Deja Vu?

A Conversation in my Medical Centre some 12 years ago...

Senior Medic: Choco is new, inexperienced, and I don't really like him... Send him to the battery line and be a battery medic. HQ got enough medics already...

My Helpful Senior: But Choco is very hardworking. He is genuinely serious about his duties and is proficient in medical knowledge. I think he should stay in HQ.

Dr Barry, my Medical Officer: Choco can assist me. He's good. Let him stay in HQ.

Senior Medic: ....... ....... ....... Hmmm (sneering and thinking)... Then I'll give him a hard time in HQ...

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Index

- Senior Medic => a regular soldier medic who is trained in military medicine. The only regular soldier in every medical centre. Usually bossy in nature and not well-liked.

- Battery => a group of artillery gunners in a battalion. The equivalent of a platoon in an infantry unit.

- HQ medic => a medic who is deployed in the headquarters of the battalion. He'll work very closely with the Medical Officer and other HQ medics to perform more sophisticated field medical treatment or operations and are usually better in skills and knowledge.

- Medical Officer => the highest ranking NSF in the SAF. Usually does not have a good working relationship with Senior Medics simply because he is not a regular.

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Strangely, I wonder if I'm beginning to have a feeling of Deja Vu...

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