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minus-squareBarqsHasBite@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down2·22 hours agoMedic has the common connotation of emergency medic, also called corpsman in the military.
minus-squareNeilBrü@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·2 hours ago also called Navy corpsman in the military USMC
minus-squareFishFace@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 hours agoIt can do, but that’s no basis on which to say “they weren’t a medic”. You can correctly call a physician a medic.
minus-squareBarqsHasBite@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down1·4 hours agoSigh. Common connotation.
minus-squarezaperberry@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·22 hours agoOdd thing to nitpick, but since we ARE nitpicking; medics might be referred to as corpsman in the US military. Other countries with militaries have them too. We just call them medics. There’s a whole world outside of the USA.
minus-squarefrongt@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up1·21 hours agoThey’re only corpsmen in the Navy. In the other branches they’re medics, except the Marines which don’t have any (they borrow corpsmen from the Navy).
minus-squareBarqsHasBite@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·21 hours ago medics That’s also my point.
Medic has the common connotation of emergency medic, also called corpsman in the military.
It can do, but that’s no basis on which to say “they weren’t a medic”. You can correctly call a physician a medic.
Sigh. Common connotation.
Odd thing to nitpick, but since we ARE nitpicking; medics might be referred to as corpsman in the US military. Other countries with militaries have them too. We just call them medics.
There’s a whole world outside of the USA.
They’re only corpsmen in the Navy. In the other branches they’re medics, except the Marines which don’t have any (they borrow corpsmen from the Navy).
That’s also my point.