Tactical Medic
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if you are presently or have been in the military, please tell us a little about yourself and what you do.------
I will start it off-------------------------------
Presently in the Navy Reserve attached to the USMC, although I'm only an E5 I'm in an E7 billet and currently the LPO/SEL for my unit. My unit is called an STP (shock trauma platoon) we are a highly mobile surgical intervention team, which basicly stablizes casualties before sending them back to bigger facilty.
I'm prior service Army Reserve, and the guys kid me about it, but I have trained 2 different ways for the same job (which in reality is not so different anyway )
Civilian- currently a FF/PM in one of the larger urban departments in Central Florida, I've been here close to 6 years, prior to that I used to work for FDNY EMS division for 11 years, my last unit was a "Haztac" ALS unit, I was also on the DPU team (dignatory protection unit). I was there when NYC*EMS merged with FDNY (I even protested in front of cityhall in the snow :glare and worked ground Zero on 9/11/2001.
Some of my recent missions have been to Kenya, and Bridgeport CA, plus I have traveled to a whole lot of other stateside locations. The military has been good to me, and I should be out in 5 years where I will have close to 21 years. I'm still young so might stick around a little longer if the wife permits
I will start it off-------------------------------
Presently in the Navy Reserve attached to the USMC, although I'm only an E5 I'm in an E7 billet and currently the LPO/SEL for my unit. My unit is called an STP (shock trauma platoon) we are a highly mobile surgical intervention team, which basicly stablizes casualties before sending them back to bigger facilty.
I'm prior service Army Reserve, and the guys kid me about it, but I have trained 2 different ways for the same job (which in reality is not so different anyway )
Civilian- currently a FF/PM in one of the larger urban departments in Central Florida, I've been here close to 6 years, prior to that I used to work for FDNY EMS division for 11 years, my last unit was a "Haztac" ALS unit, I was also on the DPU team (dignatory protection unit). I was there when NYC*EMS merged with FDNY (I even protested in front of cityhall in the snow :glare and worked ground Zero on 9/11/2001.
Some of my recent missions have been to Kenya, and Bridgeport CA, plus I have traveled to a whole lot of other stateside locations. The military has been good to me, and I should be out in 5 years where I will have close to 21 years. I'm still young so might stick around a little longer if the wife permits