50 slots available for nurse enlisted commissioning program

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An Air Force supplemental board is scheduled for October to select 50 additional candidates due to a shortfall in the number of qualified applicants for the Nurse Enlisted Commissioning Program.

Program officials are looking to fill those slots for the spring 2008 start date with Airmen who want to complete their bachelor's degree in nursing in two years or less. 

The new program awards up to $15,000 in scholarship money to those who qualify.

Airmen thinking about applying for the program should have completed most or all of their prerequisite nursing classes before submitting an application, said Bruce Houseman, an education counselor with the 62nd Mission Support Squadron at McChord Air Force Base, Wash.

"The course will cover upper division classes, and it will be very intense for the person going through the program," Mr. Houseman said. "They'll be going to school full time -- even in the summer."

Staff Sgt. Aline Ulloa of the 62nd Operations Group at McChord AFB has already been accepted into the program. Sergeant Ulloa has been taking a full class load and working full time for the last year in order to complete all the prerequisites for the program.

"For the past few years I've wanted to get into an enlisted program to get my nursing degree, and I've been working at it for a while," Sergeant Ulloa said.

Sergeant Ulloa will finish her prerequisites Oct. 1, then take a break until January. Afterward she will start the NECP at Troy State University in Alabama where she will also be enrolled in the school's ROTC program.

"I'm so excited that I just get to go to school, and I don't have to worry about finances because I'll still be active duty," Sergeant Ulloa said.

Airmen must advise Air Force Personnel Center officials of their intent to apply by Sept. 24, submit transcripts for an academic evaluation by Oct. 5, and submit their completed application by Oct. 15 to:

AFPC/DPAMW
550 C Street West, Suite 27
Randolph AFB, TX 78150-4729

Airmen who successfully complete the nurse training program will be commissioned as second lieutenants.

The Airmen who were already selected for the program are:

Fall 2007
Tech. Sgt. April C. Barr
Staff Sgt. Dona R. Brady
Staff Sgt. Romulus O. Darden
Staff Sgt. Juanita L. Dukes
Staff Sgt. Judd K. Hailey
Staff Sgt. Darcy J. Hodgson
Staff Sgt. Lakeatta E. Tonge
Staff Sgt. Colletta J. Walkemeyer

Spring 2008
Senior Airman Jennifer S. Anderson
Staff Sgt. Andrea C. Aragon
Tech. Sgt. April C. Carr
Staff Sgt. Jamie L. Dukes
Tech. Sgt. Phillip D. Garrette
Staff Sgt. Priscilla James-Elion
Tech. Sgt. Derrick L. Jones
Staff Sgt. Lureca M. Jones
Staff Sgt. Tomeka Jones
Tech. Sgt. Michael R. King
Staff Sgt. Maryann O. Lacap
Staff Sgt. Julia Mejia
Staff Sgt. Devin R. Morgan
Staff Sgt. Shelley R. Murray
Staff Sgt. Katrina E. Portillo
Staff Sgt. Amanda M. Ruiz
Staff Sgt. Eileen R. Sanches
Staff Sgt. Heather E. Shonk
Staff Sgt. Aline N. Ulloa 

For more information on applying for the supplemental board, call the Air Force Contact Center at 800-616-3775.

(The 62nd Airlift Wing at McChord AFB and the Air Force Personnel Center Public Affairs Offices contributed to this story.)

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