Posted on May 16, 2016
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?
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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.
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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
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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.
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CPL Chris Palmberg
I retract my first phrase. "Doc" changed my life because that's what they called me. 12 years out, and they still know they can call me for advice, and get my attention across a crowded room by yelling, "Hey Doc."
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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.
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In Iraq, the infantry unit I was supporting had an airforce SP unit attached for route clearance. I worked with them for several months and never did really form any bonds. I think there are just some cases where it just doesn't happen.
We weren't at odds, and they were a good group, there was just too much separation between us ( it didn't help that I was an E6 and their squad leaders were E5's)
We weren't at odds, and they were a good group, there was just too much separation between us ( it didn't help that I was an E6 and their squad leaders were E5's)
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SSG Roger Ayscue
SPC Craig Miller - Doc, I am sorry that you have not had a platoon of AIRBORNE Grunts. To this day, and I am an old retired SOB, I still stay in touch with my platoon Medic from B Co 3/504, 82d Airborne. Doc has inspired my 17 year old son to aspire to be an Airborne Medic. I told him that there were two ways off of a hot LZ: Flying the chopper, or bleeding in the back on it. My son said No Sir, there is a third way...I want to be the guy that is stopping the bleeding.
I took him to my old unit reunion, he met that one DOC that had known what to do to keep his old dad from ending up a cripple, and since then my son has wanted to be DOC.
I took him to my old unit reunion, he met that one DOC that had known what to do to keep his old dad from ending up a cripple, and since then my son has wanted to be DOC.
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