Cool Training with Special Forces

Got to do some awsome training with the Green Berets and Korean Special Forces this week. The training focused on Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TC-3). The Korean SF are dedicated and proffesional soldiers. And they are pretty darn good at what they do. It was cool getting to meet them and talking with them through a translator. On our final day after training we all took pictures, swapped some patches and said our goodbyes. During the training we did alot of basic medic stuff with some advanced moves thrown in, it was agood review of basic combat medic skills and a few new things. One being a juggular vein IV. Here's a video of me recieving one from of of the Korean SF Medics.


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The Field (again)

Yeah, Second ID loves the field in the Winter hooah. Here are some pics of us trying to stay warm.

Overall it wasn't too bad, just cold. I don't know why we went,

Part Uno:

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Part Deux:

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Almost Famous

Hey Everyone!
Sorry for my brievity, this is a short post, but a prety unique one. I was on the news for the Lunar New Year. Long story short, I went to a famous Korean womans house for the Lunar New Year and the news was there. The recorded me and some of my battles expieranceing Korean culture. It was a blast and an expierance like no other. Hopfully the link works.



KBS뉴스-대한민국 대표뉴스

Once you get to the page, in the upper left portion there is a media player. Click on theblue rectangle in the lower right corner. It says "동영상보기" I think that means play.

Korean Food 201: Sam Gyeop Shal

삼겹살, Sam Gyop Shal, which loosley translates to '3 layer pork belly' is hands down my favorite Korean dish. Essentially, you sit down in a SamGyeopShal joint and your table has a grill in it, you fire it up and they bring you all sorts of vegtables, kimchi, peppers, cut garlic, turnips, lettuce, a wide assortment of sauces and most importantly a big slab of what I equate to be thick bacon.

You grill everything on the table. Mixing and matching and expierementing until you find the perfect combo. Sometimes you can dip a piece of meet in BBQ sauce and let it slow cook on the edge of the grill, or you can baste a piece of meat with some Korean hot sauce or miso paste. Or you can just eat it like it's a piece of bacon. Personally, I like to dip a piece of pork in spicy miso and set a piece of grilled garlic on it once I've flipped it. Then I'll put it on a piece of grilled KimChi, and dab some BBQ sauce on it. Since it's right off the grill, and still piping hot, I'll wrap it in a piece of the fresh lettuce that they bring you. Then all at once I pop it in my mouth. The taste is like nothing I can even compare to in the US. And if you go to one of the local places, you can feed 3 people for about $10 American. The real challenge is being able to do everything I just described using chopsticks.