Tyler_EMT Posted October 24, 2011 Share Posted October 24, 2011 Please come forward and tell what branch you served in and your job you had during your service. I was an 11B infantrymen in the US Army. I was discharged after I broke my knee during a combat training excercise. Besides EMS the military is the best thing i've done with my life. I've gained a lot of friends and lost friends who I will never forget. Thanks in advance for the members who respond to this for your servic to this country. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaisu Posted October 24, 2011 Share Posted October 24, 2011 My husband was 1st Cav in 67-68 in the central highlands of Vietnam. He was in Hue during Tet. Also 11B. Amazing man and my hero. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
island emt Posted October 26, 2011 Share Posted October 26, 2011 US Navy Seabees. 1972 -1984 Elephant Operator 2nd class when I got out. Spent 2 years at a navcomsta in Western Australia, then got stuck with mobile Battalions. Got tired of visiting some of the bigger shitholes in the world and never being home for more than a few months. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoldierMedic13 Posted August 19, 2013 Share Posted August 19, 2013 Current US Army Medic. 68W. Deployed once to Afghanistan. Hooah. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard B the EMT Posted August 19, 2013 Share Posted August 19, 2013 I'm full out civilian, but the son of a WW2 US Army T-4 Sargent and a US Army WAC PFC. They were 2 kids from Brooklyn, attended different units of the Pratt Institute, at the same time, and met at Fort Knox, Kentucky. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ERDoc Posted August 19, 2013 Share Posted August 19, 2013 The closest I ever came with NJROTC in high school and I was offered a commission with the US Navy when I was accepted to USUHS (military medical school in Bethesda, MD) but declined after reading the fine print. Both of my grandfathers served. One was in the US Army Air Corps but could never get overseas because of his asthma. The other faked his birth certificate to enter the Army at 17y/o and became a Ranger. He was at Pearl Harbor on Dec 7th and later ended up a Japanese POW. He never spoke of his service and refused to ever eat rice. My father-in-law was a Navy Corpsman (HM2) during Vietnam who was stationed with the USMC 1/13 and received 2 bronze stars and 2 purple hearts before being honorably discharged for combat wounds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Plain Ruff Posted August 19, 2013 Share Posted August 19, 2013 I as well came as close as Doc, in the ROTC in college. My father was in the Air Force on a midwest airforce base as a dental technician. NOthing fancy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scubanurse Posted August 20, 2013 Share Posted August 20, 2013 The closest I ever came with NJROTC in high school and I was offered a commission with the US Navy when I was accepted to USUHS (military medical school in Bethesda, MD) but declined after reading the fine print. Both of my grandfathers served. One was in the US Army Air Corps but could never get overseas because of his asthma. The other faked his birth certificate to enter the Army at 17y/o and became a Ranger. He was at Pearl Harbor on Dec 7th and later ended up a Japanese POW. He never spoke of his service and refused to ever eat rice. My father-in-law was a Navy Corpsman (HM2) during Vietnam who was stationed with the USMC 1/13 and received 2 bronze stars and 2 purple hearts before being honorably discharged for combat wounds. The USUHS also does public health placements, not just military. They pay ~$80k a year while in school as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Plain Ruff Posted August 20, 2013 Share Posted August 20, 2013 The USUHS also does public health placements, not just military. They pay ~$80k a year while in school as well. What even during the sequestration???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ERDoc Posted August 20, 2013 Share Posted August 20, 2013 What even during the sequestration???? I can't speak for the public health side but in the med school, you were a commissioned officer (O-1) with full pay and benefits, with certain expectations beyond med school. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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