by Dropping The Helicopter <dgajdgsj@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
Jan 12, 2008 at 05:50 AM
Ares, God of War wrote:
> I'm wathcing moonlight. What is the difference between a doctor and
> a medic?
>
> (Mick St. John was a medic in World War 2, Leo in Charmed was a doctor
> in World War 2.)
A doctor is a doctor. A medic is an infantryman that's taken a combat
first aid course or two, wears an armband with a red cross on it, and
carries extra bandages instead of a rifle (at least in WWII (the big
one)). Due to the Geneva Conventions he's not allowed to be a
combatant. Nowadays my understanding is that there are no real "medics"
in the Geneva Convention sense (because the "no rifle" rule simply made
them well-marked targets for Nazi and Jap snipers in The Big One), and
one of the regular infantrymen is a sort of "designated combat first aid
guy", but he carries weapons just like the rest of them.
