We all know that the Platoon Medic and an Infantry Platoon are tight. What is your best story about a Medic? How did Doc change your life?

2016-05-16T01:10:23-04:00

Response by SSG Roger Ayscue made May 16 at 2016 1:12 AM

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Response by PO1 William "Chip" Nagel made May 16 at 2016 1:55 AM

2016-05-16T01:55:17-04:00

I can neither confirm or deny, Patching me up from a wipeout on my Moped in the Emergency Rm that was his Barracks Rm and there is nothing about it in my Medical or any other record.

Response by SPC Sheryl Koch made May 16 at 2016 2:43 AM

2016-05-16T02:43:41-04:00

Granted I am CBRN and HR two of mine both tours were with combat arms. I was happy to see them for both. Doc McGee had the best line of all. I had a toren acl and finished my prior tour with him. In training for OIF he took one look at me and stated, "Cookie there's a fine line between hooah and hard core and hard core and stupid! You Just Crossed it!" Granted I am sure others have more fitting to combat arms but I will never forget that one.

Response by CSM Michael Chavaree made May 16 at 2016 6:21 AM

2016-05-16T06:21:18-04:00

My story is a little backwards... As a medic I have seen my Infantry brothers do some pretty amazing things to save a buddy. I am extremely impressed at the amount of training they put into action on the battlefield and ultimately brought more dudes home.

Response by PO3 David Fries made May 16 at 2016 6:52 AM

2016-05-16T06:52:00-04:00

Oh boy. So us Corpsman and our Marines share the same bond. We go to the same lengths. I served during "peace time", so my stories wouldn't be about saving Marines from combat wounds. They would be about saving them from their own craziness. There may have been sutures put in out of the BAS. There may have been IV's started due to dehydration after a night of heavy drinking. There may be several instances of being patched up behind closed doors. I can neither confirm nor deny.

Response by PO3 David Fries made May 16 at 2016 6:53 AM

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Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made May 16 at 2016 6:13 PM

2016-05-16T18:13:22-04:00

This shirt tells my story 100%

Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made May 16 at 2016 6:17 PM

2016-05-16T18:17:02-04:00

I remember many early mornings (3am ish) , knocks on my door where I open to find my infantry brothers begging me to give them an IV so they can make the morning PT run.

Response by Maj John Bell made May 16 at 2016 7:42 PM

2016-05-16T19:42:26-04:00

I remember 25 mile forced marches. Near the end of Marches, on 5 minute breaks the only people you saw standing were NCO's and LT's, who strolled their unit assessing their men. But the Corpsmen were actually working. They RAN from one Marine to another to take care of blisters, potential heat casualties, and exhaustion cases. They would keep Marines on the ground to finish their care when "Mount Up" was called. They'd finish then get the Marines on their feet. The Corpsmen would carry their own Pack and their medipac and the ALICE pack of the Marine they finished on. Running with two packs, until they caught up and got the Marine back to his unit. When we were done and securing our gear, The Corpsmen were still checking the "walking wounded". When it was all done, when everyone was secured, "Doc" finally got to sit down.

Response by SPC Craig Miller made May 17 at 2016 10:21 AM

2016-05-17T10:21:14-04:00

I am jealous. I was sent o Iraq with a field M.P. unit. It is hard to get tight with those guys unless you are an M.P. You are secondary equipment until one of them gets hurt then you are OK while you are helping one.

Response by SSG Rick Robbins made May 17 at 2016 7:11 PM

2016-05-17T19:11:17-04:00

I was an E-6 with an MP unit sent to Bosnia. When my Medics were not on the road we ran the sick call. The hospital was under the command of the hospital from the 82nd Airborne. Being a guardsman some of my medics and occasionally myself bumped heads with command. I worked hard despite the problems I encountered. On one last days I was called by the Commander to meet her in one of the Clinics. I went in thinking I was in trouble again but she coined me and awarded me an ARCOM. That was a big boost to my ego letting me know that my hard work was noticed.

Response by 1SG Private RallyPoint Member made Jun 9 at 2016 10:15 AM

2016-06-09T10:15:55-04:00

I started out as an 11B, and I had no interest in medical. During a deliberate attack field exercise (live fire) in Panama, one of our soldiers was shot in the hand. While many NCO's got loud and accomplished little, the PV2 medic was cool as ice and just dealt with it. He treated the wound quickly while explaining to the R.T.O how to do the 9 line ( not that he wasn't trained in it, but...)

Anyway, the soldier lost his thumb, but I was really impressed with the medic. After that, I started watching them more, and low and behold all of them could do more than deal with blisters and hand out Ibu 800. 6 years later I changed MOS's and became a Medic.

Response by CPL Chris Palmberg made Sep 15 at 2018 2:15 PM

2018-09-15T14:15:39-04:00

Pardon me for flipping the question, but when my Joes would let me pretend to be a line dog, it was pretty fricking amazing. "Ok, Doc, take that sledge hammer and beat the <EXPLETIVE DELETED> out of this padlock." "Hey, Doc, if you've got spare I.V. bags we'll teach you how to set a water charge." (which is why I never discarded expired bags while deployed.) My platoon were Sappers, not Infantry, but that just meant an even darker sense of humor in watching Doc try to "sapperfy" random stuff.

Response by SGT Everett M. Cheney made Feb 6 at 2020 12:21 AM

2020-02-06T00:21:58-05:00

Changed my life because I was “Doc” and the boys would move the heavens to help me and I always felt sort of embarrassed that these true legends in the Ranger community looked to me as if I was doing something special when it was I who looked to them and wondered how they could do all they did . Respect , love , brotherhood