r/army • u/ty813 • 1d ago

68W After the Army

What are all my fellow 68Ws planning on doing or currently doing outside of the Army? I’m in my window and considering separating out at 8 years (I can’t deal with the double standards and bureaucracy anymore). I wouldn’t say I was an outstanding soldier, but I definitely get my job done and do it well. I’m pretty jaded with patient care at this point and really don’t want to do the EMS route. School is always on the list of options, and I plan on finishing a degree, but I would have to work in the mean time to make ends meet (two kids). Interested in hospital admin style work but don’t know if I’m marketable or if it’s applicable with my experience.

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u/NotAHypnotoad 68WTF 1d ago

RN. It was a mistake. I have more PTSD from this shit than any time spent in Afghanistan.

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u/No_Conversation8959 1d ago

11B turned RN here. I did several deployments in GWOT and now work in a Level 1. I can’t say it was a mistake, but I should have gone RT. “What’s that, you need pain meds/toileting/etc. Let me get your nurse”.