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Thanks for the response. That's good that those courses are similar to the new CLS course. That course is a major step forward for the Army, basically an adaptation of Tactical Combat Casualty Care that all of SOCOM has gotten for a while. Now if we could just get the National Registry to recognize our SOCOM Paramedic cert!

I just joined the forum as well. I'm an 18D currently in OEF and looking into medical options for my return stateside. Dustdevil, you mention that these tactical courses focus on tactics, do you mean law enforcement tactics or tactical ways to give care? I'd like to hear from guys who are prior military who have taken a tactical EMS course, how did the tactics compare to what you were taught in the military? Obviously tactics will differ for use in the civilian world (ie. it may not be a good idea to kill everyone with a gun when clearing a room back home). BTW Dustdevil, I saw your pic of that mini-gun, man those things are freaking awsome! Got to see one in action from the ground, there is no morale boost like seeing your exfil bird silence all incoming rounds with a ten second burst. The bad guys had no idea what hit them. Good luck over there.