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bosljeff
06-02-2009, 16:17
Anyone got any coat tails I could ride for suggestions for sage prep?

I am part of the "old" pipeline where it was MOS, then language, then Sage after 4-6 months or more of not using your 18D training....I'm sure there are complaints aplenty, so I won't do it again...in short, it will be over 6 months since me and my 18D class left JSOMTC and we have not lived and breathed 18D like we did when we were in school.

I assume the suggestions that can be shared include trauma, TCCC, CASEVAC, MASCAS...has anyone already got a "refresher" in place that could make suggestions for me and some other 18Ds?

The rumors are pretty random concerning SOFMSSP (that isn't correct, but you know what I mean) so I would like to hop on something already in place or I guess initiate something that hasn't started.

Thanks for the advice (if any) in advance.
Team Sergeant
06-03-2009, 08:41
Yea......

:lifter

Great advice!:D

My turn:

"Do the best you can."

Team Sergeant
TimelyChaos
06-18-2009, 14:21
Ruck a ton, condition, and eat. That being said, a group of 18D's and I started our own training a little more than a month out from SAGE. Started as med PT, and evolved into med classes, UW classes from 18A's that were going to SAGE with us, and conceiving missions and doing OPORDS. It's a couple months old now, and we even started getting access to the schoolhouse. I suggest you find some of the guys around that know of this training and get on board. Be a well rounded guy first, and a solid medic second. Each lane is unique, but what is true for all of them is you must contribute, even when you aren't patching holes. Good luck.
blue02hd
06-18-2009, 18:18
I am part of the "old" pipeline



I wouldn't refer to that as "old".
bosljeff
06-19-2009, 13:35
I wouldn't refer to that as "old".


Fair enough...that's why I used the "" cuz I know the course scheduling and order of events seem to change weekly and the truly old course is long before my career and/or lifetime.

Thanks for the advice all.
blue02hd
06-19-2009, 18:09
Fair enough...that's why I used the "" cuz I know the course scheduling and order of events seem to change weekly and the truly old course is long before my career and/or lifetime.

Thanks for the advice all.


Nice. Good luck on those coat tails.
Flashbang12
07-05-2009, 21:28
be able to teach what you know as far as immediate tx for a combat casualty.
bone up on trauma management, get involved with others and planning as much as you can....;)
Swank
07-06-2009, 01:35
bone up on your vet subjects, including slaughter and vet necropsy. Don't forget to pack band-aids and lots of 'roids. Multivitamins can keep your team mostly healthy through the FTX.

It's been a while, but that's what I remember vividly from the med side.
cback0220
07-06-2009, 07:33
You can prolly do SOFMSSP, I did it right before I went out and it helped a lot. Feel free to PM me I just finished sage on Thursday and can prolly answer a lot of your questions
bosljeff
07-06-2009, 17:10
You can prolly do SOFMSSP, I did it right before I went out and it helped a lot. Feel free to PM me I just finished sage on Thursday and can prolly answer a lot of your questions

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