Apr 22, 2015
LTC John Shaw
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I met a 28 year old who has a Bachelors of Science in sport sciences and Masters of Science in Exercise Science and Health Promotion. He is in perfect health, meets all recruiting standards. He is interested in MOS/AOC aligned to his background, he is not feeling challenged in his civilian career. He is coming to me for advice knowing my background as an Army Reserve officer. I know the Army Reserve side, I want to give him all service options to explore. What would you recommend to this young man?
In the Army a Master Fitness Trainer is an ASI, not an occupation (Military Occupational Skills /Area of Concentration).
http://usmilitary.about.com/od/enlistedjobs/a/asi.htm
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SFC Charles S.
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Being an detail recruiter for 3 years, I would recommend that he talk to an Army Medical AMEDD Recruiter. Physical Therapist 65B

REQUIREMENTS

Active Duty/Doctoral Program in Physical Therapy

Applicants must have a bachelor's degree in biological sciences, anatomy and physiology, chemistry, physics, social sciences or statistics
Minimum overall GPA requirements of 3.25 on a 4.0 scale
Minimum cumulative score of 1000 on the GRE (or 297 on the new GRE scale)
Minimum GRE verbal score of 450
At least 100 volunteer observation hours in a physical therapy clinic
Between 21 and 40 years of age
U.S. citizenship
Active Duty/Direct

Bachelor's degree or higher from an accredited occupational therapy program
Between 21 and 42 years of age
Current state license for physical therapy
U.S. citizenship
Army Reserve

Bachelor's degree or higher from an accredited occupational therapy program
Between 21 and 42 years of age (may request a waiver, Locate A Recruiter for more information)
Current state license for physical therapy
Permanent U.S. residency
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LTC John Shaw
LTC John Shaw
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SFC Charles S. Outstanding! Thank you for the link, there happens to be a medical command near Columbus, OH. I am talking to the company commander now to determine options.
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SFC Charles S.
SFC Charles S.
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LTC John Shaw Sir, no problem. If he has those kinds of credentials I'm pretty sure AMEDD would love to talk to him. That you have already greased the skids with the CDR helps also.
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SFC Charles S.
SFC Charles S.
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He qualifies for a lot more than just the 65B, but that was the link I posted for example. If he wanted to look at there Dr. Program and was interested he should qualify for that too.
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Lt Col Jim Coe
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His education closely aligns with USAF Morale, Welfare and Recreation (MWR). Other Services probably have a different name for the same function. Almost all of MWR is civilianized so military involvement is at the management level in Services Squadrons.

Your friend should talk with USAF, AFRES, and ANG recruiters. With an advanced degree he should be a good candidate for a commission. Not sure but his education might translate to medical administration.
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LTC John Shaw
LTC John Shaw
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@Lt Col Jim Coe Great recommendations, I will suggest all of these options to see his response.
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Army would challenge him. But all services would challenge in their own way. How challenged does he want to be?...lol

There are Physical therapists in all branches. If that is up his alley.
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LTC John Shaw
LTC John Shaw
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SSG (Join to see) His background is not physical therapy, it is a related area but like all medical specialist, they are all experts in their category. Kind of like in IT, I am app dev, you are likely more sys admin & end user support, very similar but different enough that I won't give you credit for coding and you won't give me credit for updating operating systems or being a sys admin.
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