SPC Brionna V. 4412517 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I&#39;ve seen multiple answers stating anything from PVT to SPC - I have 9 hours of college credit from my original EMT school and I&#39;ve submitted that as well as my NREMT certification to my recruiters. I&#39;ve been told I&#39;ll likely go in as E-2 by my recruiter and I sign my contract next week when I head to MEPS for my physical/processing. Any tips on what to look for in the contract or where I may be at in terms of rank? It doesn&#39;t particularly matter to me - a boot&#39;s a boot&#39;s a boot, and that&#39;s what I&#39;ll be. Just trying to get this sorted so I don&#39;t get screwed. 2019-03-01T20:54:52-05:00 SPC Brionna V. 4412517

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I&#39;ve seen multiple answers stating anything from PVT to SPC - I have 9 hours of college credit from my original EMT school and I&#39;ve submitted that as well as my NREMT certification to my recruiters. I&#39;ve been told I&#39;ll likely go in as E-2 by my recruiter and I sign my contract next week when I head to MEPS for my physical/processing. Any tips on what to look for in the contract or where I may be at in terms of rank? It doesn&#39;t particularly matter to me - a boot&#39;s a boot&#39;s a boot, and that&#39;s what I&#39;ll be. Just trying to get this sorted so I don&#39;t get screwed.

2019-03-01T20:54:52-05:00 2019-03-01T20:54:52-05:00 SGT Private RallyPoint Member 4412525

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>You will only come in with the rank they give you at MEPS. I came in as a PFC because of JRROTC in high school. The only thing NREMT will get you is, or was, 6 weeks off AIT. The first 6 weeks was EMT B school and of you are certified theybwont make you go through it again. The rest of AIT is required no matter how much experience you have. They want to teach you they ways of an Army medic.

2019-03-01T20:59:04-05:00 2019-03-01T20:59:04-05:00 SPC(P) Private RallyPoint Member 4412527

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>The ARMY has the Civilian Aquited Skills Program (CASP) which allows civilians with certain skills to enlist with the advanced rank of Specialist. Look it up and if your recruiter doesn’t get you hooked up then your recruiter isn’t doing his/her job.

2019-03-01T20:59:09-05:00 2019-03-01T20:59:09-05:00 PV2 Private RallyPoint Member 4412548

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>You should be a SPC. I&#39;m currently at AIT for 68w at Fort Sam Houston. All the people who came in with an NREMT certification came in as &quot;accelerants&quot;. Since the first 8ish weeks of AIT is just the EMT phase, they were able to skip that and just go straight to &quot;whiskey phase&quot; where you learn all your Army medicine. If your recruiter is telling you that you&#39;ll only be an E-2 he&#39;s either misinformed or lazy. You should be coming in as an E-4.

2019-03-01T21:05:33-05:00 2019-03-01T21:05:33-05:00 SSG Michael Hathaway 4412553

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>One of my newest soldiers that reported to the unit a couple months ago was a certified paramedic and then went AIT 68W. I believe he enlisted and was able to get SPC right away.

2019-03-01T21:08:17-05:00 2019-03-01T21:08:17-05:00 SGT(P) Private RallyPoint Member 4412565

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>You will have your rank and pay entry in your contract. Promotion potential is not in contracts. Granted no adverse actions toward your promotion potential like bad conduct you will obtain PFC within your first year automatically. You will be promoted to SPC automatically at anywhere from 18-24 months time in service. You will bypass the EMT course portion of 68W course and go right to the Combat Medicine portion of the course granted you kept your NREMT cert. <br /><br />In regards to your contract your pay, your initial rank, your school dates, and any potential bonus along with your years you’ve agreed to serve will be there, your GI bill benefit will also be there. That’s it nothing else. NREMT alone will not get your SPC, if you had a bachelors yes it would. I am the exact recruit as you are but I did it ten years ago

2019-03-01T21:12:16-05:00 2019-03-01T21:12:16-05:00 SGT Private RallyPoint Member 4412586

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>PFC, the only thing the NREMT will get you is a jump through to the Whiskey training. You will bypass the classroom.

2019-03-01T21:22:11-05:00 2019-03-01T21:22:11-05:00 SFC Private RallyPoint Member 4412854

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Practice expectation management. Everyone comes out of 68W AIT with EMT. You will be eight weeks ahead of your peers.

2019-03-01T23:52:30-05:00 2019-03-01T23:52:30-05:00 CPL(P) Private RallyPoint Member 4413973

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Talk to your recruiter about the Civilian Acquired Skills Program. If you&#39;re have your NREMT, you should be enlisted as an E4. Don&#39;t sign without it.

2019-03-02T12:05:56-05:00 2019-03-02T12:05:56-05:00 SFC(P) Private RallyPoint Member 4414433

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>On order to come in as a SPC you have to have a 4 year college degree. Having your NREMT license will only allow you to skip the first half of 68W school and move straight to the whiskey portion of the training.

2019-03-02T15:30:17-05:00 2019-03-02T15:30:17-05:00 SGT Private RallyPoint Member 4415124

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>AR 600-8-19 is all about promotions. It’ll specify. <br /><br />Do brush up on your EMT basic knowledge prior to shipping to basic and AIT if you aren’t working in EMS currently. Everyone in your class will be fresh out of taking NREMT and will be fresh in their minds and it will help “prime you” (academically) for the whiskey phase.

2019-03-02T19:48:35-05:00 2019-03-02T19:48:35-05:00 PFC Private RallyPoint Member 4415422

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I was going to do the same thing, but didn’t get my certification paperwork in before going to meps. I was told I’d be promoted to SPC, and actually had a friend who enlisted who did have her paperwork and she was automatically a SPC. Depends on your contract, and which branch(ARNG or Army/Reserves)

2019-03-02T23:00:58-05:00 2019-03-02T23:00:58-05:00 PFC Private RallyPoint Member 4420637

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>If you have submitted your NREMT Cert and your state Cert you<br />Should be going in as a SPC nothing less. And after basic you’ll pick up at part 2 of AIT. I would highly recommend doing that. It will save you a lot of time and stress

2019-03-04T19:26:51-05:00 2019-03-04T19:26:51-05:00 SPC Brionna V. 4420758

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>UPDATE: Talked to my recruiter about ACASP and I’m slated to enlist as SPC with 9-10 weeks of AIT, down from 16. Thank you guys so much for the guidance!

2019-03-04T20:20:14-05:00 2019-03-04T20:20:14-05:00 SFC Private RallyPoint Member 4423903

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>You only come in as a SPC if you have a bachelors degree. You’ll be a private (E1-E3). Enjoy it while you’re there. Stay out of trouble. Speak less than you listen. Keep your bearing.

2019-03-06T00:35:55-05:00 2019-03-06T00:35:55-05:00 SGT Private RallyPoint Member 4427034

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>To clear this up even more: I went through as an accelerant as a PFC. When the school house found out I had my NREMT and that my recruiter screwed me, I immediately got orders to SPC and skipped the EMT portion of AIT. This is known as Army Civilian Acquired Skills Program, ACASP. With any civilian certification for your MOS, you can join as a SPC. Caveat: I have seen someone accelerate but not pick up rank. That was for multiple reasons; easiest explanation is that he did not have his NREMT when coming in and for some miracle he got to challenge the test. If you have your NREMT, you are NOT allowed to retake that portion. School house rules.<br />Last bits of advice, look online to fact check your recruiter and keep him or her on his or her toes. There are great ones and bad ones. Make sure you get everything in writing too. Once you have that in writing, keep it. Do not throw those things out.

2019-03-07T00:41:18-05:00 2019-03-07T00:41:18-05:00 SSG Private RallyPoint Member 4429671

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>So havent read all the comments so I apologize if this has already been stated. So long as it works the same when I went through you&#39;ll have no rank through basic, pass basic and so long as your nremt is still valid and not expired you can talk to your PSG in whiskey school they will fast track you to whiskey phase cutting out about 6 to 8 weeks of training and you should get promoted to SPC

2019-03-07T21:13:58-05:00 2019-03-07T21:13:58-05:00 SGT Private RallyPoint Member 4472028

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Google bonuses for 68W

2019-03-22T06:16:27-04:00 2019-03-22T06:16:27-04:00 SGT David Reed 4522941

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>With 9 hours, I&#39;m guessing E-3 (PFC).

2019-04-07T16:44:57-04:00 2019-04-07T16:44:57-04:00 SGT(P) Private RallyPoint Member 4523900

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>You will most likely get PFC, to get SPC you normally need 60 college credits. You will however skip the emt course at fort sam and go directly to the battlefield medicine portion of the course following a short skills day with a company that has just completed the emt portion. That about all you’ll get from having NREMT already

2019-04-07T22:45:09-04:00 2019-04-07T22:45:09-04:00 SGT(P) Private RallyPoint Member 4523902

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I was the exact same recruit as you are but ten years ago

2019-04-07T22:45:27-04:00 2019-04-07T22:45:27-04:00 SGT(P) Private RallyPoint Member 4523906

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Sorry 60 college credits get you to PFC not SPC a bachelors gets you to SPC right away: you get pv2 right away if you complete jrotc or some type of future soldier training

2019-04-07T22:46:52-04:00 2019-04-07T22:46:52-04:00 SFC James Thurman 5811322

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Yep go get your NREMT-P

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