I joined the National Guard/Army Reserves in 1971, signing up to go to training for MOS 91-A-10 medical corpsman.
Somehow, in my mind, I figured that might make me less of a target on a battlefield.
The last week of medical school I got a letter from back home telling me they entire state guard had been reorganized and that when I got back they were going to convert me to MOS 11-B-10.
So I ended up driving Armored Personnel Carriers around for 6 years.
Yeah, a big, square, slow moving target on the battlefield, defended only by a 50 cal. machine gun.
Things don’t always work out like you plan them...
especially with uncle sam.
medics are a prime target because they treat everyone else. and the rwd cross makes a good aiming point.
I’ll readily admit I’m not well but when I hear big, square,slow movin target, I think kotex
did ya know you can wear tampons from the ear now ? saw it on the t.v.
I wanted to be a tanker and ended up a 13 E, FDC. 3 years later I was in Germany and assigned as a forward observer for a tank company. since the battery was short 1 2LT, I got to be the company FO. I spent the next two years commanding and FOing from an M-60A2 tank. Thus I became a tanker. Years later, after being commissioned I showed up to be the Cav Sqdn S-2 and the commander asked “how do you like the cold down here at Graf (I arrived in Feb and the squadron was at gunnery) I said- Is isn’t much different from before sir, I’m prior service and this is my 14th or 15th trip here and I was with B-1-32 armor for 2 years as FO experimenting with FIST and had to qualify on table 8....That ended my being a “MI weinie” in the commanders eyes and I was accepted as a family member.