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As an Air Guard health professional, you will benefit from the wide range of medical challenges presented by our diverse missions. You will learn military medicine and expand your horizons. You may find yourself in the middle of the action during a natural disaster, civil emergency, or homeland crisis – situations where your skills are critical and your character can make all the difference. Plus, you’ll have the satisfaction of helping your community and country when they need you most.

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Why Air Guard? Health Professionals have the unique opportunity to provide humanitarian aid to communities, while tapping into the career growth and adventure that the Air Guard provides. Open Tab Button Why Air Guard? Are you looking for unique challenges, adventure and career growth? As a health professional in the Air Guard, you could provide in-flight care to sick or injured patients being airlifted out of a disaster-stricken area. You could be responsible for saving countless lives in a field hospital in the aftermath of a hurricane, flood, fire, or tornado. You could assemble triages and help to evacuate individuals in the most challenging of circumstances. Whether you’re currently in school, just starting in medicine, or well-established in your career, you could do all this—and more—serving part-time in the Air Guard. You’ll be a vital member of our exceptional medical team. You’ll work with high-tech equipment and utilize state-of-the-art treatments. And you’ll have the opportunity to help others—from treating fellow Airmen to helping people as part of a humanitarian mission. The Air Guard offers many federal benefits/entitlements to their unit members and their families such as the Base Exchange, Commissary, use of Morale Welfare And Recreation facilities, life insurance at reduced rates, and low-cost health and dental insurance. The Air Guard also offers a stipend program to certain health professionals completing their residency. Plus, there are additional benefits exclusive to health professionals crossing over from the civilian medical profession. You may also be eligible for the Montgomery G.I. Bill benefits, such as a monthly stipend to offset the cost of attending college full time, a monthly educational kicker for full-time college enrollment, the student loan repayment program, and an enlistment bonus. In addition to the federal benefits listed above, each state may offer additional benefits for their members. Doctors Doctors Air Guard doctors are needed in a variety of careers, including surgeons, pediatricians, and emergency physicians. Open Tab Button Doctors There are a variety of positions in the Air Guard that doctors can fill. You’ll find the same careers that you’ll find in the civilian world – family care physician, orthopedic surgeon, pediatrician – but you’ll have the opportunity to take your practice to new heights – as a flight surgeon, aerospace medicine physician, or emergency services physician. Here are just a few of the general tasks of an Air Guard doctor: Manages primary care services Examines, diagnoses, and treats diseases and injuries Prepares and reviews case histories and obtains data through interviews Assembles and evacuates sick and wounded personnel Examines patients and determines x-ray examinations and clinical laboratory tests required Interprets test results and evaluates examination findings Conducts ward rounds and prescribes therapy. Administers and prescribes such conservative measures of treatment as antibiotics, drugs, and compresses Performs minor surgical procedures Determines need for and assists in specialized medical care and treatment May be granted additional privileges and responsibilities based on documented advanced proficiency Nurses Nurses Air Guard nurses are needed in a variety of careers, including critical care, operating room nurse, and a member of a medical air rescue team. Open Tab Button Nurses There are a variety of positions in the Air Guard that nurses can fill. You’ll find the same careers that you’ll find in the civilian world – critical care nurse, operating room nurse, nurse anesthetist – but you’ll have the opportunity to take your practice to new heights as a flight nurse or a member of a medical air rescue team. Here are just a few of the general tasks of an Air Guard nurse: Assesses health and needs of individuals and populations Collects, records, and analyzes patient or population health data from preventive health assessments, health evaluation and risk appraisals, nursing history, health screening, and other sources Uses data to determine nursing needs of individual patients and populations, including abnormal physiological findings, risk factors, and nursing diagnoses Plans comprehensive care that delineates interventions to attain expected outcomes. Collaborates with other disciplines Ensures nursing actions are designed to promote, maintain, and restore patient or population optimum well-being. Incorporates teaching and learning activities into care plan Applies scientific knowledge to treat human responses to actual or potential health problems Conducts group and individual health teaching for patients, families, and community Monitors and records patient and population health status Evaluates patient or population progress to attain expected outcomes Uses ongoing assessment data to revise diagnoses, outcomes, and nursing care plans Other Health Professionals Other Health Professionals There are a variety of critical medical career opportunities in the Air Guard. Open Tab Button Other Health Professionals There are a variety of medical careers in the Air Guard that are a critical part of the Air Guard’s medical mission. You’ll have the opportunity to take your career to new heights in any of the following positions: Anesthesiologist Critical Care Nurse Dentist Emergency Medicine Family Practice Flight Nurse Flight Surgeon General Surgeon Internal Medicine Nurse Anesthetist Operating Room Nurse Ophthalmologist Orthopedic Surgeon Whether you’re a vital member of a medical air rescue team or serving Air Guard members part-time at your unit, you’ll be an important part of the Air Guard, treating those who sacrifice the most for our nation. As a health professional in the Air Guard, you’ll get experience that you can’t find anywhere else. Plus you’ll get military benefits, such as low-cost life insurance and health care. The skills you learn in the Air Guard are transferable to the civilian medical field as well. And you’ll be serving your country and your community part-time in a unit close to where you live or work.	VIDEO CAREER FINDER BENEFITS Runtime 1.00 State Role Public Health Applies preventive and public health knowledge, techniques, and skills to promote health and to reduce the incidence of communicable diseases, occupational illnesses, food borne diseases, and disease and nonbattle injuries while in garrison as well as in field conditions. Promotes the public health through epidemiological surveillance of health and disease trends in populations, as well as monitoring food safety practices, and sanitation levels in public and food service facilities. View Career Details Physician Assistant Performs primary medical care and clinical duties with the direction of a physician. View Career Details Family Physician Provides continuing, comprehensive health maintenance and medical care to entire family regardless of sex, age, or type of problem. Directs outpatient and inpatient care and services. Instructs other health care providers and nonmedical personnel. View Career Details Residency Trained Flight Surgeon Administers the aerospace medicine program; conducts medical examinations and provides medical care for flyers, missile crews, and others with special standards of medical qualification and their families. Evaluates living and working environments to detect and control health hazards and prevent disease and injury within the Air Force community. View Career Details Emergency Services Physician Examines, diagnoses, and treats initial and acute phase of illnesses and injuries. Directs emergency and related outpatient services. Directs disaster planning, training, and management in the prehospital and hospital access areas. View Career Details Aerospace Medical Service Plans, provides, and evaluates routine patient care and treatment of beneficiaries to include flying and special operational duty personnel. View Career Details Preventive Medicine Administers aerospace medicine program. Develops, administers, and conducts general preventive medicine and public health programs. Evaluates living and working environments to detect and control health hazards and prevent disease and injury within the Air Force community. View Career Details Bioenvironmental Engineer Applies engineering and scientific principles in identifying and evaluating occupational and environmental health (OEH) hazards and recommending controls to support risk management decisions to ensure Force Health Protection. View Career Details State Base Post Exchange Yes. Unlimited Base Post Facilities Yes. Unlimited Base Post Theater Yes. Unlimited Burial Flag Yes Commissary Unlimited use of commissary. Education Benefits Federal education benefits through the Montgomery G.I. Bill are available to most unit members provided they enlist for 6 years. These benefits are available to our members after completion of basic training and technical school. This program is a non-contributory benefit, meaning no payment or reduction in pay is required to receive these benefits. Federal benefits received: Montgomery GI Bill chapter 1606; up to $333 per month to offset college cost of attending college fulltime. Other Air National Guard Education Benefits for members enlisting for six years in a critical skills job may be available based on current incentive programs. These benefits include: Montgomery GI Bill kicker up to $350 per month for full-time college enrollment, Student loan repayment program; up to $20,000 paid throughout enlistment. If you have prior military service and elected the active duty MGIB, you may still take advantage of this benefit up to a maximum of 48 months of combined benefits at the full-time rate. Find more information on the Montgomery GI Bill Rates here. Legal Assistance Limited Military Burial Assistance Yes Military Clothing Sales Stores Yes. Unlimited Military Death Gratuity Yes Military Medical Dental Medical, only if duty-related Military Recreation Facilities Yes Military Red Cross Assistance No Official Library Services Yes Pay And Allowances Basic pay (4 days for working 1 weekend). Non prior service enlisted members will start off between E-1 -E-3 (Airman Basic - Airman First Class). New officers that have never been in the military before start as an O-1 (2nd Lieutenant). Medical Professionals may come at a higher rank based on experience and education. The military pay scale can be viewed here. Retirement Points 1 per drill period, 2 per day for a drill weekend. 1 per day for annual training or additional active Duty days performed throughout the year. More information can be found here. Sgli Medical Dental Yes. Up to $400,000. Nominal fee Space Available Travel Continental U.S., to include, Hi, Ak, PR, VI, GU Survivor Benefit Plan Yes, with 20 years service, if elected Transient Billeting Yes Tricare Medical Dental The Member is covered for Duty-related medical Dental conditions through TRICARE Dental Program (TDP), the only dental plan sponsored by the Department of Defense (DoD) for National Guard/Reserve sponsors and their families. With the TDP, you will enjoy a nationwide network of more than 65,000 participating dentists, high-quality customer service and comprehensive dental coverage designed specifically with you in mind! Find more information on the TRICARE Dental Program here. For Activated or members serving on Active Duty for 30 days or longer medical coverage is provided/available for member and family until completion of Active Duty orders. Coverage continues for 180 days after being released from active status if activated in support of a contingency operation. For Traditional Part Time members, TRICARE Reserve Select is a premium-based health plan available worldwide to Selected Reserve members of the Ready Reserve (and their families) who are not eligible for or enrolled in the Federal Employee Health Benefits (FEHB) program. Key Features include: • Comprehensive health coverage similar to TRICARE Standard and TRICARE Extra (in the U.S.) or TRICARE Overseas Program (TOP) Standard (overseas) • Two types of coverage available: TRS member-only and TRS member-and-family • Freedom to access covered services from any TRICARE authorized provider or hospital • Access to military treatment facility (MTF) care on a space-available basis Find more information on the TRICARE Reserve Select here. Va Medical Dental If injury/illness sustained in line of duty VGLI Veteran Life Insurance Yes, after retirement Wearing Of Uniform As required

Why Air Guard?

Health Professionals have the unique opportunity to provide humanitarian aid to communities, while tapping into the career growth and adventure that the Air Guard provides.

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Why Air Guard?

Are you looking for unique challenges, adventure and career growth? As a health professional in the Air Guard, you could provide in-flight care to sick or injured patients being airlifted out of a disaster-stricken area. You could be responsible for saving countless lives in a field hospital in the aftermath of a hurricane, flood, fire, or tornado. You could assemble triages and help to evacuate individuals in the most challenging of circumstances.

Whether you’re currently in school, just starting in medicine, or well-established in your career, you could do all this—and more—serving part-time in the Air Guard. You’ll be a vital member of our exceptional medical team. You’ll work with high-tech equipment and utilize state-of-the-art treatments. And you’ll have the opportunity to help others—from treating fellow Airmen to helping people as part of a humanitarian mission.

The Air Guard offers many federal benefits/entitlements to their unit members and their families such as the Base Exchange, Commissary, use of Morale Welfare And Recreation facilities, life insurance at reduced rates, and low-cost health and dental insurance. The Air Guard also offers a stipend program to certain health professionals completing their residency. Plus, there are additional benefits exclusive to health professionals crossing over from the civilian medical profession.

You may also be eligible for the Montgomery G.I. Bill benefits, such as a monthly stipend to offset the cost of attending college full time, a monthly educational kicker for full-time college enrollment, the student loan repayment program, and an enlistment bonus.

In addition to the federal benefits listed above, each state may offer additional benefits for their members.

Doctors

Doctors

Air Guard doctors are needed in a variety of careers, including surgeons, pediatricians, and emergency physicians.

Open Tab Button

Doctors

There are a variety of positions in the Air Guard that doctors can fill. You’ll find the same careers that you’ll find in the civilian world – family care physician, orthopedic surgeon, pediatrician – but you’ll have the opportunity to take your practice to new heights – as a flight surgeon, aerospace medicine physician, or emergency services physician. Here are just a few of the general tasks of an Air Guard doctor:

Manages primary care services
Examines, diagnoses, and treats diseases and injuries
Prepares and reviews case histories and obtains data through interviews
Assembles and evacuates sick and wounded personnel
Examines patients and determines x-ray examinations and clinical laboratory tests required
Interprets test results and evaluates examination findings
Conducts ward rounds and prescribes therapy. Administers and prescribes such conservative measures of treatment as antibiotics, drugs, and compresses
Performs minor surgical procedures
Determines need for and assists in specialized medical care and treatment
May be granted additional privileges and responsibilities based on documented advanced proficiency

Nurses

Air Guard nurses are needed in a variety of careers, including critical care, operating room nurse, and a member of a medical air rescue team.

Open Tab Button

Nurses

There are a variety of positions in the Air Guard that nurses can fill. You’ll find the same careers that you’ll find in the civilian world – critical care nurse, operating room nurse, nurse anesthetist – but you’ll have the opportunity to take your practice to new heights as a flight nurse or a member of a medical air rescue team. Here are just a few of the general tasks of an Air Guard nurse:

Assesses health and needs of individuals and populations
Collects, records, and analyzes patient or population health data from preventive health assessments, health evaluation and risk appraisals, nursing history, health screening, and other sources
Uses data to determine nursing needs of individual patients and populations, including abnormal physiological findings, risk factors, and nursing diagnoses
Plans comprehensive care that delineates interventions to attain expected outcomes. Collaborates with other disciplines
Ensures nursing actions are designed to promote, maintain, and restore patient or population optimum well-being. Incorporates teaching and learning activities into care plan
Applies scientific knowledge to treat human responses to actual or potential health problems
Conducts group and individual health teaching for patients, families, and community
Monitors and records patient and population health status
Evaluates patient or population progress to attain expected outcomes
Uses ongoing assessment data to revise diagnoses, outcomes, and nursing care plans

Other Health Professionals

There are a variety of critical medical career opportunities in the Air Guard.

Open Tab Button

Other Health Professionals

There are a variety of medical careers in the Air Guard that are a critical part of the Air Guard’s medical mission. You’ll have the opportunity to take your career to new heights in any of the following positions:

Anesthesiologist
Critical Care Nurse
Dentist
Emergency Medicine
Family Practice
Flight Nurse
Flight Surgeon
General Surgeon
Internal Medicine
Nurse Anesthetist
Operating Room Nurse
Ophthalmologist
Orthopedic Surgeon

Whether you’re a vital member of a medical air rescue team or serving Air Guard members part-time at your unit, you’ll be an important part of the Air Guard, treating those who sacrifice the most for our nation. As a health professional in the Air Guard, you’ll get experience that you can’t find anywhere else. Plus you’ll get military benefits, such as low-cost life insurance and health care. The skills you learn in the Air Guard are transferable to the civilian medical field as well. And you’ll be serving your country and your community part-time in a unit close to where you live or work.

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CAREER FINDER
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State

Role

Public Health

Applies preventive and public health knowledge, techniques, and skills to promote health and to reduce the incidence of communicable diseases, occupational illnesses, food borne diseases, and disease and nonbattle injuries while in garrison as well as in field conditions. Promotes the public health through epidemiological surveillance of health and disease trends in populations, as well as monitoring food safety practices, and sanitation levels in public and food service facilities.

View Career Details

Physician Assistant

Performs primary medical care and clinical duties with the direction of a physician.

View Career Details

Family Physician

Provides continuing, comprehensive health maintenance and medical care to entire family regardless of sex, age, or type of problem. Directs outpatient and inpatient care and services. Instructs other health care providers and nonmedical personnel.

View Career Details

Residency Trained Flight Surgeon

Administers the aerospace medicine program; conducts medical examinations and provides medical care for flyers, missile crews, and others with special standards of medical qualification and their families. Evaluates living and working environments to detect and control health hazards and prevent disease and injury within the Air Force community.

View Career Details

Emergency Services Physician

Examines, diagnoses, and treats initial and acute phase of illnesses and injuries. Directs emergency and related outpatient services. Directs disaster planning, training, and management in the prehospital and hospital access areas.

View Career Details

Aerospace Medical Service

Plans, provides, and evaluates routine patient care and treatment of beneficiaries to include flying and special operational duty personnel.

View Career Details

Preventive Medicine

Administers aerospace medicine program. Develops, administers, and conducts general preventive medicine and public health programs. Evaluates living and working environments to detect and control health hazards and prevent disease and injury within the Air Force community.

View Career Details

Bioenvironmental Engineer

Applies engineering and scientific principles in identifying and evaluating occupational and environmental health (OEH) hazards and recommending controls to support risk management decisions to ensure Force Health Protection.

View Career Details

State

Base Post Exchange

Yes. Unlimited

Base Post Facilities

Yes. Unlimited

Base Post Theater

Yes. Unlimited

Burial Flag

Yes

Commissary

Unlimited use of commissary.

Education Benefits

Federal education benefits through the Montgomery G.I. Bill are available to most unit members provided they enlist for 6 years. These benefits are available to our members after completion of basic training and technical school. This program is a non-contributory benefit, meaning no payment or reduction in pay is required to receive these benefits. Federal benefits received: Montgomery GI Bill chapter 1606; up to $333 per month to offset college cost of attending college fulltime. Other Air National Guard Education Benefits for members enlisting for six years in a critical skills job may be available based on current incentive programs. These benefits include: Montgomery GI Bill kicker up to $350 per month for full-time college enrollment, Student loan repayment program; up to $20,000 paid throughout enlistment. If you have prior military service and elected the active duty MGIB, you may still take advantage of this benefit up to a maximum of 48 months of combined benefits at the full-time rate. Find more information on the Montgomery GI Bill Rates here.

Legal Assistance

Limited

Military Burial Assistance

Yes

Military Clothing Sales Stores

Yes. Unlimited

Military Death Gratuity

Yes

Military Medical Dental

Medical, only if duty-related

Military Recreation Facilities

Yes

Military Red Cross Assistance

Official Library Services

Yes

Pay And Allowances

Basic pay (4 days for working 1 weekend). Non prior service enlisted members will start off between E-1 -E-3 (Airman Basic - Airman First Class). New officers that have never been in the military before start as an O-1 (2nd Lieutenant). Medical Professionals may come at a higher rank based on experience and education. The military pay scale can be viewed here.

Retirement Points

1 per drill period, 2 per day for a drill weekend. 1 per day for annual training or additional active Duty days performed throughout the year. More information can be found here.

Sgli Medical Dental

Yes. Up to $400,000. Nominal fee

Space Available Travel

Continental U.S., to include, Hi, Ak, PR, VI, GU

Survivor Benefit Plan

Yes, with 20 years service, if elected

Transient Billeting

Yes

Tricare Medical Dental

The Member is covered for Duty-related medical Dental conditions through TRICARE Dental Program (TDP), the only dental plan sponsored by the Department of Defense (DoD) for National Guard/Reserve sponsors and their families. With the TDP, you will enjoy a nationwide network of more than 65,000 participating dentists, high-quality customer service and comprehensive dental coverage designed specifically with you in mind! Find more information on the TRICARE Dental Program here.

For Activated or members serving on Active Duty for 30 days or longer medical coverage is provided/available for member and family until completion of Active Duty orders. Coverage continues for 180 days after being released from active status if activated in support of a contingency operation.

For Traditional Part Time members, TRICARE Reserve Select is a premium-based health plan available worldwide to Selected Reserve members of the Ready Reserve (and their families) who are not eligible for or enrolled in the Federal Employee Health Benefits (FEHB) program.

Key Features include:
• Comprehensive health coverage similar to TRICARE Standard and TRICARE Extra (in the U.S.) or TRICARE Overseas Program (TOP) Standard (overseas)
• Two types of coverage available: TRS member-only and TRS member-and-family
• Freedom to access covered services from any TRICARE authorized provider or hospital
• Access to military treatment facility (MTF) care on a space-available basis

Find more information on the TRICARE Reserve Select here.

Va Medical Dental

If injury/illness sustained in line of duty

VGLI Veteran Life Insurance

Yes, after retirement

Wearing Of Uniform

As required