On Sat, 7 Dec 2019 00:18:53 +0000 (UTC), Phil Pugliese
<xxxxxx@yahoo.com> wrote:

> I do recall reading, at least twice, about Green Berets who were also MD's at the same time!

No reason why such people shouldn't exist - but I'll bet, as implied by the
paragraph you quoted, that the USMC trained Drs. Doe and Roe to be Green
Berets, rather than taking Corporals Gung and Ho and training them to be
MDs...

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>On Friday, December 6, 2019, 05:05:01 PM MST, Jeff Zeitlin <xxxxxx@freelancetraveller.com> wrote:
>Point taken, and I'm hoping that Eric Rhude will contribute to the issue.
>However... Herewith the first three paragraphs of the article:
>
>In Traveller, the typical player-character that falls into the role of
>party medic is simply the one that's managed to accumulate "Medical" skill
>somewhere along the line - he/she/it is still an Army or Marine soldier, a
>Navy spacer, a Scout, etc., first, and a doctor just by accident. But is
>that realistic? Do the various armed forces grab J. Random Enlistee, and
>teach him/her/it to be a doctor, or do they look for and recruit people who
>have already trained to become doctors, and then teach them the basic
>military skills that they will need in the service?
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