Talk:68W

message: What's a MOS?  can someone fill in the full term for the MOS first refrence? Mike McGregor (Can) 17:56, 16 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  Has it occured to anyone that combat medics exist in other nationalities other than the USA? In the UK a combat medic is not refered to under 6 8 whisket so if anything a merger should retain the title combat medic.WikipedianProlific(Talk) 06:48, 12 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: It may not have occurred to other folk, nonetheless, I am agreeable to that type of merge. Navou banter 10:27, 12 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Support merge, nonetheless. There is nothing from keeping the combat medic article from having subsections. MadMaxDog 10:05, 23 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: What's

message: Actually, it's 9 Weeks of Basic and 16 Weeks of AIT. And you obtain the EMT-Intermeidate rating from National Registry of EMT, but can do much more above that in terms of scope of practice. You are also able to attempt to test to obtain your paramedic. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 66.190.178.41 (talk) 07:34, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  From a soldier training to be a 68W 

message: I support the merge for one reason. Combat Medics teach CLS to other MOS's.  If I have time I wouldn't mind adding more info to both subjects as far as training and equipment used.  As far as the previous statement about numbered suffix. 68W10 denotes skill level 10, SPC/CPL and below. Sergeants are 68W20, Staff Sergants 68W30, Sergeant First Class 68W40.  I believe at the rank of First Sergeant the MOS changes to 68Z.  There are skill identifiers for the 68 series, but P does not stand for paratrooper. P3 is Ophthalmic Assistant, N9 is Physcial therapy specialist, M6 is Licsenced Practical Nurse, etc.
So, I have no idea who put the above information in because they did not sign it. P does stand for Parachutist, but only when you are talking about SQI vs. ASI. An SQI is a Special Qualification Identifier. An ASI is an Additional Skill Identifier. Sounds confusing, but an ASI is usually something that is somewhat related to your MOS, whereas an SQI is MOS Immaterial. For example there can be an 11B2P, but there cannot be an 11B2O M6. 75.70.33.110 (talk) 03:05, 26 July 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Support Merge 

message: Just look at the description (paraphrasing here): "Whether it be fighting alongside their comrades, saving downed allies, or getting education to work in a hospital after their service....."
Like i said i paraphrased but it's frighteningly close to what's actually written. I mean, it ta-------
you know....just read the description part and you'll see what i mean.
I put a tag (or whatever you call them) up for advertising and POV-Check, both of which will agree with me i (strongly) believe.
-Indalcecio (talk) 01:20, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Bad news is that most of this article seems to be directly copied from the Army recruitment website. The good news is that it is very factual and as a U.S. government publication it is in the Public Domain, and can legally be copied wholesale. I don't think the "author" intended to recruit anyone, but was just lazy by copying instead of using original writing. Cuvtixo (talk) 02:08, 15 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  I may not be experienced with editing wikipedia, but it's NOT supposed to recruit people, right? 

message: How many hours training is required of a Combat Lifesaver, and is there a civilian equivalent?
Likewise, I think the article could give a better idea of the civilian equivalents of the various levels of the 68W. I gathered from this talk page, but not from the article, that a rookie 68W is like an EMT -Intermediate? - 121.208.89.240 (talk) 08:20, 12 September 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Combat Lifesaver (CLS)

message: Should the section on 18D be expanded upon, and the name of the article changed to Medic (United States Army)? The reason being 18D being its own MOS and requiring additional training. Grouping it the way it is now would be like taking the former 91C (LVN/LPN), and saying it should fall under 68W because it requires that one pass 91B first.
By the way former army medic myself. --RightCowLeftCoast (talk) 16:37, 14 July 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  18D 

message: Aside from the fact that there are factual errors in the EFMB/CMB section (after 1993ish Army Medical Department Soldiers organic to Brigade level and lower Infantry, Armor, and Cavalry units are eligible to receive the Combat Medical Badge if they meet the other requrements) I think it probably should be eliminated from this article entirely.  Any Army Medical Department Soldier may test for the EFMB, and while most recipients of the CMB will be 68Ws, the badge is not exclusive to their MOS.  Also, there are a number of badges that they can wear that aren't mentioned.  Finally, there are separate article pages for the EFMB and CMB.  I'd recommend the section be removed.Eltrace (talk) 12:51, 5 August 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Expert Field Medical Badge/Combat Medical Badge