In an effort to mitigate logistical issues that accompany large-scale combat operations, the U.S. Army is working to better integrate veterinarians into combat care.
To better prepare for the possibility of a large injury rate in a future Indo-Pacific fight, combat medical teams are working on ways to utilize human and animal health at the same time, given the similar anatomies between humans and canines, as demonstrated by the 18th Theater Medical Command at the 2026 Land Forces of the Pacific Symposium and Exposition in Hawaii.
This isn’t crazy. A vet would automatically be better educated than any paramedic, and the quick and dirty procedures at the front are not meant to replace a surgeon, but rather to keep you alive long enough to reach one.
My brother in-law was a vet and he used to say human doctors have it easy - they only have to learn one animal.
They also don’t have to worry so much about being bitten on a daily basis
Unless they reside in Florida. Perhaps Philly