High Seas wrote:Hamburger - pls read the whole post before commenting. The reference is to assigning military personnel to permanent civilian occupations.
How are they being assigned to "permanent civilian occupations"?
I specified using active duty "permanent" military medics and using "reserve" medics.
The reservists do 1 weekend a month and 2 weeks in the summer, then they go back to their civilian jobs.
While they are serving, they draw their mlitary pay,so why not use them where they will do the most good?
And as for the active duty"full time" medics, while they are on the base they dont have alot to do, especially if they are assigned to a combat unit.
They handle mostly injuries resulting from training, or they work in the sick bay.
If you are worried about them being asked to treat something they cant handle, I seriously doubt that will happen.
As a former navy corpsman (medic) there wasnt much I couldnt handle.
I have delivered babies, treated trauma, set broken bones, and treated almost every type of minor illness and injury you can think of.
But even so, thats why each station would be equipped with an ambulance, to transport serious cases to a local ER.
I do think it could be done, and I do think it would work.