[sten]

Like many medics and Navy corpsmen, the U.S. military’s front-line medical professionals, Carney’s skills translated to almost nothing in the civilian world.

sorry... someone please explain how their skills wouldn't immediately apply to EMT style jobs

[COBOL2Java]

sorry... someone please explain how their skills wouldn't immediately apply to EMT style jobs

That's detailed in the story, had the link been supplied. I found the link: Former medics find themselves on bottom rung in civilian field

[donozark]

In civilian life, ya gotta have the sheepskin. Other than nursing aides/assistants, medics are not immediately qualified without additional training.

[mrsmith]

“explain how their skills wouldn’t immediately apply to EMT style jobs “

Military medics don’t deal with age and drug addict complications.
Check out the types of calls civilian EMTs get: they’re very different from military emergencies.

Of course their advanced skills in trauma should be accredited.