<P> Later--as part of an ongoing administrative revision of Army Enlisted MOSs--MOS 91W was redesignated 68W . </P> <P> Notable Medal of Honor recipients who served as combat medics include Joseph G. LaPointe Jr., Desmond Doss, and Thomas W. Bennett . </P> <P> After completion of Basic Combat Training, soldiers training for 68W10 ship to Fort Sam Houston, Texas for Advanced Individual Training (AIT). The AIT or job training may last for 16 to 68 weeks, depending what additional skill training is completed . Training includes a combination of lecture, hands - on, and practical field exercises with many skills--including starting intravenous lines--practiced on each other . The first part of the course focuses on CPR and EMT - Basic training and concludes with certification tests for both skills . Further training is on Army specific tasks . </P> <P> After assignment to a unit, 68Ws may, at the request of their unit's Physician Assistant (PA), attend any number of advanced topics . Topics are generally prescribed per each unit's functional role . For example, front - line combat medic (aka "line medic") may learn about advanced trauma treatments including venous cutdowns, placement of chest tubes, or use of specialty hemorrhage control methods . In the case of those attached to medical units, they may learn to administer medications which result in more definitive treatment than their civilian counterparts are allowed to . </P>

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