First off, I'll give a little bit of background no myself...I'm out of Miami, Fl. I'm 21 years old, with an AA in Criminal Justice. I'm also taking the First Responder course, as a form of "continuing education", basically because I'm interested in the "medic" field, and for general knowledge. I'm currently in the middle of testing for one of the local Police Departments...If I pass all of my tests, I'll attend their academy. After their academy, I'll go through my first year (rookie year) on probation. Obviously, I'm not in the military...yet (or so I hope). IF the department grants me a leave of absence, it is my intention to join the Army Reserves. So here is what I'm interested in finding out so far, and what I "know" so far (correct me if I'm wrong):
Basic is 9 weeks. From there, I am interested in becoming a combat medic MOS. As I understand it, medic training is anywhere from 7-52 weeks. Obviously there are different levels of 'medics' (combat life saver, medic, surgeons, etc) that you can train to become. The thing is, I don't know how much leave time (if any) I will be granted for training (it is a small police department so I don't think they want to lose anyone for a long period of time). If anyone out there can clue me in as to what the different training levels are and the training time required to achieve those levels, that would be great. Basically, the idea is to, when I approach the department with my intentions, know how much time I'd spend on leave off the job...
I'll be checking back here periodically to see if anyone can help me with this...or I can be e-mailed at:
donnyknight08@yahoo.com
Thank you
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