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In Maine EMT-B's are licensed

I worked at a BSA council High Adventure base and one of my roles was as Camp Medical Officer.

Yawgoog?

T shirt underneath, no pants

I always stock my pack from our supply room, but that's because I use it at work and also take it home with me

Auto correct, the ARMY in the ***** above should be AEMT

In the Army medics are EMTs that are trained to about ARMY level but are certified at basic level.

Only disadvantage for me for not doing the first 7 weeks is that it is seven fewer weeks of active duty pay, but everything else makes up for it.

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" Advanced EMT. There may also be opportunities for the Army to either adapt its curriculum or develop a bridge training program (possibly in coordination with community colleges) to allow Soldiers who have completed initial training to attain their Advanced EMT (AEMT) certification from the...

Maybe I read it wrong, but you have to be at least an EMT basic to be a combat medic, plus additional training for IVs and drugs and what not. You do not need to be a citizen, but in most cases you need a green card.

They still spell my name wrong on the lookup, I've gotten it corrected on the card but online it's still wrong

Actually it's on par with AEMT, they give you EMT after the first seven weeks of training then you have about 10 more weeks of training

If you are in guard and ROTC you are non deployable

They won't, you go in as an E4 SPC when you go ACASP and fast track through the EMT portion. As for "learn the military way of doing things" that starts after week 7, and you already go through BCT before AIT so that should cover learning to be a soldier.