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2002 I checked into 2MARDIV as a GMO and the first guy they had come talk to us at field med svc school was some idiot senior GMO who blathered on about how proud he was when he was out running with his battalion XO and was complimented on his haircut and how he could've been a Marine. He told us, while tapping his collar devices, that the main problem new GMOs have is being "too much this [corps device] and not enough this [rank device]" ...While I was deployed our brigade PA was a former service guy from way back (he rejoined as a PA in his 50s). He got the idea that he wanted some of that hooah crap and instead of doing his job he took a medic's job and went on the convoys. The command loved it because of the optics (they were *****s, but another story). In the meantime, who did his job as the brigade PA? Nobody. Being a military doctor is an important job and soldiers rely on you to do it and do it well. What they don't need is a doc who wants to be Rambo. Can you do the cool sh$t as a military doc? Sure. But as has been enumerated above, if you don't have prior experience it's unlikely and most of the time you provide more value to the soldiers by just being a good doctor as opposed to a bad@ss one.
T-minus approximately 4 years until the "I didn't match, how do I get a military internship" thread ...I can’t believe this thread is still going.
Nah, he’ll just get a job with Blackwater. Better pay and they don’t expect you to ruin your knees.T-minus approximately 4 years until the "I didn't match, how do I get a military internship" thread ...
2002 I checked into 2MARDIV as a GMO and the first guy they had come talk to us at field med svc school was some idiot senior GMO who blathered on about how proud he was when he was out running with his battalion XO and was complimented on his haircut and how he could've been a Marine. He told us, while tapping his collar devices, that the main problem new GMOs have is being "too much this [corps device] and not enough this [rank device]" ...
Most of us just exchanged quiet incredulous looks but I'm sure there were some who bought it. As if a USMC infantry battalion and its 20-something Marine officers are in desperate need of a newly minted Navy officer more than a doctor.
It’s not hard unless you crack a molar.I was amazed the SF soldiers pull teeth. Not medics but SF soldiers. I've never done a dental block. Guess it's see one, do one, and teach one.
Then you have to get what's left out.
You need to give coffee spit warnings for these posts hahahahNah, he’ll just get a job with Blackwater. Better pay and they don’t expect you to ruin your knees.
Savage.T-minus approximately 4 years until the "I didn't match, how do I get a military internship" thread ...