09-23-2011, 06:03
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Medics seek prestigious badge at Fort Bragg
Medics seek prestigious badge at Fort Bragg
http://www.fayobserver.com/articles/...24757?sac=Home
"As machine guns bark and simulated artillery booms, a pair of soldiers maneuver among the pine and brush of Fort Bragg's medical Simulation Training Center.
With a final blast, one of the soldiers screams, feigning an injury to his leg........."
Hard Badge to earn.
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09-23-2011, 07:39
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Yep. I'm rooting for a soldier I went to high school with who's still in the running. She knows her stuff though.
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09-23-2011, 07:54
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anyone know the curriculum they work off of to earn this?
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09-23-2011, 08:06
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http://www.armystudyguide.com/content/EFMB/index.shtml
Heres a quick look on the web. This is a standard test for our guys. HTH adal
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09-23-2011, 10:31
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Ruh Roh
ruh roh Shaggy....I hope their risk assessment was good....
http://www.wral.com/news/local/story/10173310/
Fort Bragg, N.C. — Forty-three soldiers suffered heat-related injuries Friday morning during a training exercise at Fort Bragg, authorities said.
The soldiers were among approximately 50 taking part in a "ruck march" at about 6 a.m. to earn their expert field medical badge, Fort Bragg spokeswoman Jackie Thomas said. The soldiers, who were from various units, were walking with backpacks, helmets and weapons as if they were in combat, she said.
Spokesman Ben Able said the troops were pushing themselves hard to finish the exercise within the allotted time.
Eighteen of them were taken to Womack Army Medical Center for treatment, where one remained in critical condition in the intensive care unit, she said. The other 25 were treated in the field and released, she said.
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09-23-2011, 18:45
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Originally Posted by glebo
ruh roh Shaggy....I hope their risk assessment was good...
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ruh roh is right. Fay Observer just ran the same online
http://fayobserver.com/articles/2011...25087?sac=Home
43 down is not going to be good 
edit versus double tapping - wait a minute! it's only a damn 12-mi road march for the EFMB. it practically rained all day here and was damp and cool all morning. wth?!
Last edited by Mr Furious; 09-23-2011 at 18:53.
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09-23-2011, 20:05
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Was this another case of guys dumping their water to lighten the load and not hydrating properly prior to the event? It wasn't that hot.
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09-24-2011, 03:12
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Quote:
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Was this another case of guys dumping their water to lighten the load and not hydrating properly prior to the event? It wasn't that hot.
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Realize too that the EFMB is open to medical types....not STUDLY medical types...ALL medical types.....hospital / BSB / I do pt 4 weeks a year (2 weeks before each PT test) types / etc.
Most of the folks competing for the badge probably sit in AC all day and had to have help assembling their TA-50 simply because it was new in the package.
This is (unfortunately) a fairly common problem when it comes to this particular trial.
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09-24-2011, 05:07
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I agree...
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Originally Posted by Eagle5US
Realize too that the EFMB is open to medical types....not STUDLY medical types...ALL medical types.....hospital / BSB / I do pt 4 weeks a year (2 weeks before each PT test) types / etc.
Most of the folks competing for the badge probably sit in AC all day and had to have help assembling their TA-50 simply because it was new in the package.
This is (unfortunately) a fairly common problem when it comes to this particular trial.
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Let's hope that, during the investigation this point is brought to the surface!
Stay safe.
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09-24-2011, 05:19
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Pete
Medics seek prestigious badge at Fort Bragg
http://www.fayobserver.com/articles/...24757?sac=Home
"As machine guns bark and simulated artillery booms, a pair of soldiers maneuver among the pine and brush of Fort Bragg's medical Simulation Training Center.
With a final blast, one of the soldiers screams, feigning an injury to his leg........."
Hard Badge to earn. |
Boy it sure sounds like it.......... 
Big Teddy 
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09-24-2011, 05:27
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Big Teddy, we're too old to raid anymore, but maybe you and I could get part-time GS jobs as Screamers and Injury-Feigners for this exercise. Please look into it.
I do it for free all the time, anyways...
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09-24-2011, 06:14
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Dusty
Big Teddy, we're too old to raid anymore, but maybe you and I could get part-time GS jobs as Screamers and Injury-Feigners for this exercise. Please look into it.
I do it for free all the time, anyways... |
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Zonie Diver
SF is a calling and it requires commitment and dedication that the uninitiated will never understand......
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SFA M-2527, Chapter XXXVII
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09-24-2011, 06:36
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12 Miler
One of the 12 Mile Ruck marches I ran as a 1SG was done in Aug. Because of the heat we were out at the far end of Ft Bragg and ready to start at 0300. They also walked through a pretty good thunderstorm about the middle of the march.
The Co Commander, a Major at the time, walked the route also - with a PRC 77 in his ruck to monitor the conditions inside the main group.
Everybody finished - with only a few over time - who with a little extra attention from SFC Cooper on his Nature Excursions - passed when stuck in with another Company's March.
The end was a little exciting. Had a couple keel over by the water point, then a couple more in the rest area, then a couple more, then..........
Captain (COL) Fox was out in the road directing the Medivac Chopper, IVs were going in all over, right exciting for a while. All the guys sent to Womack were back in the company area by afternoon. And oh, yeah, this was a Saturday because you could not mess with the weekly MOS schedule.
12 Miler - just a thaanng
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09-24-2011, 06:37
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You're tasked to run a test like this and you get troops (including Nursing staff) from all kinds of Med units from all over post - bet they weren't from the Med Co's of the 82nd's Bde Spt Bns.
Richard
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09-24-2011, 06:49
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If they played/worked outside more as kids....
Kickball
Red light, green light 1 2 3
Dodge ball
Kill the man with the ball
Tag
Snowball fights
Rock fights
Drinking out of garden hoses
Shoveling snow
Cutting grass with that manual push mower that would spin when pushed
Raking leaves
Trimming bushes with those big-ass scissors
Bruce Lee tournaments when no one even knew karate
Cowboys and Indians
etc.
I wonder how they would have done?
I'd study the background of those that passed...
Stay safe.
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