OVERSEAS OPPORTUNITIES
The opportunities to work overseas are vast within the Princess Mary ’ s Royal Air Force Nursing Service ( PMRAFNS ) on both Exercise scenarios and in Operational situations .
We are often detached on exercises which usually run from a few days to a few weeks . Exercises are conducted so we can experience working alongside the Army , the Royal Navy and our coalition forces to ensure if we were to deploy , we would have knowledge of how our counterparts operate .
Deployments are longer , usually ranging from four to six months in length and are in support of a variety of detachments . You could be deployed to one of our overseas bases , on a humanitarian mission , or to a conflict area . Within each of these areas there are a variety of roles we can fulfil ; working in the field hospital , working on the RFA Argus ( the Primary Casualty Receiving Ship ) or in our Single Service role of Aeromedical Evacuation .
Top image : RAF hospital staging unit in South Sudan .
Bottom image : Aeromedical Evacuation from Tunisia .
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