Yes you get your NREMT-Basic certification. You spend your first 8 weeks in a classroom with civilian instructors taking the civilian emt course. Your take the national registry then you go into Whiskey phase where everything changes.
@guitarhamster102 i know i'm just as bummed as you i was really hoping to become a 68w as a reservist but i'm going to be going to school to become an emt in the civilian world until a slot becomes available
@FuriousToucan Depends on the unit. a good u will make the Medic look like every one else. same weapon, same everything. Our new enemy does no follow the GC (rules of war) and will shoot the medic if they figure who s/he is. I bad way to make them stand out is to put them in the line of fire without a weapon. Most units give there Medics a weapon, hell I've seen medics carry 249's.
-.- yes being in the field is great......but the hospital setting well i get to answer to whiny Civ's. freaking hate the hospital.
the best advice i can give a Medic kill the enemy before he shot's ur buddy. And yes im in the the Army Active as a '68W'. And the hospital again blows!
I've seen both sides of the job. get ready to clean up poop and urine and blood and throw up off people....cuz guess wat thats the part of the job they dont tell you about.
when i joined the army we were 91W combat medics, and just before i got out they changed it to 68W. fort sam houston is probably one of the best duty stations in the ARMY
Let me help you guys out: Yes, you train on and use firearms. A medic in a deployed setting may carry BOTH an M4 (rifle) AND an M9- a 9 mil handgun. As for females not being put with infantry units, right in theory, but practice is a little different. Females are attached to and go out with infantry units frequently now- usually MP or Medic females- because males are not allowed to search females for weapons, etc. College education is free to active duty Soldiers.
@abbadaddy68w keik won't get attached to an infantry unit simply because she is a woman. I've never seen or heard of a female medic ever joining an infantry unit. She will most likely be placed into a support platoon or the BAS of her headquarters company. There is always a high chance every medic will see some sort of combat, but the M6 program is the best way to guarantee a job in the clinical side of the MOS. It is very competitive, however.
@Ipreventdeath The Army is changing this, M6 will becoming its own MOS. 68W who have the ASI as M6 will have to choose to be a 68W or a M6. and even as a M6 you still can deploy. and yea ive seen females in 101, out marching with the dude in Iraq. it happens.
@nationalguard Thats correct. I did my BCT at Fort Benning and then on to AIT at Fort Sam Houston. In AIT we qualified at Camp Bullis TX, because Fort Sam is a small post in the middle of san antonio and there are few ranges.
negative. 68w is an enlisted mos. if you want to preform some of the same functions as a 68w as an officer i would suggest Army Phisicians assistant school.
@samlikes69 @samlikes69 68W is an enlisted MOS, you can still enlist with a degree. If you're a licensed Emergency Medical Technician-Paramedic (not -Basic) or have a bachelor's degree, you can enlist at the rank of Specialist. If you want to do the hospital side, then you could be a physician's assistant, nurse, or physician (officers). If you're wanting to be attached to an Infantry platoon or company headquarters, then go enlisted.
@stnewton09: I want to join the Volunteer Ambulance Corps in my town. I'm 16 and I'm thinking of joining the NG at the age of 18. Is volunteer work good experience?
@stnewton09 incorrect. Im a Nationally Registered EMT-B and at the time i leave for basic (2 months) ill have an associates in Firefighting. I signed as CASP meaning in my contract I am an E-4 (specialist) and am accelerated to the 8th week of AIT
@Jahr30 im doing the same thing! if you dont mind me asking, how old are you? im finishing my AAS in emergency medicine and then going to BCT. i will be a nationally registered paramedic i will be 22 years old by then. what was the process like for you? and are you going active, guard or reserve?
@stnewton09 im a female and im getting my EMT-Paramedic and then going to basic. i will be 22 by the time i go to IET. i want my MOS to be 68W but i want to work in a clinic or base and not in close combat. how can i go about doing that once i enlist?
@keik Your best bet is to get a M6 slot in your contract. Everybody is going everywhere right now. you have as good a chance going to infantry as i do as a whiskey.
@samlikes69 well in this vid she's a standard "Sergeant" but I'm almost 100% sure they can be officers too. The real difference between Officer and Enlisted is just the pay and who demands the job to be done and who gets the job done
and Yes they do but you will still have to go through BMT/OCS (depending on whether you want to become an officer or stay enlisted) and go off to AIT for your MOS anyways to be specialized and certified in the ARMY, because of different/specific practices ya know
@samlikes69 No, you can not be an Officer and a Combat Medic or "Health Care Specialist." If you come in as an officer in the Medical Corps you will probably be a platoon leader or OIC of a clinic. Paperwork will be your job. If you have a medical license as a Doctor or Physician Assistant then you can direct commission.
I went to basic at Ft. Benning, AIT Ft. Sam, Airborne and RIP at Ft. Benning again, and I'm now part of the 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team in Italy... Let me put it this way... if all you have in your contract is 68w... no M6 or N9 or some other AIS DO NOT RAISE YOUR HAND AND SWEAR IN FOR THE SECOND TIME!! THERE IS STILL TIME TO CHANGE YOUR CONTRACT!!!!!!! Don't let your recruiter tell you different... being an airborne medic BLOWS!
@PrettyxBoy22 I'm looking at enlisting in a medic role in one of the armed forces(either 68W Army, Pararescue Air Force, or AST Coast Guard), I was wondering why you believe airborne medic blows? Is it simply because you don't really get a chance to do much outside of combat, or other reasons?
Thanks, both for your information and for serving.
Heading out to basic tomorrow to Ft. Sill Oklahoma, then heading to Ft. Sam Houston to train as a 68W, only thing that sucks is that i'll need a root canal at either basic or AIT lol!
Because after all that hard work you do in Fort Sam Houston you're still just a glorified EMT-Basic; the lowest level of EMT. To really go anywhere or make any real money on the outside getting either your EMT-I, EMT-P, or going the nursing route is the way to do it.
You know I wonder if these are REAL Soldiers or are actors playing Soldiers? This is a serious question
o13starsnstripes 1 week ago
Yes you get your NREMT-Basic certification. You spend your first 8 weeks in a classroom with civilian instructors taking the civilian emt course. Your take the national registry then you go into Whiskey phase where everything changes.
xhxntxrx 3 weeks ago
Big question.
I heard that this mos or maybe another mos in the national guard actually give you like an nremt license or emt license is this true?
drag0nninja 3 months ago
I trained as a 91a10 back in 87' and serves with the 3acr at ft. Bliss, these are all my brothers and sisters.TO CONSERVE FIGHTING STRENGTH
deathtrap68 4 months ago
HOOAH!
xXSgtWolfXx 5 months ago
I learned some of this at my 2nd drill in the Iowa Army National Guard!
YRUpouting 5 months ago
I learned some of this at my 2nd drill in the Iowa Army National Guard!!!
YRUpouting 5 months ago
There's noo more slot for 68W =(
guitarhamster102 5 months ago
@guitarhamster102 i know i'm just as bummed as you i was really hoping to become a 68w as a reservist but i'm going to be going to school to become an emt in the civilian world until a slot becomes available
overkill977 1 month ago
im leaving november 21st for basic training to be a medic in the army
private68w 6 months ago
@FuriousToucan Depends on the unit. a good u will make the Medic look like every one else. same weapon, same everything. Our new enemy does no follow the GC (rules of war) and will shoot the medic if they figure who s/he is. I bad way to make them stand out is to put them in the line of fire without a weapon. Most units give there Medics a weapon, hell I've seen medics carry 249's.
killersobe 6 months ago
-.- yes being in the field is great......but the hospital setting well i get to answer to whiny Civ's. freaking hate the hospital.
the best advice i can give a Medic kill the enemy before he shot's ur buddy. And yes im in the the Army Active as a '68W'. And the hospital again blows!
I've seen both sides of the job. get ready to clean up poop and urine and blood and throw up off people....cuz guess wat thats the part of the job they dont tell you about.
killersobe 6 months ago
when i joined the army we were 91W combat medics, and just before i got out they changed it to 68W. fort sam houston is probably one of the best duty stations in the ARMY
shadypark78 6 months ago
Let me help you guys out: Yes, you train on and use firearms. A medic in a deployed setting may carry BOTH an M4 (rifle) AND an M9- a 9 mil handgun. As for females not being put with infantry units, right in theory, but practice is a little different. Females are attached to and go out with infantry units frequently now- usually MP or Medic females- because males are not allowed to search females for weapons, etc. College education is free to active duty Soldiers.
redflygrrrl 6 months ago
She is fine!
Mintberrycrunch00 7 months ago
yes combat medic carry firearms if they are with a combat unit.
xhxntxrx 8 months ago
cant wait to go to fort sam. going to fort benning in july then to fort sam in september.
xhxntxrx 8 months ago
my grandpa was a medic in ww2 i don't think he saw any combat though
ridicul8 9 months ago
i'm going to become a Combat Nurse
ExstasyAirlines 9 months ago
@abbadaddy68w keik won't get attached to an infantry unit simply because she is a woman. I've never seen or heard of a female medic ever joining an infantry unit. She will most likely be placed into a support platoon or the BAS of her headquarters company. There is always a high chance every medic will see some sort of combat, but the M6 program is the best way to guarantee a job in the clinical side of the MOS. It is very competitive, however.
Ipreventdeath 9 months ago
@Ipreventdeath The Army is changing this, M6 will becoming its own MOS. 68W who have the ASI as M6 will have to choose to be a 68W or a M6. and even as a M6 you still can deploy. and yea ive seen females in 101, out marching with the dude in Iraq. it happens.
killersobe 6 months ago
How many National Guard bases are in California
JDR510 1 year ago
have fun working in the tmc lol
rketer 1 year ago
If you go through OCS after being a 68W for awhile, you graduate as a Physician's Assistant?
ProudazaPinoy 1 year ago
in the national guard what is a medical student and what do they do? requirements? ranks?
Chrisskates2 1 year ago
a friend told me you dont ever go through rifle training to become a combat medic. that true?
AsiAnPrince1 1 year ago
@AsiAnPrince1,
That is not true. All recruits go through basic rifle marksmanship training.
nationalguard 1 year ago 16
@nationalguard how many national guard bases are in california
JDR510 1 year ago
@nationalguard Thats correct. I did my BCT at Fort Benning and then on to AIT at Fort Sam Houston. In AIT we qualified at Camp Bullis TX, because Fort Sam is a small post in the middle of san antonio and there are few ranges.
shadypark78 6 months ago
Fort Sam Houston in Texas is where you train for 68W
graychi123 1 year ago
i want to be a medic when i grow up
rookiespartan 1 year ago
68W is my dream
3cheers4Ger 1 year ago
ive got my AIT comming up next year for my 68W training... 18weeks of training... ugggg... SARGENT DO I HAVE TO? haha hoo-ah!
blazex233 1 year ago
I'm also a combat medic. But i'n i the Royale Norwegian Airforce
StianDalby 1 year ago
can you be an officer 68w?
im gonna study and get my medical degree outside the states, do they count it at all?
samlikes69 2 years ago
negative. 68w is an enlisted mos. if you want to preform some of the same functions as a 68w as an officer i would suggest Army Phisicians assistant school.
jcj1230 2 years ago
@jcj1230 or nurse practitioner school, they have more autonomy then PAs
duneranger 1 year ago
@samlikes69 no you cant...officers are either nurses, pts or doctors
duneranger 1 year ago
@samlikes69 @samlikes69 68W is an enlisted MOS, you can still enlist with a degree. If you're a licensed Emergency Medical Technician-Paramedic (not -Basic) or have a bachelor's degree, you can enlist at the rank of Specialist. If you want to do the hospital side, then you could be a physician's assistant, nurse, or physician (officers). If you're wanting to be attached to an Infantry platoon or company headquarters, then go enlisted.
stnewton09 1 year ago
@stnewton09: I want to join the Volunteer Ambulance Corps in my town. I'm 16 and I'm thinking of joining the NG at the age of 18. Is volunteer work good experience?
3cheers4Ger 1 year ago
@stnewton09 incorrect. Im a Nationally Registered EMT-B and at the time i leave for basic (2 months) ill have an associates in Firefighting. I signed as CASP meaning in my contract I am an E-4 (specialist) and am accelerated to the 8th week of AIT
Jahr30 1 year ago
@Jahr30 im doing the same thing! if you dont mind me asking, how old are you? im finishing my AAS in emergency medicine and then going to BCT. i will be a nationally registered paramedic i will be 22 years old by then. what was the process like for you? and are you going active, guard or reserve?
keik 1 year ago
@stnewton09 im a female and im getting my EMT-Paramedic and then going to basic. i will be 22 by the time i go to IET. i want my MOS to be 68W but i want to work in a clinic or base and not in close combat. how can i go about doing that once i enlist?
keik 1 year ago
@keik Your best bet is to get a M6 slot in your contract. Everybody is going everywhere right now. you have as good a chance going to infantry as i do as a whiskey.
abbadaddy68w 1 year ago
@samlikes69 well in this vid she's a standard "Sergeant" but I'm almost 100% sure they can be officers too. The real difference between Officer and Enlisted is just the pay and who demands the job to be done and who gets the job done
and Yes they do but you will still have to go through BMT/OCS (depending on whether you want to become an officer or stay enlisted) and go off to AIT for your MOS anyways to be specialized and certified in the ARMY, because of different/specific practices ya know
Sharod101 1 year ago
@samlikes69 No, you can not be an Officer and a Combat Medic or "Health Care Specialist." If you come in as an officer in the Medical Corps you will probably be a platoon leader or OIC of a clinic. Paperwork will be your job. If you have a medical license as a Doctor or Physician Assistant then you can direct commission.
forgottenethics 1 year ago
do a search for "68W medic" on the zazzle website
MilitaryLinguist 2 years ago
I went to basic at Ft. Benning, AIT Ft. Sam, Airborne and RIP at Ft. Benning again, and I'm now part of the 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team in Italy... Let me put it this way... if all you have in your contract is 68w... no M6 or N9 or some other AIS DO NOT RAISE YOUR HAND AND SWEAR IN FOR THE SECOND TIME!! THERE IS STILL TIME TO CHANGE YOUR CONTRACT!!!!!!! Don't let your recruiter tell you different... being an airborne medic BLOWS!
PrettyxBoy22 2 years ago
@PrettyxBoy22 I'm looking at enlisting in a medic role in one of the armed forces(either 68W Army, Pararescue Air Force, or AST Coast Guard), I was wondering why you believe airborne medic blows? Is it simply because you don't really get a chance to do much outside of combat, or other reasons?
Thanks, both for your information and for serving.
DKruse88 1 year ago
@PrettyxBoy22 why is that.
schnsaint1 1 year ago
@PrettyxBoy22 why would you say that.
schnsaint1 1 year ago
its a step up from what we become as a 68w. The 68w is a combat medic and the 68wm6 is kind of equivalent to a nurse.
lortappe 2 years ago
@lortappe do a search for "68W Medic" on the zazzle website
MilitaryLinguist 2 years ago
yea thts the job i want healthcare specialist because i wanna be a nurse so what the heck i wanna help people and feel good doing it you feel me
scooter6610 2 years ago
yeah before you go to 68W ask about
68WM6 (LPN)
Spocktavian 2 years ago
Might as well be a RN, LPN is a waste of time. Trust me.
GHOSTntheMACHINE 2 years ago
Just swore in yesterday. 68w shipping out to fort sill in September 21st, 2009. Pretty psyched.
plasticine86 2 years ago
68W here. I swore in August 10 and ship to Ft. Leonard Wood Dec 30,2009 and I'm excited myself. Good luck to you!
ce222 2 years ago
good luck, the course is tough so start studying for your emt-b license now.
SteelAntiHero90 2 years ago
me too
norcaltke857 2 years ago
congratulations, you'll be leaving on my birthday. I'm signing up real soon too, just working on my college degree before I sign anything.
CRE8CBDK 2 years ago
good luck, the course of 68w is tough so start studying for your emt-b license now.
SteelAntiHero90 2 years ago
More money and more training. You can't get a job in the civilian world with an EMT-B license unless you want to live in a river bottom.
PinstripeJim 2 years ago
Heading out to basic tomorrow to Ft. Sill Oklahoma, then heading to Ft. Sam Houston to train as a 68W, only thing that sucks is that i'll need a root canal at either basic or AIT lol!
rambo89 2 years ago
THATS MY MOS!!!
AmandaWhitley1 2 years ago
haha grr i wanna become a combat medic!
what base do you go to train for whenyou go to basic and AIT
punkdude1668 2 years ago 4
Basic could be anywhere from Ft. Jackson to Ft. Benning, depends on availability and location. as for AIT thats at Ft. Sam Houston in San Antonio
rambo89 2 years ago
Fort Sill for Basic (depending on your AIT class date - your Basic training base could be different), Fort Sam Houston for AIT (becoming a 68w).
CRTRacing22 2 years ago
The base for basic is different but the AIT is always at Fort Sam Houston
SteelAntiHero90 2 years ago
@punkdude1668 fort sam, houston texas
ARCHIEzzle 1 year ago
@ARCHIEzzle Ahhh, Fort Sam! The stories I could tell....but won't. ;)
Vermontist 10 months ago 2
@punkdude1668 you go to fort sam houston, TX
kameosata 1 year ago
Because after all that hard work you do in Fort Sam Houston you're still just a glorified EMT-Basic; the lowest level of EMT. To really go anywhere or make any real money on the outside getting either your EMT-I, EMT-P, or going the nursing route is the way to do it.
DanHibikiFan 2 years ago
Money. Make 70K+ per year without overtime.
teletiger7 2 years ago
im going i may become a paramedic when i come out
kameronbc21 2 years ago 2