HEllo Jeff,

The Green Berets are US Army not the USMC.

Tom Rux

> On December 6, 2019 at 4:50 PM Jeff Zeitlin <xxxxxx@freelancetraveller.com> wrote:
>
>
> 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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