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Jan 23, 2017 i graduated the special operations combat medic socm program in june 20 as part of my pipeline to become a ranger medic. Dec 10, 2019 its usually shortened to delta force, combat applications group, or cag. What you see is what you get no stock photos used, no substitutions. Battle medics represent people who focus their energies on learning to heal and fight on the front lines. Delta force tactical medic patch, swat in color patches. Although the program constantly undergoes changes to make it more effective, the core components have remained fairly. Due to the wide variety of missions, special forces medical sergeants are trained swimmers, paratroopers and survival experts, as well as trained in many forms of combat.
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