First I was a USN / USMC Corpsman with the Marines. With a Landing Battalion and RECON. My Recon team Cross Trained with Local Police SWAT. NO Medics in the Marines; that is Army, and the AF use Techs. The Marines teach the Corpsmen some non-medical instruction, and the Corpsmen teach their Marines basic medical. The Corpsmen also OWN the left bottom, calf pocket on all Field Cargo Uniforms of the Marines which are filled with basic Bandages. I have worked with a couple Marines, that got cross trained as civilian EMT's in their off time, and RECON Marines do get some more advanced medical training, but not at the level of a EMT. (USN SEALS Teams have more than one Team Member have Corpsmen Training, at least one has either Independent Corpsman or Combat Advanced Training) I have done, what these Actors / Writers pretend to be.
Hondo is clearly identified in the show as a Marine, NOT a Corpsman. All Military personnel are trained at basic level of emergency care, and are CPR Trained. Hondo as a Leader, and having the knowledge of the prior training of the new person BUT very Qualified Medic (with Mountain Training), he would have sent her down to the patient first. I also can't figure out why they both used backwards slow foot climb down to the Patient, a slow repel would have been faster, easier, and safer. As a Marine who probably had repelled from a Helicopter ... would have known this.
As a Marine Hondo probably "Lost" personnel (Even in Training Missions), so the idea of after a death of a Team Member as a Leader how he treated the Medic (White Gloves) would be seen by most as unprofessional. Losing people (Military & Law Enforcement) that I worked with dont do white gloves with new people (Even Medics, Corpsmen) on training or missions. White Glove treatment Hondo would known would cause more dangerous situations.
Most Marines after a while start calling their "Docs" (Corpsmen) Marines. We (Corpsmen) wear most of the USMC Uniforms, but with removable Navy Ranks, but we also wear the Blood Stripe on the Pants after the Promotion & Gauntlet qualification. So was Hondo a Marine or a Corpsman?
The Shooting from the Helicopter, on most (Military / Law Enforcement) choppers; on the top and both sides of the Open Hatch / Door there is usually a hook(s) to use a stabilizer chord(s) to attach to the Rifle to assist in shooting not free hand which is rare to do, SWAT would also know this. The Helicopter was hit by a "Pistol" from a Moving Truck really? It is even hard to hit a Helicopter with a Rifle standing on firm ground. At least the Pilot did the correct move when the Helicopter was hit. Only on Movies / TV shows do we see people shooting "Often or Always" without using the Stabilization Chords and still able to hit moving vehicles, people from a moving flying Helicopter.
Maybe ask the Military or Law Enforcement to let the SWAT Leader Actors to attend a Leadership Course (Or at least the Writers). Military & Law Enforcement "Leadership" training is very Different than "Biz" Leadership. This is due to the Probability (Not the Possibility) of Losing Others; have to be able to give orders knowing they may not come back / survive. The Movie "12 O Clock High" 1949 was originally made for US Military Leadership Courses. We were still using it in the 70s and 80s in USN / USMC Leadership classes.
This Episode was worth watching, but very disrespectful to EMT's, Paramedics, Military Medics and Corpsmen. Hondo's Character should have had a Light Bulb Situation when his supervisor said "If we had a Medic, then the officer who died probably would have Lived", and the White Glove Treatment of the Medic should have ENDED. Sorry, but this Episode "Hondo" did not act like someone who is also a Marine. So, in a way the Writers of this Episode also made Hondo not act as a Leader.
Hondo is clearly identified in the show as a Marine, NOT a Corpsman. All Military personnel are trained at basic level of emergency care, and are CPR Trained. Hondo as a Leader, and having the knowledge of the prior training of the new person BUT very Qualified Medic (with Mountain Training), he would have sent her down to the patient first. I also can't figure out why they both used backwards slow foot climb down to the Patient, a slow repel would have been faster, easier, and safer. As a Marine who probably had repelled from a Helicopter ... would have known this.
As a Marine Hondo probably "Lost" personnel (Even in Training Missions), so the idea of after a death of a Team Member as a Leader how he treated the Medic (White Gloves) would be seen by most as unprofessional. Losing people (Military & Law Enforcement) that I worked with dont do white gloves with new people (Even Medics, Corpsmen) on training or missions. White Glove treatment Hondo would known would cause more dangerous situations.
Most Marines after a while start calling their "Docs" (Corpsmen) Marines. We (Corpsmen) wear most of the USMC Uniforms, but with removable Navy Ranks, but we also wear the Blood Stripe on the Pants after the Promotion & Gauntlet qualification. So was Hondo a Marine or a Corpsman?
The Shooting from the Helicopter, on most (Military / Law Enforcement) choppers; on the top and both sides of the Open Hatch / Door there is usually a hook(s) to use a stabilizer chord(s) to attach to the Rifle to assist in shooting not free hand which is rare to do, SWAT would also know this. The Helicopter was hit by a "Pistol" from a Moving Truck really? It is even hard to hit a Helicopter with a Rifle standing on firm ground. At least the Pilot did the correct move when the Helicopter was hit. Only on Movies / TV shows do we see people shooting "Often or Always" without using the Stabilization Chords and still able to hit moving vehicles, people from a moving flying Helicopter.
Maybe ask the Military or Law Enforcement to let the SWAT Leader Actors to attend a Leadership Course (Or at least the Writers). Military & Law Enforcement "Leadership" training is very Different than "Biz" Leadership. This is due to the Probability (Not the Possibility) of Losing Others; have to be able to give orders knowing they may not come back / survive. The Movie "12 O Clock High" 1949 was originally made for US Military Leadership Courses. We were still using it in the 70s and 80s in USN / USMC Leadership classes.
This Episode was worth watching, but very disrespectful to EMT's, Paramedics, Military Medics and Corpsmen. Hondo's Character should have had a Light Bulb Situation when his supervisor said "If we had a Medic, then the officer who died probably would have Lived", and the White Glove Treatment of the Medic should have ENDED. Sorry, but this Episode "Hondo" did not act like someone who is also a Marine. So, in a way the Writers of this Episode also made Hondo not act as a Leader.
