SFC John Scanlon

SFC John Scanlon

Dates of Service: no date specified
RETIRED
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Deployments

(3 years, 5 months)
Aug 2006 - Nov 2007
Iraq ribbon
Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF)
PSG of an aid station, ran medical Ops at two COPS, and was in charge of MEDCAPS. I was SSG then, when new SFC came in I took off working COP Gator Swamp and COP Corregidor, also going on convoy OPS with our D Trp, acting as both their Medic and a TC.
Jan 2005 - Jan 2006
Egypt
Egypt
started as NCOIC of Emergency operations, turned it into trauma teams. I was also an instructor of EMT, CLS, Trauma training, Air EVAC Ops, was the HAZMAT Handler and the lead safety NCO for MEDCO.
Jan 1995 - Jun 1995
Guantanamo Bay, Cuba
started as extra personnel so they sent me to be a guard in the psych ward camp. They thought I was infantry when I arrived but soon found out I was a medic, they then assigned me duty as a medic attached to a Naval Psych Team. We were there when GTMO was tents and fences. We handled Cuban and Haitian refugees.
Aug 1994 - Oct 1994
TF Dominican
E-4 medic sent instead of NCO, assumed the Job of PA covering a border that was 187 miles long. I was main medical resource on border for teams from five countries. This was an undeclared UN Mission

Military Credentials

Professional Development Schools

May 2001 - Jul 2001

Oct 1997 - Feb 1998

91B BNCO, Ft Sam Houston, TX

Dec 1994 - Jan 1995

PLDC, I Corps

Individual & Special Skill Schools

Feb 2003 - Mar 2003

CHCS II Platform trainer, RACH, Ft Sill,OK

Dec 2002

CHCS I (Hospital Computer system)

Dec 2002

Healthcare Hospitality, Reynolds Army Community Hospital

Oct 1999

Risk Management for NCOs, Ft Rucker

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