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Not On My Watch: The 21st Century Combat Medic

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These two veteran service medics have provided one of the most complete and readable books on the dedication and the demands of the medics who are the first responders for the wounded men and women going into harm's way. At times they question if they did all they could when a buddy "didn't make it". Over and over they reviewed their attempts while providing medical procedures. The stress they underwent while dealing with maiming and death was intense and personal. Their efforts made the difference when the hospital personnel received the injured.

The book "Not On My Watch: The 21st Century Combat Medic" is by real life combat medics Joshua Peters and Josh Fansler. It takes the reader on an insider's sometimes emotional accounting of what is behind today's headline news. The ongoing war on terrorism has taken a terrible toll on the men and women fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan and our medics have been there doing what they have been doing for centuries--trying to save lives. This book chronicles very well what their job, duty and life experiences have been like; it makes for fascinating reading.

This book is about sacrifice and about people. The authors do not try to portray themselves as some sort heroes or victims of war but just as flesh and blood men devoted to taking care of their fellow soldiers--doing what they have been trained to. They say that they only represent the many others who are doing the same kind of thing there now.

The book is very readable and flows in a first person narrative that brings the reader right into the action. Both authors did a creative job of blending their own stories into the book. The book is more than current history--it is a story of human beings dealing with adversity. It also deals with life and death and their fight to save lives.

The book should be read anyone seeking a more serious understanding of the war on terrorism from those on the front lines. This book receives "The Military Writer's Society of American's" highest book rating of FIVE STARS! It also gets my personal recommendation. This should be on your list of books to read! One of the best personal memoirs out about this war.

Impressive life events from two heros from the two fronts, Afghanistan and Iraq, during the war against terrorism. This book was extremely difficult to put down. I wanted to know what happened next. I have the honor of serving with these great Americans during OIF III. They are as true to heart everyday as they captured themselves in this book.

This book is a very good read if you want to know what the current day medic goes through during times of war. The stories were intense; parts made me chuckle, parts made want to cheer, and parts made me feel sorrow and brought tears to me eyes. I would like to shake the hands of all military persons but especially the medics for giving others a second chance. I'm currently trying to follow my fathers footsteps and become a medic in the Army. I'm being held up by a weiver; I'm really hoping it passes so I can give a fellow soldier a second chance. Thank you for this book.

I didn't like this book. It was more about the soldier's relationships with their families than about what they did during the war. There was one good story, the helicopter crash, that showed what medics do.

Let me first begin by explaining that I am a corpsman and that my title was meant as a good ribbing. This is a great book and I too had a hard time putting it down. The chapters are very quick reads and extremely insightful. I hope to meet the authors some day, as I think that I could put their experience to good use in the private sector. BZ boys!

This was overall a good read, however, it was not what I was expecting. I was hoping for more stories about the patient care aspect of a Combat Medics job.

It did give me an idea of the role of the combat medic and how it differs from the role of the US Navy Hospital Corpsman.

I would have liked more patient care stores and more informaiton about the training rquired to become a medic and the training recieved prior to going to the "sandbox"