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... > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >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? > > > >----- > >The Traveller Mailing List > >Archives at http://archives.simplelists.com/tml > >Report problems to xxxxxx@simplelists.com > >To unsubscribe from this list please go to > >http://archives.simplelists.com > > ®Traveller is a registered trademark of > Far Future Enterprises, 1977-2018. Use of > the trademark in this notice and in the > referenced materials is not intended to > infringe or devalue the trademark. > > -- > Jeff Zeitlin, Editor > Freelance Traveller > The Electronic Fan-Supported Traveller® Resource > xxxxxx@freelancetraveller.com > http://www.freelancetraveller.com > > Freelance Traveller extends its thanks to the following > enterprises for hosting services: > > onCloud/CyberWeb Enterprises (http://www.oncloud.io) > The Traveller Downport (http://www.downport.com) > ----- > The Traveller Mailing List > Archives at http://archives.simplelists.com/tml > Report problems to xxxxxx@simplelists.com > To unsubscribe from this list please go to > http://www.simplelists.com/confirm.php?u=zZOCJCw2BI9jPrGTB4OJoibiHbbTEiok
