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Well, I‘ve been astounded yet again. The Canadian Forces Medical Services, or health services, or dental and ballroom dancing services (they‘ve changed their name too many times to keep track) have dealt the killer blow to medics everywhere. They‘ve sent a letter to all medics saying that they‘ll be forced to leave their units and join a local medical company.
Could someone out there please sound a death knell for medics who are still soldiers?
What happened to the days of the combat medic? Is there anyone else out there who thinks that having attached medical personnel with useful soldiering skills applicable to the trade they‘re working with is a GOOD idea? Is there anyone else who thinks that a medic with nominal soldiering skills is a liability in tactical situations? And no, MLOC alone does not cut it, even if it were done properly.
So now, all medics not in a medical unit are being faced with the following choices;
1. Leave the CF
2. Remuster to some other trade
3. Abandon your unit, your regimental pride, your friends, and your soldiering skills, and show up at some medical company, hoping that they might task you out to your home unit once in a year.
If anyone needs me, I‘ll be in mourning for the death of the UMS medic.
Could someone out there please sound a death knell for medics who are still soldiers?
What happened to the days of the combat medic? Is there anyone else out there who thinks that having attached medical personnel with useful soldiering skills applicable to the trade they‘re working with is a GOOD idea? Is there anyone else who thinks that a medic with nominal soldiering skills is a liability in tactical situations? And no, MLOC alone does not cut it, even if it were done properly.
So now, all medics not in a medical unit are being faced with the following choices;
1. Leave the CF
2. Remuster to some other trade
3. Abandon your unit, your regimental pride, your friends, and your soldiering skills, and show up at some medical company, hoping that they might task you out to your home unit once in a year.
If anyone needs me, I‘ll be in mourning for the death of the UMS medic.