If I become a Physical Therapist in Army, and I already have 12 years of service in the Army National Guard, can I become an O-4 after BOLC?

Hi there! Just was reading your comment above. I am actually a new military spouse, as my husband just shipped for BMT earlier this month. He was initially interested in applying to commission as an officer but the recruiter told him it would be impossible to enter officer school without prior military experience (prior to enlisting he had his bachelors degree in Kinesiology and worked as a Physical Therapy/Rehab aid, as a CNA, and in an Orthopedic clinic.) So he enlisted, with the aim to obtain his DPT while active duty. Unfortunately his recruiter was not very forthcoming with information nor did he have much knowledge about health profession in the AF, so now that my husband is signed and enlisted, its a bit unclear where to go from here. I was curious if you had any advice on how to navigate a path to physical therapy school from enlistee. He will be starting tech school for Dental Assistant at Fort Sam Houston in June, so he is glad to be working in the medical realm. But it seems like a catch-22 in terms of how to get his doctorate and advance his career from here. Thanks so much!

Yeah, that recruiter either lied or wasn’t aware of the truth.
Now that he’s enlisted, he’s kind of stuck. There are two options for him that I’m aware of.
1. He can finish out his enlistment then use his GI bill to go to a civilian PT school, then he can try to direct commission back into the Army as an Officer. However, as mentioned above, the Army doesn’t take a lot of those.
2. He can apply to the Army-Baylor DPT program. The program is an active duty program, meaning if he gets accepted he will come down on orders to to PCS to Fort Sam and once he is there he will commission as an Officer. Being accepted supersedes most other military obligations. Before this, i was locked into an ROTC contract, but being accepted pulled me out of my last job and brought me to school.