[quote=Rogue] Lastly, on the subject of medic/corpsmen, Navy also has a further qualification called "independent steam Corpsman", mostly on Subs and they are closer to a PA than a Corpsman.
Dumbazz, they're called Independent Duty Corpsmen, or IDC's. Those who've graduated from both the SOF Medical course called SOCM, and the IDC course, are called SOIDC's. Those guys are scarce as hen's teeth in both MARSOC and the NAVSPCWAR units.
There is only ONE unit that requires it medics to pass ALL portions of ALL the gates required of an SF Medic.
I wouldn't expect you to know all of that, as that isn't your wheelhouse, just like I don't know anything about carrier landings, except I don't think I'd have any trouble performing one with a bit of training.
