Should I do med school before, or after a military career?
Sup guys, I’m currently an Army reservist and university student. My plan has always been to finish my degree and switch over to reg force/full time as a combat or combat support role until retirement. Recently I’ve noticed that I’m actually doing pretty well at school and my personal profile is pretty good as well, which made me consider medical school. I’ve never really wanted to be a doctor, but I’m considering it now. Is there any real downside to doing med school as a mature student coming out of the military? Sure I can try and go to med school right out of my undergrad, but I don’t think I would be satisfied with my military career if I had to spend it all in a clinic or doing surgeries in the rear. If I go to med school now with the army paying for it, I would owe them 6-8 years of service as a medical officer, meaning I wouldn’t be doing any more raids, sections attacks, patrols/recces, no more cool shit like that which would suck.