US ARMY COMBAT MEDIC

[Doc D]

Military Medicine at its finest, US ARMY Combat Medics. Im PFC Doc D with the 101st Airborne Infantry Division. How many other Combat Medics we got here?

[tskstorm]

Military Medicine at its finest, US ARMY Combat Medics. Im PFC Doc D with the 101st Airborne Infantry Division. How many other Combat Medics we got here?

There are a few and I beleive there are a few contracted civilian medics out in the sand box.

[chbare]

Prior service 91B and 91W. Spent 10 years in the guard M-day and AGR, never saw combat overseas. Within two years of my ETS date I was doing the civi contractor gig in the sand box. Cheers!

Take care,

chbare.

[maverick56]

6.5yrs 1-125th IN (AA), 38th ID here. 2 tours in the sandbox and Katrina. Welcome to the City!

[Doc D]

Never heard of the 38th infantry division or 1-125th Air Assault...are you national guard?

[Richard B the EMT]

Welcome to the city. While I am strictly civilian EMS, I have to respect all military EMS personnel, as what I do in the streets of New York, was originally done by Army Medics and Navy Corpsmen in the battlefields. (If it helps any, I'm progeny of an Army T4 Sargent, and a WAC PFC, both WW2 vintage. 2 kids from Brooklyn, NY, they met at Ft Knox, KY. Mom rode in the Memorial Day Parade yesterday, with 11 other WW2 Veterans, as parade honorees.)

[maverick56]

6.5yrs 1-125th IN (AA), 38th ID here. 2 tours in the sandbox and Katrina. Welcome to the City!

Yep, was AGR with the Michigan Guard. Deployed with the 18th Airborne Corps.

[Doc D]

Thats cool, i noticed nowdays the NG doesnt fund their medics too well with medical supplies. I still see some NG medics walking around with old school powdered quick clot in their bags...lol

[chbare]

Like active duty, funding will vary from place to place. I was an M day bubba working the line in a field artillery unit and we had little to no funding. Of course, this was during the Clinton years. Contrasted to a more recent assignment where I was working AGR for a counter drug unit and drilling for a combat arms training unit, I saw significant funding. I was sent to CONTOMS, FLETC and Gunsite, had my pick of logistical support and the company had funding to bring in specialists from other units for custom training in subjects ranging from survival to rappel master and air assault duties to close quarters combat.

It all depends...

Take care,

chbare.

Edited June 4, 2010 by chbare

[maverick56]

Thats cool, i noticed nowdays the NG doesnt fund their medics too well with medical supplies. I still see some NG medics walking around with old school powdered quick clot in their bags...lol

It varies greatly among units and state to state. My unit was always pretty well outfitted when it came to deploying because they deploy a lot and usually get attached to various QRFs. Charlie Co has even been to Bosnia (before my time). That being said, I have had many training scenarios involving water balloons and sacks of flour, haha. For me and my chalk, when it came time to deploy, we all got together and decided what we wanted as far as supplies. Some we managed to get thru command. The CO is huge on safety and has great pride in Charlie medics - we win a lot of top medic comps and there are numerous EFMBs. Other stuff we shelled out for on our own. We all bought Blackhawk packs, we got 3 CT-6 splints to spread amongst us, and we all took personal side arms (something AD isn't allowed to do). As for the quick clot, well the old school powered wasn't all that old school in 2004, so... That type of stuff got updated as it came. I went over in old school DCUs the first time, switched to ACUs just before coming home but only got one set. Like I said, funding is all over the map, but you can get what you need with a decent CoC and a little motivation. And consistently kicking ass helps too.

Like active duty, funding will vary from place to place. I was an M day bubba working the line in a field artillery unit and we had little to no funding. Of course, this was during the Clinton years. Contrasted to a more recent assignment where I was working AGR for a counter drug unit and drilling for a combat arms training unit, I saw significant funding. I was sent to CONTOMS, FLETC and Gunsite, had my pick of logistical support and the company had funding to bring in specialists from other units for custom training in subjects ranging from survival to rappel master and air assault duties to close quarters combat.

It all depends...I lu

Take care,

chbare.

So true! That's incredible that you got sent to so many schools/sites. Very rare in the NG unless absolutely necessary. And even then... A buddy of mine waited over a year to get sent to OBC after commissioning. He was ready to lose it! I seriously lucked out and took cadet slots to do Airborne, Mountain Warfare, and Robin Sage. My unit only had to send me to Air Assault (requirement in that unit), BNCOC and PLDC.