Originally posted by cornyfish2000:
Hmmm... do they actually promote reservist MOs? I dun remember seeing any MO above the rank of CPT...
Anyway I heard from my ex-platoon mate who's a medical student now that one of their profs used to be the chief of medical corps, a BG, and that apparantly the professorship was given to him as a retirement post.
Perhaps I can answer this... as my A level class had about 70% of chaps going to medical school in NUS. Most of them went thru' the old medical officer OCS training in the late 80s, even those that at first went thru' SISPEC (that time called SAFINCOS). Only the really unfit friends escaped OCS but had to serve the remainder of their NS as non-uniformed officers at CMPB or some other staff medical job. The fit ones were commissioned as CPTs and went out to the units.... one friend was attached to 1 Cdo Bn and actually volunteered for the first Gulf War.
My friends now are mostly detached from their units. Some are serving in non-uniformed medical roles for their reservist stint. Screening medical board cases for reservists is one common duty. Some are just "demobbed"... no more NS for them ! There are enough MOs around in the active units. Only a few are promoted beyond CPT rank. But these chaps are most likely in the specialised medical support reservist batalions.
