Tag: Medic

Serpentorslair Staff · March 14, 2024

G.I. Joe Inside The Filecards Featuring ‘DOC’!

March 14, 2024March 14, 2024 Serpentorslair Staff56M Religious Affairs Specialist, 62B Field Surgeon, 68W Healthcare Specialist MOS, chaplain protection, Chaplain's Assistant, chaplain's assistant contradiction, college for military service, Doc term, Doc's filecard, doctor's degree military path, E-4 Specialist, enlisted MOS, forward operating base medical clinic, front line trauma services, G.I. Bill, G.I. Joe Doc, Hospital Corpsman, Medic, Medical Doctor, medical doctors in military, officer candidate school, officers, operating room, pacifist military role, ROTC, US Army medic, US Navy0 comment

Story by Staff Writer Shaft Today we look at G.I. Joe Doc. Doc is a “Medic” with a PMS of “Medical Doctor” and SMS of “Chaplain’s Assistant”. Technically a US Army medic is someone in the 68W Healthcare Specialist MOS, which is an enlisted MOS and not for officers. And the term “Doc” is usually referred to these 68W’s (and Hospital Corpsman’s in the US Navy). What also contradicts on Doc’s filecard is the “Chaplain’s Assistant” SMS. A chaplain’s assistant (a 56M Religious Affairs Specialist) is the enlisted soldier who…

G.I. Joe Inside The Filecards Featuring ‘STALKER’

February 1, 2024February 1, 2024 Serpentorslair Staff18D Medical Sergeant, 18F Intelligence Sergeant, 75th Infantry Regiment (Ranger), 75th Ranger Regiment, 89D EOD, Advanced Infantry Training, E-7 rank, EOD Specialist, G.I. Joe Stalker, Hasbro action figures, Infantry, Interpreter, Language training in the military, LRRP units, M-14 rifle, Marvel Comics, Medic, Military branches in the US Army, Military Intelligence, Military Intelligence School, Military reclassification, Military training and specialties, Ranger School, Real-world military vs fiction, Special Forces, US Army Ranger, Vietnam War0 comment

Story by Staff Writer SHAFT Today I take a look at G.I. Joe ‘Stalker‘. He is listed as “Ranger” and has a PMS of “Infantry” and SMS of “Medic” and “Interpreter”. We once again are into potentially three different US Army branches of Infantry, Medical Department and Military Intelligence, which would not be possible in a real world scenario. First let’s look at the word “Ranger’. This can be ambiguous as the US Army has two different types of Rangers: A soldier going through Ranger School which is open to…