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He will have to set up some rotations at military training sites if he wants to be considered for match at those sites. The ppl at the DO school likely will not know much about this process. It will be easier for him when he knows if he wants to go medicine or surgery. If medicine, then in 3rd year he should try to do him Internal Med rotation at a military training facility. If he thinks surg, he should do the surgery rotation at the military site. The other smaller rotations he can do with his DO classmates. So if they can find local slots for rads, ortho, SICU, ob gyn, etc. that's all good. The big ones in ms3 (for name/face recognition come match time) are surgery and IM.
For MS4, he should look to do whatever he wants to rotate in first. My dh knew He wanted ENT. In July he rotated in Hawaii. In August he was in madigan. In September he was in Walter Reed. He did 3 ENT rotations. You have more electives in ms4, so you can choose to rotate in what program you are trying to match in. He left the things he knew he did not want to do for after October of ms4.
When my dh was a ms1 he wanted to do derm. He thought it would be perfect. He liked the hours, and the money on the outside, and the procedures. When he rotated through derm, he knew that it wasn't for him. The procedures weren't in depth enough, and the nature of derm is more analytical/diagnostic I guess you could say. A lot of biopsy and wait and see. He's not that patient for that. My point is that it's very hard to know what you like until you get in there and experience the clinicals. For most people things clear up a lot in ms3. It would be helpful right now, as a ms1, for your SO to figure out if he likes surgery or medicine more, and go from there.
Good luck--- and don't hesitate to ask questions. It's an overwhelming process.
For MS4, he should look to do whatever he wants to rotate in first. My dh knew He wanted ENT. In July he rotated in Hawaii. In August he was in madigan. In September he was in Walter Reed. He did 3 ENT rotations. You have more electives in ms4, so you can choose to rotate in what program you are trying to match in. He left the things he knew he did not want to do for after October of ms4.
When my dh was a ms1 he wanted to do derm. He thought it would be perfect. He liked the hours, and the money on the outside, and the procedures. When he rotated through derm, he knew that it wasn't for him. The procedures weren't in depth enough, and the nature of derm is more analytical/diagnostic I guess you could say. A lot of biopsy and wait and see. He's not that patient for that. My point is that it's very hard to know what you like until you get in there and experience the clinicals. For most people things clear up a lot in ms3. It would be helpful right now, as a ms1, for your SO to figure out if he likes surgery or medicine more, and go from there.
Good luck--- and don't hesitate to ask questions. It's an overwhelming process.
I'm just thankful for all the information these lovely ladies have given me 
Both B and I are planners (He plans because, well, that's just who he is. I plan because I am a worrier by nature and so I need to know what's going on, heh *blush*) and it seems that he has gotten a lot of misinformation... some from his recruiter (shocker, right? 
) and some from classmates who are not HPSP, not military at all. And it is beginning to dawn on me that there's a LOT of planning ahead with med school, maybe even more so when you get the military involved (another shock 
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