Posted on Dec 24, 2015
Should Service Members (all branches) receive national accreditation for their skill sets?
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Current military accreditation standards are seen as sub-standard. I can only speak for the medical field, but many enlisted positions must receive civilian accreditation to perform specific duties. Why can't our accreditation be as equal, if not greater, than our civilian counter-parts. Not only in the medical fields, but what about our emergency response areas (National Defense) and information operations, networking, etc. I get the civilian sector puts more emphasis on didactic learning, but our real-world experience should get more credit.
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I can't believe my post just got deleted, but the main point is that I'd love to look into this more and if there isn't already support for it, let's get something rolling. Anyone taking lead already?
Nicholas J. Garcia, D.O.
Capt, USAF, MC
Flight Surgeon/Family Med
Kadena AB
353rd SOSS/OSM
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Nicholas J. Garcia, D.O.
Capt, USAF, MC
Flight Surgeon/Family Med
Kadena AB
353rd SOSS/OSM
DSN [login to see]
Com 080-3414-4720
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Although part of me says hell yes I think we should receive credit in the civilian world for the training and experience we got in the service, most of us know that the training we got was half assed and not up to industry standards in most cases, this is just my personal experience. We had guys and gals in my unit with 5+ years in that had never worked on a single piece of equipment, never conducted a 3M check, and wouldn't have the first clue about actually doing the job they were "trained" to do.
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I feel that we just think our training is "half-assed" and not to industry standards. Many of the trauma medicine used in the civilian sector comes from the military. This can be said the same for security forces, aviation, communications, etc. It just that the civilian sector gets to trademark their concepts and ideas whereas the military will not.
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