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Service programs — Naval Reserve

Naval reservists can attend a variety of military schools and courses on their annual training, complete correspondence courses and enroll in a number of education programs such as:

• The Reserve Allied Medical Personnel program. This program is available to actively drilling enlisted hospital corpsmen and dental technicians, who attend civilian training at a local college for certain critical Navy skills, such as physical therapy, respiratory therapy and biomedical repair.

Tuition, fees, books and required clothing and equipment are paid for. RAMP participants also are authorized to use GI Bill benefits, if eligible.

Contact: For more information, call (800) USA-USNR or the RAMP program manager at (301) 295-9947.

• The Specialized Training Assistance Program for Health Professionals. This is open to commissioned critical health care professionals and registered nurses in certain critical skills in the Naval Reserve (nurse anesthetists, for example). Payments are monthly.

For each year of financial assistance, participants incur a two-year drilling obligation in the Naval Reserve after finishing the training program. They get drill pay in addition to the monthly stipend. The stipend is paid at the same rate as that of the Armed Forces Health Professionals Scholarship Program.

• The Loan Repayment Program. This is available to critically needed Naval Reserve Medical Corps and Nurse Corps officers. Loans for higher education less than one year old that are not in default, or already paid, are repaid up to $3,000 for each year of satisfactory service, to a maximum of $20,000.

• The Selected Reserve Recruitment Bonus Test for Naval Reserve Health Professionals. This is open to physicians, such as general and oral surgeons, physician’s assistants, family physicians, internists, neurosurgeons, diagnostic radiologists, urologists and all nurses in the continental United States.

Doctors and nurse anesthetists are entitled to $10,000 for each year of Selected Reserve affiliation; operating room and other nurses are entitled to $3,000 for each year of affiliation.

Sailors also are eligible to use the Navy’s new electronic learning program at www.navylearning.navy.mil. This site has many courses in basic educational and information technology skills, some of which can award college credit.

Navy College Program Distance Learning Partnership. The Navy College Program has partnerships with colleges and universities to offer sailors rate-related degrees via distance learning.

This partnership provides associate’s and bachelor’s degree programs for each rating, and makes maximum use of military professional training and experience to fulfill degree requirements. Courses are offered in a variety of formats, such as CD, videotape, paper or Internet. The SOCNAV program is an example of the latter.

Contact: For more information, visit https://www.navycollege.navy.mil or contact the Navy College Center at (877) 253-7122.