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Is it more safe to be an army medic or just a soldier in the army?
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∙ 14y ago
There are different types of medics. I was a combat line medic, assigned to infantry companies my entire time in. When the infantry went out of the wire, I went with them, and, if another patrol was getting ready to leave the FOB, I had to then go back out with them. So I spent more time outside of the FOB than any of the infantry in my units did.
The rest really depends on your MOS. If you have a rear area occupation, you'll probably be a bit safer. We used to call them "Fobbits" - people who never left the FOB, except when they'd go out on a patrol hoping for it to get hit so they could be awarded a CAB. Once this happened, they never left the wire again. If that's what you want to be, it's your own decision, but don't try holding your head up high around me.
A lot of it will have to do with your unit, as well. If you're assigned to, for example, the US Army Drill Team or US Army Honour Guard, you might have a Combat Arms MOS (the units are composed of infantrymen), but you're not deploying to any hostile zone.
Of course, combat isn't an inherently safe thing to begin with. Even the fobbits were reminded from time to time that we were at war, when mortars would land in the compound. They'd usually go cowering under a table, desk, or whatever else they could find, only to brag about it a couple days later as if they'd earned the Medal of Honour.
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