ROTC Airborne School

[cb7893]

The branch is insanely overstrength.

MS is not the only one.

 

[Aglahad]

I am not an expert on military medicine, but most of my peers and I viewed Medical Service Corps as the HR and Program Management team for the Medical professionals (MD, PA, RN).

Sort of, but clinicians at the end of the day run the show and the admin MSCs don't usually have a clue what is going on from a medical perspective. They have to defer a lot, especially in the 70B years. You can get roles where you are utilized properly (batt medical officer) but not always. You are sort of playing second fiddle in AMEDD. When you hit CPT and specialize things CAN get better but once again since it's so overstrength...

 

[Small Team Bacsi]

If you want to talk to me man to man call me. 5056812272. But don't bash me with nonsense.

Lighten up. I thought I read you were the mom. Sorry if that is not the case.

it was more an observation of direct parental involvement in officer training not in any way an attack.

 

[Aglahad]

That may be true in the hospital but in tactical units, they command the aid stations. They are the ones who plan and execute casualty evacuations and lead and train the medics. They are in charge of the Docs and nurses (they are busy with patient care and are not well-trained on battlefield geometry) so MS makes the tactical decisions. It is a challenging job. Don't know about outside of tactical units but it is probably boring and admin-heavy.

What skills does a MSC have to train medics? They maybe coordinate training but they don't train them. Yes, that is a role (batt Med-O) but many don't end up there. It becomes admin-heavy and AMEDD is still run by the MD/RNs at the end of the day.

MSC are not "in charge" of clinicians as a rule, many command positions are filled by clinicians ESPECIALLY on the reserve side where the majority of medical assets are.

 

[Aglahad]

MS is not the only one.

Obviously not, but it's so bad (especially on the reserve side) that they are 500-600 MSCs overstrength for LTs and letting them freely branch transfer. AD is not as bad but still not great.

Just my perspective after 10 years...