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Petty Officer 3rd Class Toby League, a Navy Corpsmen from Naval Support Activity Naples, Italy and a candidate for the 2011 U.S. Army Europe Expert Field Medical Badge Standardization and Testing, pull a casualty through the woods during part of Combat Lane 3 on Aug. 3, 2011 at the Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany. League is one of a handful of joint and multinational service members working toward the U.S. Army medical community's most prestigious professional badge. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Trisha Pinczes)

Petty Officer 3rd Class Toby League, Naval Support Activity Naples, Italy, a candidate for the 2011 U.S. Army Europe Expert Field Medical Badge Standardization and Testing, calls for an evacuation of casualties as part of Combat Testing Lane 3 Aug. 3, 2011 at the Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany. League is one of a handful of joint and multinational service members working toward the U.S. Army medical community's most prestigious professional badge. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Trisha Pinczes)

Petty Officer 3rd Class Toby League, Naval Support Activity Naples, Italy, straps a casualty onto a litter with the help of staff support as part of Combat Testing Lane 3 for the 2011 U.S. Army Europe Expert Field Medical Badge Standardization and Testing Aug. 3, 2011 at the Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany. League is one of a handful of joint and multinational service members working toward the U.S. Army medical community's most prestigious professional badge. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Trisha Pinczes)

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August 8, 2011
Spc. Trisha Pinczes

GRAFENWOHR, Germany - Air hissed between the teeth of Petty Officer 3rd Class Toby League as he maneuvered under a barbed wire fence obstacle as part of Combat Testing Lane 3 during the 2011 U.S. Army Europe Expert Field Medical Badge (EFMB) Standardization and Testing Aug. 3.


Naval Corpsmen rarely are seen training with U.S. Army Soldiers, however, League and Seaman Corey Keating, are participating in the EFMB in order to further improve the overall standard of care down range.

"It broadens your scope," Keating said. "Everyone does their patient assessments and field exams differently so you can pick and choose between different things and build a larger knowledge base."

Working with Soldiers brought about a new way of thinking for the two sailors participating in this event.

"I didn't know what to expect as a corpsman out here in a group of Army," he said. "I got to meet a lot of these guys and you hear stories here and there but meeting them and working with them really changes your mind about it."

For League, with two combat deployments under during his belt, working with Soldiers was more familiar than expected.

"These guys, a lot of them are combat deployed like myself," he said. "We've seen a lot of different things that we relate to since we've been in a lot of the same places."

As Sailors, League and Keating participate in the testing, they faced several difficulties adjusting to the Army requirements of the tasks.

"The one that I'm really worried about is the land navigation," League said.
"We don't really get to do that much since in the Navy after all, there's not much land in the ocean."

Keating expected to run into some difficulties when he performs his run-through of CTL 3.

"I'm expecting some of the more difficult points to be the extraction from the vehicle," he said. "The radio as well because I haven't really dealt with that at all."

While run-throughs and demos of all required tasks are performed several times before testing, the EFMB still remains a serious challenge regardless of military branch.

"Most of my Marine buddies would probably laugh about this because they think the Army's a bit of a joke, but it's pretty serious," League said. "They push these guys real hard, just look at the pass fail rate, not half of these guys are going to make it, I'm not even sure I will honestly."
 

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