I got to observe before they started to put me up there along with the surgeon. I got to see how many surgeries are performed first hand. Once I started doing surgical cases it was a little bit intimidating at first. During surgery there’s not that much room for mistakes, but I always had someone experienced by my side to help me. My preceptor would always quiz me on the instrumentation, so I would know what the surgeon was asking for. The next 10 weeks I completed over 120 surgical cases, which was the requirement to graduate the program. It was a great learning experience and opportunity. Joining the Army open many opportunities for me that I couldn’t get anywhere else. This is why I decided to join. After going through all of BCT and AIT successfully I came out knowing a lot more than when I first joined. The Army has thought me a lot about hard work and working as a team to accomplish one goal. During my time in BCT and AIT met many people from different parts of the world and gained many new friends that I still keep in touch with today. The Army also has given me the opportunity to be places that I have never been before. During my 7 months of training I’ve been to 4 different states that I have never have been to before. My enjoyed my time during my training and I got to explore San Antonio once during AIT. The best part about all my training I got paid for it. So I got to basically travel and went to school for free and got paid for it. My skills that I learned during AIT can be used to get a surgical tech job at a hospital. In the civilian world I would of have had to pay to be in a surgical tech program and the program is longer in the civilian world. I got to learn everything in about four months where it takes up to two years in a regular civilian program. I knew this and I took advantage of the Army’s program. This is another reason I joined. I had everything planed out before I enlisted. I set my goals
I got to observe before they started to put me up there along with the surgeon. I got to see how many surgeries are performed first hand. Once I started doing surgical cases it was a little bit intimidating at first. During surgery there’s not that much room for mistakes, but I always had someone experienced by my side to help me. My preceptor would always quiz me on the instrumentation, so I would know what the surgeon was asking for. The next 10 weeks I completed over 120 surgical cases, which was the requirement to graduate the program. It was a great learning experience and opportunity. Joining the Army open many opportunities for me that I couldn’t get anywhere else. This is why I decided to join. After going through all of BCT and AIT successfully I came out knowing a lot more than when I first joined. The Army has thought me a lot about hard work and working as a team to accomplish one goal. During my time in BCT and AIT met many people from different parts of the world and gained many new friends that I still keep in touch with today. The Army also has given me the opportunity to be places that I have never been before. During my 7 months of training I’ve been to 4 different states that I have never have been to before. My enjoyed my time during my training and I got to explore San Antonio once during AIT. The best part about all my training I got paid for it. So I got to basically travel and went to school for free and got paid for it. My skills that I learned during AIT can be used to get a surgical tech job at a hospital. In the civilian world I would of have had to pay to be in a surgical tech program and the program is longer in the civilian world. I got to learn everything in about four months where it takes up to two years in a regular civilian program. I knew this and I took advantage of the Army’s program. This is another reason I joined. I had everything planed out before I enlisted. I set my goals