United States Air
Force Reserve Nurse
Major Marissa Marquez
Objectives
 Careers for Nurses in United States Air States Air
Force Reserves
 Basic Requirements
 Ways to Become an Officer
 Healthcare Professionals: Career Development
 International Health Care Specialist Program
Careers for Nurses in United
States Air Force Reserves
 Acute Care Nurse Practitioner
 Nurse Midwife
 Critical Care Nurse
 Nurse Practitioner
 Emergency Room Nurse
 Family Practice Nurse Practitioner
 Medical Surgical Nurse
 Mental Health Nurse
 Neonatal Nurse
 Nurse Anesthetist
 Obstetric Nurse
 Operating Room Nurse
 Pediatric Nurse
 Pediatric Nurse Practitioner
 Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse
Practitioner
 Women’s Healthcare Nurse
Practitioner
Basic Requirement
 18- 48 years of age (varies among fields)
 US Citizen
 Career-relevant degree or postgraduate degree
(varies)
 Licensed and eligible to practice
Ways to Become an Officer
 Attend Officer Training School after have earned
college degree
 Air Force Academy after High School
 Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps (AFROTC)
while in college
 Enlist into Air Force and strive to become an officer
Healthcare Professionals:
Career Development
 Unique Patient Care
 State of the Art Technology
 Development Opportunities
 Leadership Roles
International Health Care
Specialist Program
 Mission
 Develop 2000, foreseeing the need for Air Force medics to be
on the cutting edge of global health to keep pace with the
changing operations
 Role of IHS
 IHS professionals plan, lead, and execute health related
regional security cooperation activities
 Assist in US military support to interagency disaster response,
humanitarian assistance, health care infrastructure
development during wartime and in stability operations
 Proficient in a second language and have in-depth
understanding of military, economic, cultural and health aspects
in their assigned countries or region
International Health Care
Specialist Program
Locations
 AFRICOM/ AF- AFRICA
 CENTCOM/AF CENT
 EUCOM/USAFE
 PACAF/AF-PACIFIC
 SOUTHCOM/AFSOUTH
IHS Mission: Pacific Angel
Cambodia
IHS Mission: Pacific Angel
Cambodia
IHS Mission: Pacific Angel
Indonesia
IHS Mission: Pacific Angel
Philippines
Panama Medical Readiness Training Exercise
(MEDRETE)
Global Health Engagement
 2008: Asia Pacific Military Medicine Conference
 Singapore
Global Health Engagement
 2009: Asia Pacific Military Medicine Conference
 Indonesia
Global Health Engagement
 2010: Asia Pacific Military Nursing Symposium
 Philippines
Global Health Engagement
 2011:
 Ramstein Air Force Base: Germany
 Interallied Confederation of Medical Reserve Officers
(CIOMR): Warsaw Poland
Global Health Engagement
 2012: United Nations Switzerland
Global Health Engagement
 2012: Asia Pacific Military Medicine Conference, Thailand
Global Health Engagement
2012 and 2013: Union Pan Americana De Oficiales De Reserva
De Las Fuerzas Armades (UPORFA) Colombia and Dominican
Republic
Global Health Engagement
 2013: World Congress in Disaster & Emergency
Medicine
 Manchester, United Kingdom
Global Health Engagement
 2014:
 NATO Headquarters Brussels, Belgium
 CIOMR: Germany
 UPORFA: Colombia