ISBN: 1780965958 9781780965956

Category: History / Military / United States

Page count: 153

<b>Patrick Thibeault has served in the US Army in various capacities since the 1990s, originally training as an Airborne soldier before specialising as a combat medic.</b><br><i><br></i><i>My Journey as a Combat Medic </i>covers his original training and deployment before providing a look at the roles he's since played in the US Army's forces, including his recent deployment to Afghanistan.<br><br>It is a no-holds bar look at the modern medic in the US Army, allowing us a glimpse at the training as a soldier and as a specialist, as well as deployment and front line duties and the impact of service on civilian life, including an honest look at PTSD, from the author's own personal experience.<br><br>Rather than a technical manual, <i>My Journey as a Combat Medic</i> is a detailed first hand account, concluding with a letter to new medics, providing a career's worth of advice and knowledge as they begin their journeys.