Is there anyone on here who is an active duty medical corps officer? I have questions to ask about training, schooling, etc.

My first question is as a enlisted National Guard soldier if I receive the HPSP scholarship would I still serve in the guard during medical school or would I have to be released and go on active duty or to the reserves?

I’m almost certain you would have to leave the Guard. I took an HPSP scholarship after West Point, and I had to resign my Regular Army commission (back when not everybody got those) and accept a reserve commission while attending medical school full time. No weekend drills are expected during this time. The equivalent amount of time would be spent on ADTs whenever your school schedule would allow. Commonly, this would be about 6 weeks at AMEDD Basic Officer Leader Course (BOLC) during the summer between your first and second years. In subsequent years you could arrange clinical rotations at Army Medical Treatment Facilities (MTFs) to meet elective requirements at your school. By late 3d and early senior year, these rotations are generally in or closely related to the specialty training you plan to pursue and timed in conjunction with interviews for internship and residency positions at select Army medical centers. Like the Guard and Reserves, you are paid as a 2LT during those times, and you receive a modest stipend to cover living expenses during the remainder of the 4 years.

Yes, as LTC Moore noted, the scholarship does not allow the recipient to continue to serve actively other than ADT for the training associated with the scholarship program. In short, you go IRR while on scholarship. I was an AGR officer when I applied for HPSP (for clinical psychology in my case), so I did not have to resign a commission, but I had to REFRAD to go IRR, and then RA upon completion of school. In your case your only existing career complication to be worked out may be your current enlisted contract, but if your unit is supportive of this move, that can be relatively easy to work out with your Recruiter and your Commander on the same page. If you have not already done so, I recommend scheduling time to talk with your Commander about your medical school and active duty MC aspirations. In my recruiting experience I found most Commanders to be very supportive when their top Guard/Reserve Soldiers wanted to pursue a scholarship. Of course, those with spotty history or questionable suitability might not garner as much Command support, but that is likely a good thing for the AMEDD. Depending on you relationship with your Commander, the conversation about your goals could lead to some excellent mentorship opportunities for you along the way to becoming an officer. The ADT opportunities in HPSP are other excellent opportunities for AMEDD-officer-specific mentorship. WRT the timeline, I am not sure where you are in the process, but plan as far ahead as humanly possible, and however long you think paperwork processing will take, double or triple that, particularly on the Guard side. Maybe you will be pleasantly surprised, but plan for delays and you will be much less frustrated along the way.