Posted on Apr 16, 2018
Do Prior Service Enlisted have to attend AMEDD DCC (Direct Commission Course)?
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I just spoke with branch and they advised me that all AMEDD direct commission officers have to attend DCC. When I asked if this applied to prior service, I didn't really get an answer. My understanding is that other branches count BMT/BCT as a substitute for this. Does anyone have feedback or comments? Thanks in advance!
Army Medical Department Basic Officer Leader Course (AMEDDBOLC)
70B: Health Services Administration
Direct Commission
AMEDD C&S
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UPDATE: Just got back from this course and I learned a lot more than I thought I would. There are a number of things enlisted soldiers don’t really learn. Aside from the curricula, I learned a lot about patience and got some tough lessons in leadership. Onto the next one!
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2LT (Join to see) wasn't when I went. It's a 28 day course that's a commissioning source. You do take one at BOLC the day after you arrive.
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CPT (Join to see) Can you post a sample training schedule for DCC? Like a list of activities that are performed (Example: NBC/Gas Chamber, 16k Ruck march, Confidence course etc..)
I'm trying to understand how much overlap there is in training between DCC and Basic Training.
Thank you.
I'm trying to understand how much overlap there is in training between DCC and Basic Training.
Thank you.
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1LT (Join to see) it may have changed a little bit since I went in July 2018 but the basics:
Uniform Purchasing and AR 670-1 Training
Day Land Navigation
Basic Rifle Marksmanship (Zero, Qual)
M9 Awareness (assemble / disassemble)
NBC Chamber
Diagnostic APFT
Ruck March
TA-50 Introduction
Introduction to PRT with daily PT
Introduction to Drill and Ceremony
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Uniform Purchasing and AR 670-1 Training
Day Land Navigation
Basic Rifle Marksmanship (Zero, Qual)
M9 Awareness (assemble / disassemble)
NBC Chamber
Diagnostic APFT
Ruck March
TA-50 Introduction
Introduction to PRT with daily PT
Introduction to Drill and Ceremony
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Looks like it’s official. Just got this email even though I commissioned in JAN. Someone’s ears must’ve been tingling haha
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I just got this same email today and fired off about 9 emails to my recruiter before finding this post....
If you read the welcome letter on the school house’s website, you’ll see that on week one they take you to clothing and sales to purchase uniforms, then you in-process the Army, go to medical and dental, etc. I guess I’m just wondering what they will do with us prior service who don’t need these things? I have 15 years worth of uniforms, I don’t need any more!
If you read the welcome letter on the school house’s website, you’ll see that on week one they take you to clothing and sales to purchase uniforms, then you in-process the Army, go to medical and dental, etc. I guess I’m just wondering what they will do with us prior service who don’t need these things? I have 15 years worth of uniforms, I don’t need any more!
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This question brought back a funny memory.
In the mid-1980s the Army in Europe was critically short of doctor's. The shortage was the catalyst that started the Physician Assistant (PA) program. However, even with PAs, battalion sized units (~600 soldiers plus family members) needed at least one physician in place.
There was a US armored cavalry unit in the town where I was stationed. It had gone through some tough times - bad discipline, trouble with the local nationals and Polizei, etc. It got so bad the the unit commander was relieved and a new commander was installed with the mandate to whip the unit into shape, which he was doing with vigor - lots of PT, relatively severe punishments for infractions and so forth.
At this time the unit received its brand new doctor. He had just received his direct commission as a captain and because the shortage was so critical Dr. (CPT) X- was not sent to Ft. Sam Houston for the Medical Officer Direct Commision Course. Instead, he was assigned directly from his home in Brooklyn and arrived with no uniforms or any idea of what a Private was let alone a Lt. Col., who was a stickler for military protocol. A day or so later, Dr. X-, now in a new set of BDUs, ran into the unit commander on the street and greeted him with a wave of his hand and in his finest Brooklyn accent said "Hi, howz it goin'?" Needless to say the unit commander went apoplectic and chewed out the good doctor as only thee commander could. From that day forward Dr X- did his best to avoid his nemesis and maintained a very low profile whenever the two of them were in the same room.
Postscript: Dr. X- did eventually learn the ways of the Army. He also learned the authority that a unit's surgeon had when it came to medical matters and would use it, often to the consternation of the commander. He was also a great doc who served all of us in the community very well
In the mid-1980s the Army in Europe was critically short of doctor's. The shortage was the catalyst that started the Physician Assistant (PA) program. However, even with PAs, battalion sized units (~600 soldiers plus family members) needed at least one physician in place.
There was a US armored cavalry unit in the town where I was stationed. It had gone through some tough times - bad discipline, trouble with the local nationals and Polizei, etc. It got so bad the the unit commander was relieved and a new commander was installed with the mandate to whip the unit into shape, which he was doing with vigor - lots of PT, relatively severe punishments for infractions and so forth.
At this time the unit received its brand new doctor. He had just received his direct commission as a captain and because the shortage was so critical Dr. (CPT) X- was not sent to Ft. Sam Houston for the Medical Officer Direct Commision Course. Instead, he was assigned directly from his home in Brooklyn and arrived with no uniforms or any idea of what a Private was let alone a Lt. Col., who was a stickler for military protocol. A day or so later, Dr. X-, now in a new set of BDUs, ran into the unit commander on the street and greeted him with a wave of his hand and in his finest Brooklyn accent said "Hi, howz it goin'?" Needless to say the unit commander went apoplectic and chewed out the good doctor as only thee commander could. From that day forward Dr X- did his best to avoid his nemesis and maintained a very low profile whenever the two of them were in the same room.
Postscript: Dr. X- did eventually learn the ways of the Army. He also learned the authority that a unit's surgeon had when it came to medical matters and would use it, often to the consternation of the commander. He was also a great doc who served all of us in the community very well
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Thanks for the great story, sir!! Understanding military bearing and protocol is definitely important for good order.
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MAJ Ronnie Reams
A friend of mine, now a retired MC COL, once told me he pretty did as he pleased. He said no one wanted to be the one that ran a surgeon out of the Army.
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