It is getting pretty silly, perhaps we should start a sticky.
BTW, I like your question-answer style of prose. Will the military ever send you to a school that's irrelevant to your job? Yes. Will they then utilize that training? No. Will the Lakers catch the Spurs in the standings? No. Will the Lakers dominate in the playoffs? Yes!
This discussion is moot. Whether or not you go thru any course, and whether or not your were prior SF . . .if you're now a medical officer, the CO of the SF unit will not allow you to go out on an op, unless he's looking to lose his job. Why would he do so? You probably haven't done anything SF in a while (during medical school+training), you probably haven't trained with that unit (as much as say, an SF medic), and thus you would pose a great liability to that unit and the mission at hand. And if it does happen (a medical officer playing as a shooter), it must be done in a very back-door wink wink type of situation, probably without the CO knowing of it.
Once again, we conclude, if you wanna kill, join the line first. And to those of you who have done such work, thank you for your service. You can take pride in having done a job, where your life was actually on the line, for the sake of the common good. Many people can't claim that.
Now, go study your F-in medicine. B/c in 12 years, if you're treating my kids and you provide a substandard level of care--all the while puffing out your chest with all its glitter, somehow thinking you can overcompensate for your lack of medical knowledge by touting your prior SF service----then Im gonna take your chest candy and pin it to your forehead and do what I can to make sure you lose your patient privileges. If that's your intent all along, please go into something non-clinical (aka worthless), like 'Preventive Medicine' or 'Occupational Health'.
