Keep in mind, these military medics, especially from war and occupation theaters, aren't only caring for wounded and injured military personal they serve with but are often giving medical care to the locals in the area's they are serving and patrolling in. When I was in Vietnam, '70-'71 my last year in the Navy, I met one young medic who took great pride and loved being able to give care to his buddies but also had same when caring for the Vietnamese in the villages they'd patrol in or near the bases stationed at, especially delivering babies. He wanted to continue in the medical field after discharge. I lost track so never knew if he did. But he had two things going against him at the time, he was a military medic and he was a young African American, so if he was able to continue in civilian life he had a very hard fight to do so!!
June 16, 2013 - Navy corpsman Jason Martines earned his chops on the Afghan battlefield, patching together wounded Marines in the war-ravaged Helmand Province.Army medic Mathew Vance witnessed the birth of homemade bomb attacks as a convoy medic during his first tour in Iraq. On his second deployment, he worked on a trauma helicopter, perfecting his life-saving medical skills.
David Theibert spent 20 years as a Navy corpsman. He treated detainees at Guantanamo Bay, where he learned a lot not just about medicine, but also about the human condition.
But after they left the military, Martines, Vance and Theibert had few marketable skills. In the civilian medical world, they were virtually unemployable. read more>>>
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