re: Options for next duty station [Update pg 5]

Financially it makes more sense to do residency while in service since your salary is 1.3-1.5x as much. Although they say the training is better on the outside, I don’t necessary believe my civilian friends have learned more than me this year, while I’ve also worked less than them. Basically I’d only do civilian in the unlikely event I don’t match (seems unlikely)

I will owe 3 or 4 years after residency depending on if I pick ophtho or rads. With radiology I’d also be pigeoned into a fellowship after service to improve employment as a civvy.

Again, Germany sounds like an incredible place, surely better than where I’m at now, no question.

The decision Im faced with is if the move overseas worth 1) not being able to apply to residency next year which potentially means missing out on matching into my career-the number of applicants fluctuate every year, but applying twice comes with higher odds of matching 2) the financial hit associated with missing out on separating earlier. It’s at least 1 year of salary ~200K but could always be another year if I fail to match again
3) uprooting again, having to sell/buy car, change phone plan, etc. etc.