The Navy is Sending Corpsmen to Chicago for Training Because it's 'the closest thing to a war...

I'm going to keep my dark humor and insensitive comments to myself.

Actually this is not new. Baltimore and St. Louis have historically been the go-to places. There is one in Ohio as well and can't recall as we did not utilize it as much. Scottsdale as well. Different AFSCs were focused into those areas for training. I could give you more background on the program- bottom line is most AD docs don't get trauma time and when deployed they freeze up. ANG/AFRES docs are working in real practices and are required to do this as well. My ER doc had to attend...waste of time for him. You can waiver, but AD won't let him play in the sand without this specific training.

SMSgt Lawrence McCarter SrA Christopher Wright Sgt Randy Wilber SGT Gregory Lawritson Cpl (Join to see) Lt Col Scott Shuttleworth LTC (Join to see) MSG Frederick Otero SFC Pete Kain SSG David Andrews LCDR (Join to see) PO1 Tony Holland SCPO Morris Ramsey SPC Margaret Higgins SGT Jim Arnold SFC William H. PO1 William "Chip" Nagel SGT Charles H. Hawes CPL Dave Hoover TSgt Joe C.

Special Forces has been doing this for some time. The four most violent cities afford a uncomfortable opportunity to train for trauma. I saw consistently more violent trauma in Philadelphia than Iraq. The shootings stabbings etc were predictable and honed my trauma skills for war. The democratically controlled “gun free zones” all are havens for violent crime. Chicago, Baltimore, saint Louis, Washington DC, parts of California and Arizona provide fun violence galore for your training to develop trauma excellence.