Friday, June 28, 2013

EFMB (No it does not stand for Efficient Fast Meticulous Barbarian)

EFMB is the Expert Field Medic Badge and it highest level skill set badge a person in the Medical field can achieve during peacetime.
It consists of  a 60 question test which is quite specific ie. which kind of rat droppings are from which rats that tend to carry which diseases, 3 "lanes" the practical skill sets, both night and day land navigation and a 12 mile ruck with 45lbs pack which must be completed in under 3 hours. Every step of the process is pass/fail and one fail disqualifies you.
Jeff spent a week training out in the field and another week in the field for the testing. It was nasty humid and there was a thunderstorm almost every day, except for the night land navigation then the storm happened at night.
Today he successfully finished the ruck and received his badge!
We are so proud













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