For the sake of OPSEC, I won't give specifics, but my guess is I'm a bit south of you, but along the border none-the-less. Yes, I'm Army, but the medic is Air Force and a former Marine.
They just don't know when to stand back
In the military almost everyone is CLS (Combat Life-Saver) certified. They can start a saline lock/IV do a need le chest decompression, secure nasal airways...etc. When the Medics and Military Police roll out to respond to a casualty, everybody and their...
It's the shooting that makes things interesting. We've been lucky so far. *knocks on wood
As for your earlier post, you're absolutely right, neither one of us wants to take a round, but at least the medic has a better shot at saving the MP than the MP does at saving the medic!
Well, we're in Afghanistan, so the heat isn't nearly as bad as Iraq, but its warm none-the-less. The gear is a different matter entirely! The Military Police and Medics are what you call "FOBBITS" meaning we don't normally go outside the FOB (Forward Operating Base or "post"). We don't normally...
I dispatched for the University PD (we have city, county, university PDs and EMT in the same town) before deploying and I can honestly say I have heard that line. It was during the University's homecoming and we had more AAIs (Acute Alcohol Intoxications) than you could shake a stick at. The...
I'm not a medic, but I work EMS back home. Right now I'm stationed somewhere in Afghanistan as an MP and work closely with the medics here. One is my closest friend.
Our base commander actually has a brain and requires our medics to have MP escorts on all missions outside the wire. The lead...