91A vs 68W - is a combat medic a combat medic?

When I was with the infantry I carried what they carried plus.

When I was in an evac unit the M4 was a crew served weapon between driving and treatment we needed covering fire

I carried an M16A2, 210 rounds of ammo pries my personal aid bag (Camelbak BMG w/ medic organizer insert). I generally had 2000 ml in LR, 2000 ml NS and 1000 in Hexend when I had it. 5-6 CATs, 20-22 ETBs, airway kit, wound care kit (bandage scissors, forceps ect.) , 4 Sam splints, Kerlix, coban, 4" and 6" Ace wraps, Poleless litter, NSAIDS, antibiotics, epipens, antihistamines, anti diarrhea, anti nausea and cold medicine. A K-bar was sheathed on the shoulder strap for vehicle extrications (Cuts belts and vests, breaks glass and prices doors). I prolly had more but that's what comes to immediate mind.

Was a E4 68W, Iraq 06-07.

In Iraq I carried a full combat load (210 rounds) for the M4 and a drop leg holster for my M9 and 45 rounds. In the other leg I had a drop leg pouch with tourniquets and Supplies to gain IV access and leave a saline lock. I did convoy security so in my truck I had my Blackhawks stomp 2 aid bag complete with several liters of normal saline, lacerated ringers and a 500ml bag of hextend. Also several of the (then) new bandages that would heat up and cauterize wounds when they contacted blood. An intubation kit and several bandages for sucking chest wounds and 14ga needles for decompression of pneumothorax. Along with 20mg morphine. I was lucky and only had to use a couple tourniquets and the morphine once. Also carried plenty of kerlix and ace bandages. Some splints.

In our bn medics usually get a m9 over the m4. Personally I opted for the m4. I work with infantry guys and when you do a dismounted patrol through Baghdad or anywhere else where combatants have eyes on you, you try to blend in. As for special gear, I decided to upgrade my aid bag from the issued aid bag.

I was a Flight Medic. We carried everything.

All they did was change the number. A Combat Medic is a Combat Medic.

Every medic I spoke to were all in agreement that we are 68W Healthcare Specialist. You became and could call yourself a combat medic once you earned and got orders for your Combat Medic Badge.
Pretty much in agreement with everyone else’s general load out & packing list. I purchased each of my guys 1 roll of QuikClot Combat Gauze for their own med pouches as well. Besides my Blackhawk aid bag which was glued to me, I had a huge medical door panel from North American Rescue in what We designated as the medevac mrap. It held even more supplies, tools for more invasive techniques, etc. for the couple times conditions were red and we had to reach the next level w/o a bird.
Kept the collapsible litter/CLS pack in the team leaders truck who I felt was the best medically trained. Anyone of my guys were still more qualified to call themselves combat medics than most of these healthcare specialists that call themselves combat medics.

The closet I came to combat was the DMZ in 1989. I carried M16A2 with 196 rounds (mags were preloaded and rarely were the springs stretched), morphine and an M3 aid bag stocked for trauma, 2 flares 2 smokes and my basic web gear with an M9 if things got really bad. no CBRN gear or protective plates other than my kevlar. But patrolling the DMZ was not Desert Shield/Storm or the Global War on Terror.

Today's medic carries some new gadgets but the basics of life-saving haven't changed a whole lot. The principles of TCCC give us a solid set of guidelines by which to pack our kit. The first and most important thing during initial assessment is to identify and stop massive bleeding. For this, we use an approved commercial tourniquet, either the CAT or the SOFT-TW. After that, we still open the airway with basic techniques and check for breathing, now with an emphasis on applying commercial vented chest seals. Bleeding wounds which are not appropriate or amenable to tourniquet application may be packed with hemostatic gauze such as QuikClot Combat Gauze. After holding good pressure, an Emergency Trauma Dressing which is a gauze dressing sewn to a compression bandage can be used. We've pushed to keep our patients warm with hypothermia management kits to fight the lethal triad. We're keeping our patient's pain under control with Fentanyl Lozenges or Ketamine injections. We're administering early antibiotics to traumatically injured personnel and improving surgical outcomes as a result!
But, while the tools have been updated, the basics of saving a life are still the same.

Don't you mean 91B?