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<blockquote data-quote="Buffalobob" data-source="post: 99838" data-attributes="member: 8"><p>Rem.</p><p></p><p>I would echo every thing Dave said except for minor points that aren't worth discussing.</p><p></p><p>It is my understanding that you can sign a garuanteed contract with the Army for certain hard to fill specialties. As Dave said, a medic has the third most dangerous job in the army during combat. Never equate courage with carrying a gun. Courage is throwing your gun down and taking the aid bag and running across an open field or rice paddy to a wounded man and making sure he doesn't die while people are shooting at YOU.</p><p></p><p>A couple of points. Parachute pay- known as jump pay is extra money above your basic pay. Same for combat pay. A couple of years of jumping out of airplanes and carrying heavy backpacks will damage you spinal column for the rest of your life. Within a year of getting out of the army I was flat on my back in bed taking prescription muscle relaxers. All of that said, I played league basketball until a couple of years ago when I shattered my right hand and I ran marathons so it is not as bad as all that.</p><p></p><p>If you do not sign a guarantee then you are at the mercy of a huge impersonal gov't machine.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Buffalobob, post: 99838, member: 8"] Rem. I would echo every thing Dave said except for minor points that aren't worth discussing. It is my understanding that you can sign a garuanteed contract with the Army for certain hard to fill specialties. As Dave said, a medic has the third most dangerous job in the army during combat. Never equate courage with carrying a gun. Courage is throwing your gun down and taking the aid bag and running across an open field or rice paddy to a wounded man and making sure he doesn't die while people are shooting at YOU. A couple of points. Parachute pay- known as jump pay is extra money above your basic pay. Same for combat pay. A couple of years of jumping out of airplanes and carrying heavy backpacks will damage you spinal column for the rest of your life. Within a year of getting out of the army I was flat on my back in bed taking prescription muscle relaxers. All of that said, I played league basketball until a couple of years ago when I shattered my right hand and I ran marathons so it is not as bad as all that. If you do not sign a guarantee then you are at the mercy of a huge impersonal gov't machine. [/QUOTE]
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