Battalion Surgeon Life
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Introduction
My first and current job in the Army is that of a Battalion Surgeon. For those of you in primary care (FM, IM, Peds, EM, OB), there is a solid chance this will be your first position in the Army as it is one of the more common positions for a new grad. I will get into all aspects of this position with the promise, as always, to be brutally honest. The counterpart to this position, the Flight Surgeon, is a comparable position with a few key distinctions. I will be bugging one of my colleagues in that role to type something up about it.
There are numerous other first job positions available. These include vanilla clinic provider (often MAPPED to a unit stationed elsewhere), hospitalists, etc. There are many available positions and with their wide range of unique responsibilities, you'll just need to explore those for yourselves! But very quickly, the MAP position: this entails that you have a day job at one location, but are assigned to a unit at another location. This means that when they deploy, so do you. Your other responsibilities vary at their discretion, but generally, they will leave you alone to do your day job unless it is a larger training operation or a deployment.
