'Heroes for Healthcare' law benefits military veterans, medical systems

Been trying that with school boards in some states for years, got to think medical boards will be even tougher.

Having done enlisted medical and both civilian jobs I have found at that level the military trains them for their specific mission and the civilian side can be same name but different in principle. We need to be very careful in thinking non-licensed personnel are as good or better than their civilian counter parts as while we spoon feed our enlisted to think they are better, that is not always the case. Our Army medics get some great training and then often join the labor pool at what ever post they get assigned with few ever doing the job.

MAJ Byron Oyler I worked with med techs and surgical techs in Air Force. The surgical techs could easily work in the civilian OR's without additional training, and many of the med techs I worked with, with a few extra courses, could easily become LPN's.

Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen - Some states allow enlisted medical personnel take the nursing boards for LPN with out additional school. Unfortunately for me Missouri isn't one of them. Most states will allow us to work as Medical Office Assistants in Clinics.