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91B was Combat Medic.. 68W is called 'Healthcare Specialist' now, and it's a bit more encompassing than the old 91B MOS was, so now you have fobbits getting the same CMB that actual line medics are being awarded, all without ever having to leave the comfort and safety of the FOB.
As for serving as one with a university degree, it depends. Are you planning to go enlisted, or as an officer? If you plan on going enlisted, you can. With a two year degree, you'd enter as a Private First Class (E3), and as a Specialist (E4) with a four year degree, but you'd still be considered a cherry in your unit until you got a year of service in.
If you wanted to go in as an officer, then no - 68W is strictly an enlisted MOS, and, as an officer, you would be 68A - if you were placed in medical branch, which would probably require actual med school.
If you're serving in the National Guard or Army Reserve as an enlisted soldier while you attend university, there's no problem. If you're going to be an ROTC cadet, however, you won't be able to - ROTC cadets are automatically assigned the MOS of... 09D or 09T, if I remember correctly.
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How do you become a combat medic?
Same as any other job in the military. Go to a recruiter, score well enough on the ASVAB to qualify and tell your recruiter that you want to be a medic. Make sure it says medic (68W in the US army) on your contract.
What qualification is needed to be a medic in army?
68W (medic) is the larget MOS in the army aside from Infantry. If you want to be a medic, just go to a recruiter and tell him you want to be a 68W. Whether or not there are any spots open just depends on how many medics are needed at the time.
Do army medics have to fight in war?
Yes, definitely. However, the type of medic you are makes a big difference in what you will be doing. If you are a general medic (Healthcare Specialist, MOS 68W) you could end up doing many different things. Some medics work in the Troop Medical Clinic, which is where soldiers go when they are sick or injured. Alternatively, you can be a line medic and work with a platoon, providing most of their basic healthcare needs. I am currently a line medic deployed to Iraq with a Combat Engineer company. I have about 26 guys that i take care of. When they are sick, they come to me and i can give them medicine or whatever they need. When they roll out the gate on missions, combat or otherwise, i go with them. I carry a bag full of emergency medical supplies in case someone gets hurt. There are also other medical specialties you can go into. The bottom line is almost all medics deploy.
How do you become an army doc?
As in an actual doctor, or a Combat Medic (Combat Medics are informally referred to as "doc" by other soldiers in their unit, although they're not doctors). For the former, go to medical school, pass, join the Army. For the latter, enlist for the 68W (Healthcare Specialist) MOS, and complete your Basic Combat Training and Advanced Individual Training. A particular note of warning if you're looking to get into the latter, from someone who has been there - you'd better be 100% sure this occupation is what you want. Serve in a line unit which deploys to a hostile environment, and you'll have to be able to accept that you probably won't have a 100% success rate, and you will lose patients. Working in a civilian EMS, it's much easier to keep yourself disconnected - much different story for a Combat Medic.
Can a 91B go to ranger school?
Technically, Ranger School is not an MOS specific school, so - at least in theory - even someone with the MOS of a cook, motor transport operator, PAC clerk, etc. could go to Ranger School. However, you could only go if your unit was allotted slots for Ranger School, which most non-combat units were not, and which line units would typically reserve only for their officers and actual line troops (infantry, cavalry, combat medics, etc.).The MOS of 91B used to be combat medic, until the reorganisation which took place between 2001 and 2004. Now, combat medics are 68W, and 91B is wheeled vehicle mechanic. With what was said above, you technically could go to Ranger School, but your being able to secure a slot for Ranger School (especially if you're not in a line unit) is highly unlikely.
Who qualifies for the army expert field medical badge?
It used to be reserved solely for actual Combat Medics, with the MOS of 91B. However, with the Army reorganisation, 91B was folded into the 68W MOS (Healthcare Specialist), which is no longer limited to actual line medics. Anyone with the 68W MOS is elegible for the EFMB (and CMB). Technically, anyone with any MOS can go through the testing, but they cannot wear it without the 68 series MOS.
Can you become a medic in the National Guard while in college?
If you feel that it's the right thing to do, then go for it. This is a decision you'll ultimately have to make for yourself.
How much will you get paid a month to be a combat medic?
In the military you get paid by rank and if you are in a war zone the pay is a bit higher. When you first go into the military you are the lowest rank so you get the lowest pay.
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go play college football...
How do you become a certified combat medic?
All that is required is a high school education and a high enough score on the test given when you enlist. The military will train you how to perform the task, you must pass the school to become a medic (Army) or corpsman (Navy). You need either a high school diploma, or GED. When you take the ASVAB you will need a 110 or higher on the "GT Score". If you meet these requirements you will attend 9 weeks of basic training, and then 16 weeks of Advanced Individual Training or "AIT" In AIT you will spend the first 6-8 weeks obtaining a nationally recognized EMT-B certification. After the EMT-B certification you will go through the "Whiskey" phase of training where they provide a more extensive degree of training, similar to the scope of practice of a paramedic.
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To go train with Tsundae, a medic pro.
Is a EMT basic license equivalent to a military medic?
When you go through AIT for 68W (medic) in the army, you obtain a civillian licence in the first half of the training. Its a EMT-B license.Then, afterwords, you go through what is known as the Whiskey Side of the House; basically that's army medical training, which goes above what they teach you to get a EMT license. So its the same as far as what you are allowed to do to a civillian when off duty and not in a warzone (your limited by your licence level to O2 and transportation basically) but as far as treating any government personell or people we are protecting/fighting/etc. you will more often then not find yourself going WAYYYY outside of your scope of practice and doing things that most med. students don't do, and things that not even the most seasoned EMT-P (third level of EMT liscences) would do. You are basically limited only by what you know/don't know and are comfortable doing. As long as your Doc in charge of you thinks you can do it, your good to go. Oh, as a side piece of advice to anyone that reads this, get your EMT-B licence BEFORE you get into the army or marine corps as a medic or corpsman. It lets you skip the first half of your 16 weeks of AIT training to be a medic. And trust me...those are a very miserable 8 weeks. Your going to want to trust me on that one. 68W10 SPC Antalek Combat Medic
