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the expert field medical badge is a

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special skill award for recognition of

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exceptional competence and outstanding

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performance by field medical personnel .

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The EF M . B is the utmost challenge to

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the professional competence and

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physical endurance of the soldier medic .

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It is the most sought after peacetime

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award in army medicine . While the

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combat medical badge is the portrait of

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courage in wartime , the EF M . B is

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the portrait of excellence in the army

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at all time . Nearly 50 soldiers

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assigned to Army Reserve Medical

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Command participated in rigorous

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training to prepare for the EF M . B .

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Test at Fort McCoy , Wisconsin ,

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november 6th to 10th 2022 . This gives

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us the opportunity to train up which a

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lot of us being in the reserves . We

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don't have a daily ability to do So the

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expert field medical badge , it's one

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of the highest and most difficult

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badges . You can earn an army overall

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and especially in the medical field ,

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it really helps you stand out . So it's

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always been a personal goal and

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professional goal giving your soldiers

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this opportunity , you can train at

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your home station running through some

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of these medical lanes and you know ,

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practice going to the range is

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routinely . So you're familiar with the

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weapons systems . It has been an

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amazing experience . This is my first

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time doing it . So getting exposed to

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this allows me to really take this time

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to learn all the material for the

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actual event that will be happening in

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april and may , I'm expecting the

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course to kick my but honestly it's

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gonna be tough and it's tough for a

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reason . So the standards very clear

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and I'm hoping I can meet that . I

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would say don't be afraid to try it .

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If it's something you always wanted to

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do , you're never too old or too young

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or too out of shape , push yourself to

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the limits and you can get it done . So ,

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having the badge gives you that

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opportunity to to own it and to say , I

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know what I'm doing and I'm the best at

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it .