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60A OPERATIONAL MEDICINE
60B NUCLEAR MEDICINE OFFICER
60C PREVENTIVE MEDICINE OFFICER
60D OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE OFFICER
60F PULMONARY DISEASE OFFICER
60G GASTROENTEROLOGIST
60H CARDIOLOGIST
60J OBSTETRICIAN AND GYNECOLOGIST
60K UROLOGIST
60L DERMATOLOGIST
60M ALLERGIST, CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGIST
60N ANESTHESIOLOGIST
60P PEDIATRICIAN
60Q PEDIATRIC CARDIOLOGIST
60R CHILD NEUROLOGIST
60S OPHTHALMOLOGIST
60T OTOLARYNGOLOGIST
60U CHILD PSYCHIATRIST
60V NEUROLOGIST
60W PSYCHIATRIST
61A NEPHROLOGIST
61B MEDICAL ONCOLOGIST/HEMATOLOGIST
61C ENDOCRINOLOGIST
61D RHEUMATOLOGIST
61E CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGIST
61F INTERNIST
61G INFECTIOUS DISEASE OFFICER
61H FAMILY PHYSICIAN
61J GENERAL SURGEON
61K THORACIC SURGEON
61L PLASTIC SURGEON
61M ORTHOPEDIC SURGEON
61N FLIGHT SURGEON
61P PHYSIATRIST
61Q THERAPEUTIC RADIOLOGIST
61R DIAGNOSTIC RADIOLOGIST
61U PATHOLOGIST
61W PERIPHERAL VASCULAR SURGEON
61Z NEUROSURGEON
62A EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN
62B FIELD SURGEON

Anything that requires an M.D. degree and is incredibly specialized (i.e. neurosurgery is a wonderful option)- dermatologists also make a ton of money (and the hours are easy), however it’s a highly competitive medical specialization and you need to be at the top of your class for a residency.

“The Citadel” is a 1938 film based on the novel by A. J. Cronin, first published in 1937. The book was groundbreaking with its treatment of the contentious theme of medical ethics and is credited with laying the foundation in Great Britain for the introduction of the NHS a decade later. The film was directed by King Vidor and produced by Victor Saville. Robert Donat stars as an idealistic, young Scottish doctor dedicated to treating Welsh miners suffering from occupational disease. Initially, he is full of lofty goals, but his noble purpose erodes when he begins to treat aristocratic patients in London. Rosalind Russell plays the good doctor’s wife who tries to set him back on the righteous path. The film was nominated for Oscars in 4 categories: Best Picture, Best Actor (Donat), Direction, and Adapted Screenplay. The film won the Best Picture Award from both the New York Film Critics Circle and the National Board of Review. It is a New York Times Critics’ Pick and is also listed in “The New York Times Guide to the Best 1,000 Movies Ever Made.”

CAST: Robert Donat as Dr. Andrew Manson * Rosalind Russell as Christine Manson * Ralph Richardson as Dr. Philip Denny * Penelope Dudley-Ward as Toppy LeRoy * Mary Clare as Mrs. Orlando * Joyce Bland as Nurse Sharp * Percy Parsons as Richard Stillman

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I was reading alot of posts on here even from some people who claim to be "medical students" that are spreading incorrect information about this disease. Having contracted hep c through a blood transfusion I have done alot of research and here is some. I hope this helps:

Transmission
Several activities and practices were initially identified as potential sources of exposure to the hepatitis C virus. More recent studies question this route of transmission. Currently it is felt to be a means of rare transmission of hepatitis C infection.

Injection drug use
Those who currently use or have used drug injection as their delivery route for illicit drugs are at increased risk for getting hepatitis C because they may be sharing needles or other drug paraphernalia (includes cookers, cotton, spoons, water, etc.), which may be contaminated with HCV-infected blood. An estimated 60% to 80% of intravenous recreational drug users in the United States have been infected with HCV.[11] Harm reduction strategies are encouraged in many countries to reduce the spread of hepatitis C, through education, provision of clean needles and syringes, and safer injecting techniques. For reasons that are not clear transmission by this route currently appears to be declining in the US.

Drug use by nasal inhalation (Drugs that are "snorted")
Transmission of HCV is possible through the nasal inhalation (insuffulation) of drugs when straws (containing even trace amounts of mucus and blood) are shared among users.[12]

Blood products
Blood transfusion, blood products, or organ transplantation prior to implementation of HCV screening (in the U.S., this would refer to procedures prior to 1992) is a decreasing risk factor for hepatitis C.

The virus was first isolated in 1989 and reliable tests to screen for the virus were not available until 1992. Therefore, those who received blood or blood products prior to the implementation of screening the blood supply for HCV may have been exposed to the virus. Blood products include clotting factors (taken by hemophiliacs), immunoglobulin, Rhogam, platelets, and plasma. In 2001, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that the risk of HCV infection from a unit of transfused blood in the United States is less than one per million transfused units.

Iatrogenic medical or dental exposure
People can be exposed to HCV via inadequately or improperly sterilized medical or dental equipment. Equipment that may harbor contaminated blood if improperly sterilized includes needles or syringes, hemodialysis equipment, oral hygiene instruments, and jet air guns, etc. Scrupulous use of appropriate sterilization techniques and proper disposal of used equipment can reduce the risk of iatrogenic exposure to HCV to virtually zero.

Occupational exposure to blood
Medical and dental personnel, first responders (e.g., firefighters, paramedics, emergency medical technicians, law enforcement officers), and military combat personnel can be exposed to HCV through accidental exposure to blood through accidental needlesticks or blood spatter to the eyes or open wounds. Universal precautions to protect against such accidental exposures significantly reduce the risk of exposure to HCV.

Recreational exposure to blood
Contact sports and other activities, such as "slam dancing" that may result in accidental blood-to-blood exposure are potential sources of exposure to HCV.[13]

Sexual exposure
Sexual transmission of HCV is considered to be rare. Studies show the risk of sexual transmission in heterosexual, monogamous relationships is extremely rare or even null.[14][15] The CDC does not recommend the use of condoms between long-term monogamous discordant couples (where one partner is positive and the other is negative).[16] However, because of the high prevalence of hepatitis C, this small risk may translate into a non-trivial number of cases transmitted by sexual routes. Vaginal penetrative sex is believed to have a lower risk of transmission than sexual practices that involve higher levels of trauma to anogenital mucosa (anal penetrative sex, fisting, use of sex toys).[17]

Body piercings and tattoos
Tattooing dyes, ink pots, stylets and piercing implements can transmit HCV-infected blood from one person to another if proper sterilization techniques are not followed. Tattoos or piercings performed before the mid 1980s, "underground," or non-professionally are of particular concern since sterile techniques in such settings may have been or be insufficient to prevent disease. Despite these risks, it is rare for tattoos to be directly associated with HCV infection and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s position on this subject states that, "no data exist in the United States indicating that persons with exposures to tattooing alone are at increased risk for HCV infection."[18]

Shared personal care items
Personal care items such as razors, toothbrushes, cuticle s

Thanks for the post.

For example a Bravo vs a Foxtrot? Is there any rythm or reason?

See below details:

BRANCH 11 INFANTRY
* 11A INFANTRY

BRANCH 12 ARMOR
* 12A ARMOR, GENERAL
* 12B ARMOR
* 12C CAVALRY

BRANCH 13 FIELD ARTILLERY
13A FIELD ARTILLERY, GENERAL

BRANCH 14 AIR DEFENSE ARTILLERY
14A AIR DEFENSE ARTILLERY, GENERAL
* 14B SHORT-RANGE AIR DEFENSE (SHORAD) ARTILLERY
14D HAWK MISSILE AIR DEFENSE ARTILLERY
14E PATRIOT MISSILE AIR DEFENSE ARTILLERY

BRANCH 15 AVIATION
15A AVIATION, GENERAL
15B AVIATION COMBINED ARMS OPERATIONS
15C AVIATION ALL-SOURCE INTELLIGENCE
15D AVIATION LOGISTICS

BRANCH 18 SPECIAL FORCES
* 18A SPECIAL FORCES

BRANCH 21 CORPS OF ENGINEERS
21A ENGINEER, GENERAL
21B COMBAT ENGINEER
21D FACILITIES/CONTRACT CONSTRUCTION
MANAGEMENT ENGINEER (FCCME)

BRANCH 25 SIGNAL CORPS
25A SIGNAL, GENERAL

BRANCH 31 MILITARY POLICE
31A MILITARY POLICE

BRANCH 35 MILITARY INTELLIGENCE
35B STRATEGIC INTELLIGENCE (RC)
35C IMAGERY INTELLIGENCE (IMINT)
35D ALL SOURCE INTELLIGENCE
35E COUNTER INTELLIGENCE (CI)
35F HUMAN INTELLIGENCE (HUMINT)
35G S IGNALS INTELLIGENCE/ELECTRONIC
WARFARE (SIGINT/EW)

BRANCH 38 CIVIL AFFAIRS
38A CIVIL AFFAIRS, GENERAL

BRANCH 42 ADJUTANT GENERAL’S CORPS
42B PERSONNEL SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT
42C ARMY BANDS

BRANCH 44 FINANCE CORPS
44A FINANCE, GENERAL

BRANCH 55 JUDGE ADVOCATE GENERAL’S CORPS
55A JUDGE ADVOCATE, GENERAL
55B MILITARY JUDGE

BRANCH 56 CHAPLAIN
56A COMMAND AND UNIT CHAPLAIN
56D CLINICAL PASTORAL EDUCATOR

BRANCHES 60-62 MEDICAL CORPS
60A OPERATIONAL MEDICINE
60B NUCLEAR MEDICINE OFFICER
60C PREVENTIVE MEDICINE OFFICER
60D OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE OFFICER
60F PULMONARY DISEASE OFFICER
60G GASTROENTEROLOGIST
60H CARDIOLOGIST
60J OBSTETRICIAN AND GYNECOLOGIST
60K UROLOGIST
60L DERMATOLOGIST
60M ALLERGIST, CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGIST
60N ANESTHESIOLOGIST
60P PEDIATRICIAN
60Q PEDIATRIC CARDIOLOGIST
60R CHILD NEUROLOGIST
60S OPHTHALMOLOGIST
60T OTOLARYNGOLOGIST
60U CHILD PSYCHIATRIST
60V NEUROLOGIST
60W PSYCHIATRIST
61A NEPHROLOGIST
61B MEDICAL ONCOLOGIST/HEMATOLOGIST
61C ENDOCRINOLOGIST
61D RHEUMATOLOGIST
61E CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGIST
61F INTERNIST
61G INFECTIOUS DISEASE OFFICER
61H FAMILY PHYSICIAN
61J GENERAL SURGEON
61K THORACIC SURGEON
61L PLASTIC SURGEON
61M ORTHOPEDIC SURGEON
61N FLIGHT SURGEON
61P PHYSIATRIST
61Q THERAPEUTIC RADIOLOGIST
61R DIAGNOSTIC RADIOLOGIST
61U PATHOLOGIST
61W PERIPHERAL VASCULAR SURGEON
61Z NEUROSURGEON
62A EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN
62B FIELD SURGEON

BRANCH 63 DENTAL CORPS
63A GENERAL DENTIST
63B COMPREHENSIVE DENTIST
63D PERIODONTIST
63E ENDODONTIST
63F PROSTHODONIST
63H PUBLIC HEALTH DENTIST
63K PEDIATRIC DENTIST
63M ORTHODONTIST
63N ORAL MAXILLOFACIAL SURGEON
63P ORAL PATHOLOGIST
63R EXECUTIVE DENTIST

BRANCH 64 VETERINARY CORPS
64A FIELD VETERINARY SERVICE
64B VETERINARY PREVENTIVE MEDICINE
64C VETERINARY LABORATORY ANIMAL MEDICINE
64D VETERINARY PATHOLOGY
64E VETERINARY MICROBIOLOGY
64F VETERINARY COMPARATIVE MEDICINE
64Z SENIOR VETERINARIAN (IMMATERIAL)

BRANCH 65 ARMY MEDICAL SPECIALIST CORPS
65A OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY
65B PHYSICAL THERAPY
65C DIETITIAN
65D PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT

BRANCH 66 ARMY NURSE CORPS (ANC)
66C PSYCHIATRIC/MENTAL HEALTH NURSE
66E OPERATING ROOM NURSE
66F NURSE ANESTHETIST
66H MEDICAL-SURGICAL NURSE
66N GENERALIST NURSE

BRANCH 67 MEDICAL SERVICE CORPS
67A HEALTH SERVICES
67B LABORATORY SCIENCES
67C PREVENTIVE MEDICINE SCIENCES
67D BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES
67E PHARMACY
67F OPTOMETRY
67G PODIATRY
67J AEROMEDICAL EVACUATION

BRANCH 74 CHEMICAL
74A CHEMICAL, GENERAL
74B CHEMICAL OPERATIONS AND TRAINING
74C CHEMICAL MUNITIONS & MATERIEL MANAGEMENT

BRANCH 88 TRANSPORTATION CORPS
88A TRANSPORTATION, GENERAL
88B TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT
88C MARINE AND TERMINAL OPERATIONS
88D MOTOR/RAIL TRANSPORTATION

BRANCH 91 ORDNANCE
91A ORDNANCE, GENERAL
91B MAINTENANCE MANAGEMENT
91D MUNITIONS MATERIEL MANAGEMENT
91E EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE DISPOSAL

BRANCH 92 QUARTERMASTER CORPS
92A QUARTERMASTER, GENERAL
92D AERIAL DELIVERY AND MATERIEL
92F PETROLEUM

FA 24 INFORMATION SYSTEMS ENGINEERING
24A TELECOMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS ENGINEER
24B DATA SYSTEMS ENGINEER
24Z INFORMATION SYSTEMS ENGINEER

FA 30 INFORMATION OPERATIONS (IO)
30A INFORMATION OPERATIONS OFFICER

FA 34 STRATEGIC INTELLIGENCE
34A STRATEGIC INTELLIGENCE OFFICER

FA 35 MILITARY INTELLIGENCE
(USED WITH AOC 15C ONLY)
35D ALL SOURCE INTELLIGENCE
35G SIGNALS INTELLIGENCE ELECTRONIC WARFARE

FA 39 PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS AND CIVIL AFFAIRS
39A PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS OR CIVIL AFFAIRS, GENERAL
39B PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS
39C CIVIL AFFAIRS
39X PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS AND CIVIL AFFAIRS,
DESIGNATED

FA 40 SPACE OPERATIONS
40A SPACE OPERATIONS

FA 43 HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
43A HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT OFFICER

FA 45 COMPTROLLER
45A COMPTROLLER

FA 46 PUBLIC AFFAIRS
46A PUBLIC AFFAIRS, GENERAL
46B BROADCAST

FA 47 USMA STABILIZED FACULTY

47A USMA, PROFESSOR
47C USMA, PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH
47D USMA, PROFESSOR OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING AND COMPUTER SCIENCES
47F USMA, PROFESSOR OF SYSTEMS ENGINEERING
47G USMA, PROFESSOR OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES
47H USMA, PROFESSOR OF PHYSICS
47J USMA, PROFESSOR OF SOCIAL SCIENCES
47K USMA, PROFESSOR OF HISTORY
47L USMA, PROFESSOR OF BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES AND LEADERSHIP
47M USMA, PROFESSOR OF CHEMISTRY
47N USMA, PROFESSOR OF MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES
47P USMA, PROFESSOR OF GEOGRAPHY AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
47Q USMA, PROFESSOR AND ASSOCIATE DEAN
47R USMA, PROFESSOR OF CIVIL AND MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
47S USMA, PROFESSOR OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION

FA 48 FOREIGN AREA OFFICER
48B LATIN AMERICA
48C EUROPE
48D SOUTH ASIA
48E EURASIA
48F CHINA
48G MIDEAST/NORTH AFRICA
48H NORTHEAST ASIA
48I SOUTHEAST ASIA
48J AFRICA, SOUTH OF THE SAHARA

FA 49 OPERATIONS RESEARCH/SYSTEMS
ANALYSIS (ORSA)
49A OPERATIONS RESEARCH, GENERAL
49W TRAINED, ORSA
49X UNTRAINED, ORSA

FA 50 FORCE DEVELOPMENT
50A FORCE DEVELOPMENT

FA 51 ACQUISITION
51A SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT
51C CONTRACTING AND INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT
51R SYSTEMS AUTOMATION ACQUISITION
51S RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING
51T TEST AND EVALUATION
51Z ACQUISITION

FA 52 NUCLEAR RESEARCH AND OPERATIONS
52B NUCLEAR RESEARCH AND OPERATIONS

FA 53 INFORMATION SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT
53A INFORMATION SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT
53X DESIGNATED SYSTEMS AUTOMATION

FA 57 SIMULATIONS OPERATIONS
57A SIMULATIONS OPERATIONS OFFICER

FA 59 STRATEGIC PLANS AND POLICY
59A STRATEGIC PLANS AND POLICY

FA 90 LOGISTICS
90A LOGISTICS

MFA 70 HEALTH SERVICES
70A HEALTH CARE ADMINISTRATION
70B HEALTH SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
70C HEALTH SERVICES COMPTROLLER
70D HEALTH SERVICES SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT
70E PATIENT ADMINISTRATION
70F HEALTH SERVICES HUMAN RESOURCES
70H HEALTH SERVICES PLANS, OPERATIONS,
INTELLIGENCE, SECURITY, AND TRAINING
70K HEALTH SERVICES MATERIEL

MFA 71 LABORATORY SCIENCES
71A MICROBIOLOGY
71B BIOCHEMISTRY
71E CLINICAL LABORATORY
71F RESEARCH PSYCHOLOGY

MFA 72 PREVENTIVE MEDICINE SCIENCES
72A NUCLEAR MEDICAL SCIENCE
72B ENTOMOLOGY
72C AUDIOLOGY
72D ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
72E SANITARY ENGINEER

MFA 73 BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES
73A SOCIAL WORK
73B CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY

IMMATERIAL CODES
01A OFFICER GENERALIST
02A COMBAT ARMS GENERALIST
05A ARMY MEDICAL DEPARTMENT

REPORTING CODES
00A DUTIES UNASSIGNED
00B GENERAL OFFICER
00C RELIEVED FROM DUTY, SICK
IN HOSPITAL OR QUARTERS
00D NEWLY COMMISSIONED OFFICERS
AWAITING ENTRY ON ACTIVE DUTY FOR
OFFICER BASIC COURSE ATTENDANCE
00E STUDENT OFFICER

OFFICER SKILL CODES

CODE TITLE
3A JOINT DUTY ASSIGNMENT
3D GOVERNMENT CONTRACT LAW SPECIALIST
3E TACTICAL EXPLOITATION OF NATIONAL
CAPABILITIES (TENCAP)
* 3F NATIONAL SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM
3G CLAIMS/LITIGATION SPECIALIST
3H JOINT PLANNER
* 3J M1A2 ABRAMS TANK
3K JOINT COMMAND, CONTROL AND
COMMUNICATIONS (C3)
3L JOINT SPECIALTY OFFICER
3N INTERNATIONAL LAW SPECIALIST
3Q STRATEGIC DEBRIEFER AND INTERROGATOR
3R FORCE MANAGEMENT
3S UNIT AIR MOVEMENTS OFFICER
3W NSA JUNIOR OFFICER CRYPTOLOGIC
CAREER PROGRAM
* 3X M2 BRADLEY INFANTRY FIGHTING VEHICLE/
M3 CAVALRY FIGHTING VEHICLE
3Y SPACE ACTIVITIES
* 3Z MORTAR UNIT OFFICER
4B OPERATIONS RESEARCH/SYSTEMS ANALYSIS
4H BRANCH AUTOMATION OFFICER
4J POSTAL
4K ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
4M ARMY ACQUISITION CORPS CANDIDATE OFFICER
4P SECURITY ASSISTANCE
4R ROBOTICS
4S ATTACHÉ
4T RECRUITING OFFICER (RO)
4V MORTUARY AFFAIRS OFFICER
* 4W UNDERWATER SPECIAL OPERATIONS
* 4X MILITARY FREE FALL SPECIAL
OPERATIONS
4Z CERTIFIED ARMY ACQUISITION CORPS OFFICER
5B VISUAL INFORMATION
5D RADIO FREQUENCY MANAGER
5H NUCLEAR CHEMICAL TARGET ANALYST
5J TECHNICAL ESCORT
5K INSTRUCTOR
5L NBC RECONNAISSANCE
5N INSPECTOR GENERAL
5P PARACHUTIST
5Q PATHFINDER
* 5R RANGER
* 5S RANGER-PARACHUTIST
5T EQUAL OPPORTUNITY ADVISOR
5U AIR OPERATIONS OFFICER
5V MARINE DIVER
5X HISTORIAN
5Y CIVIL DEFENSE OFFICER
6A DEFENSE SENSOR INTERPRETATION
AND APPLICATION TRAINING PROGRAM
(DSIATP)
6C ECONOMIST
6D PUBLIC EDUCATION OFFICER
6E CIVILIAN SUPPLY OFFICER
6F PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION OFFICER
6G PUBLIC FACILITIES OFFICER
6H PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICER
6M MOBILIZATION AND DEMOBILIZATION
OPERATIONS
6P MASTER FITNESS TRAINER
6R PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER
6U AGRICULTURAL OFFICER
6V CULTURAL AFFAIRS OFFICER
6W ARCHIVIST
6X ARMY RESEARCH ASSOCIATES PROGRAM
6Y INSTALLATION MANAGEMENT (IM)
6Z STRATEGIST
7E CHAPLAIN EDUCATION AND TRAINING
7F PASTORAL COORDINATOR
7H UPPER EXTREMITY MUSCULOSKELETAL EVALUATION
7K MARRIAGE AND FAMILY MINISTRIES
7M CHAPLAIN RESOURCE MANAGER
7Q TRAINING DEVELOPMENT
7R HOSPITAL MINISTRIES
7T CLINICAL NURSE SPECIALIST
8A INTENSIVE CARE
8D MIDWIFERY
8E NURSE PRACTITIONER
8F COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING
8G OBSTETRIC AND GYNECOLOGIC NURSING
8J INFECTION CONTROL
8T BLOOD BANKING
8Z MEDICAL RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST
AND EVALUATION
9A MEDICAL PROFICIENCY (ALL AMEDD CORPS)
9B MEDICAL PROFICIENCY (MC, DC, VC AND AMSC ONLY)
9C MEDICAL PROFICIENCY (MC, DC AND VC ONLY)
9D MEDICAL PROFICIENCY (MC, DC AND VC ONLY)
9E MEDICAL PROFICIENCY (MC AND DC ONLY
9I HEALTH FACILITIES PLANNER
A2 OH-58A/C SCOUT PILOT
A3 OH-58D SCOUT PILOT
A4 OH-58D WARRIOR PILOT
B1 UH-1 PILOT
B2 UH-60 PILOT
B5 EH-60 PILOT
C2 CH-47D PILOT
D2 AH-1Q/S PILOT
D5 AH-64A PILOT
D7 AH-64D PILOT
E3 C-20 PILOT
E5 C-12 PILOT
E6 C-21 PILOT
E7 C-23 PILOT
E8 C-26 PILOT
F3 RC-12 PILOT
F4 RC-12K/N PILOT
F5 O-5A/EO-5B/RC-7 PILOT
G5 EXPERIMENTAL TEST PILOT
G6 MAINTENANCE TEST PILOT
G7 AVIATION RELATED
G8 AVIATION SAFETY OFFICER
* K4 SPECIAL OPERATIONS AVIATION (SOA)
* K5 MH-60K PILOT
* K6 MH-47E PILOT
M1 ORTHOPEDIC PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT
M2 EMERGENCY MEDICINE PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT
M3 AVIATION MEDICINE PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT
M4 CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE
M5 EMERGENCY NURSING
This is for the Army, but if you have knowlege of any branch please let me know.

The number is a career management field, the letter is the specialty.

When I was in, CMF 67 was aviation maintenance, N was UH-1’s. Hence, 67N. After that was the level….1 was E-1 thru E-4, 2 was E-5, 3 was E-6. Also, there are identifiers afterward. My MOS was 67N2FA2….UH-1 helicopter repairer, E-5, on flight status, qualified safety NCO.

The World Health Organisation believes stress will be the 21st century’s biggest killer. In the US the National Institute for Occupational Safety believes depression will be the leading occupational disease. And, yet, stress – just like beauty – is in the mind of the beholder. But try telling someone who’s stressed or depressed that! Here, you’ll find a simple discussion on the cause and remedy for stress and depression – simple, because, in reality, there’s no need to complicate matters…

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I am currently a freshman nursing major. I am getting good grades but I know the classes will just get harder and I don’t know if there is anything I will like to do in the nursing field (i’m not too fond of sick people or death…)

I like to read/write, studying languages, healthcare, studying diseases, preventative stuff like public health, math (algebra and stats), psychology/religion.

I want to help people. I would like to be able to work by myself with people one on one. I would rather work with adults than children but don’t mind children.

my options:
Speech language pathology
Physical therapy
Occupational therapy
Public Health

I would like to only be in school for 4 – 6 years. Which one would you choose?
Also, I am only 5 foot 2 and about 128 pounds. Would I be too little to be a physical therapist?
Please give me feed back:)!

I’d go with public health, but you don’t seem to tiny to be a physical therapist.

This was clipped from the 1914 silent film “The Temple of Moloch,” produced for the Red Cross. Potter’s rot (known these days as silicosis) is a form of occupational lung disease caused by inhalation of crystalline silica dust, and is marked by inflammation and scarring in the lungs. In the past, it was often misdiagnosed as tuberculosis. This disease was first recognized in 1705 by Ramazzini who noticed sand-like substances in the lungs of stonecutters. Sadly, silicosis still occurs in the US and aross the works. For more on this work-related disease and its prevention, go to http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/silica/ . If someone decided to compile a list of horrible and deadly Occupational Diseases, silicosis would surely lead it. Silicosis involves the chronic and massive destruction of the lungs and is caused by the long-term inhalation of silica dust. It initially causes terrible shortness of breath and ultimately slow suffocation and death. A malady that afflicted those working in mines, smelters, foundries, and other industrial settings during the late nineteenth century and the first half of the twentieth century, silicosis was a poorly understood disease that rose to prominence in the 1930s and virtually vanished from the public and medical eye after World War II. In 1991 David Rosner and Gerald Markowitz brought the fascinating and disturbing history of silicosis in America to light in their book, Deadly Dust: silicosis and the ongoing struggle to protect workers health. Their book demonstrates how a devastating disease can be forgotten despite its affecting hundreds of thousands of American workers. The film takes place in a small village, the chief industries of which are some potteries, owned by Harrison Pratt. He also owns a group of dilapidated tenements, in which most of his employees live. Dr. Jordan, health officer of the village, is struck with the prevalence of tuberculosis, and on investigation finds that the unsanitary working conditions in the Pratt potteries, together with the unhealthy state of the tenement homes of the workmen, have most to do with the spread of the disease. He calls the matter to the attention of Pratt, who rebuffs him and tells him it is no use to try to do anything in the matter. Meanwhile, Dr. Jordan has fallen in love with Eloise, the daughter of Harrison Pratt, and she has become interested in his work, particularly that at the prcventorium for children from tuberculous families. Three times Jordan appeals to Pratt, and each time he is rebuffed. Finally, in despair between his love for Eloise and his duty, he exposes the conditions he has discovered through articles in the newspapers, in which he calls the Pratt potteries and tenements a modern “Temple of Moloch,” in that they feed young children to the God of Greed. When Eloise, who is ignorant of conditions in the factory, sees the paper she immediately resents what she considers an insult to her father, and returns her engagement ring to Dr. Jordan. A week later Pratt’s daughter and son are found to have tuberculosis. When Eric Swanson, a former employee of Pratt’s, who had been discharged because he had contracted “potter’s rot” in the mills and was no longer able to work, hears of it, he exults over the calamity, which he views as a sort of personal vengeance. He musters all of his strength and steals away to the Pratt home, where Eloise and her brother are taking the cure for tuberculosis on the porch, and there denounces Pratt, gloating over him and telling him that his son and daughter were originally infected as young children by Cora Swanson, when she served as nurse-girl for the Pratts several years ago. So struck is Pratt by this denunciation and the graphic story of Swan- son, which is affirmed by Dr. Jordan, that he decides to clean up conditions in his potteries and tenements at once. The story ends with a Christmas scene, in which the engagement ring is returned to the hand of Eloise. and Dr. Jordan receives as a present a liberal check for the employment of visiting nurses, the establishment of open air schools and other anti-tuberculosis agencies in the town. The Temple of Moloch was one of several film made for an annual Red Cross Christmas Seal Sale. Beginning in 1910, Thomas A. Edison, Inc., put out a picture at the holiday season in co-operation with the National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis. The five films of this character arc entitled as follows: “The Red Cross Seal” (1910); “The Awakening of John Bond” (1911); “Hope, A Red Cross Seal Story” (1912); “The Price of Human Lives” (1913); and “The Temple of Moloch” (1914). These films were available for purchased from Thomas A. Edison, Inc., Orange, N. J. The rental price was about $2 per day. The purchase price ranged from $80 to $130 per film.

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We have heard various reasons why we should and shouldn’t lower the legal drinking age. Our side has explained that by lowering the drinking age creates hazardous problems to a teens’ health and also, we give power to teens who are not as responsible as most people have thought them to be. According to public opinion polling, most Americans oppose lowering the federally mandated minimum drinking age to 18 from 21, which breaks down to 78% opposing, 21% favoring and 1% with no response (“Minimum Drinking Age”). With this in mind, one cannot say that the vast majority of Americans want the drinking age to be lowered.
A teens’ brain is not something to mess with since it is still developing. As stated by Cynthia Kuhn, “It is no accident that people are educated in our society during their early years when they have more capacity for memory and learning. However, with this added memory capacity may come additional risks associated with the use of alcohol (Brennfleck Shannon).” Our brains believe it or not, are still developing and to introduce alcohol to a still developing brain can cause learning impairments that affects academic and occupational achievement as well as short-term memory loss (“Underage drinking…”). The minimum age drinking laws were established to save your brain and life (Brennfleck Shannon). Lowering the drinking age would make more alcohol purchased legally at 18, which causes an increase in availability to younger teens, some of which are just learning to drive. Inexperienced drivers and alcohol are a dangerous mix (“Would an age 18…”). Adolescents already are at an increased risk due to their lack of driving experience, and drivers younger than 21 are more vulnerable than older drivers to the impairment of driving skills. The rate of fatal crashes due to alcohol between ages 16 and 20 is more than twice the rate than drivers 21 and older (“Underage Drinking…”).
Furthermore; teens at the age of 18 are not that responsible to consume alcohol legally. We often hear the phrases, “If I can vote, go to war, legally get married, etc. then I should be able to drink alcohol.” And that is true however; different activities are suitable for people at certain ages. The minimum age for ignition is based on the specific behaviors involved and must take into account the dangers and benefits of that behavior at a given age. The age 21 policy takes into account the fact that underage drinking is related to numerous serious health problems such as death, car crashes, suicide, homicide, assault, and even drowning. 1/3 of teen car crashes is alcohol related (Brennfleck Shannon). As for the war issue, the military recruits teens because teens are not fully developed and can be molded into soldiers. Drinking is more dangerous for teens because teens are still developing; they lack experience and are more likely to take risks (Voas). We also hear about the Europeans being able to consume alcohol at an early age and don’t have any alcohol-related problems, but this assumption is a myth. Binge drinking is higher in Europe than is the United States among teenagers, with some countries are more than twice as liable for alcohol intoxication (Voas). In European countries, the rates of alcohol-induced diseases such as cirrhosis of the liver are higher than the United States and drunk driving in European countries among teenagers is not an issue since European youth obtain their drivers’ licenses at an older age (Toomey). Look at the mall and cell phone policy, teens are not responsible enough to control themselves and consequently caused the new restrictions placed on teenagers shopping at the mall and not being able to use our cell phones during school. For that reason, if we as teenagers continue to act child-like then we will continue to be treated as children in the eyes of the adults, so why not start thinking about our actions first before we start changing the legal drinking age.

it is very good and informative. nice work putting it all together.

Almost on a weekly basis I read, hear or am told about statistics on all these people dying of one thing or another .
Example:
An average of 114 people die each day in car crashes in the U.S.
More than 20,000 people die from the flu and its complications every year.
There were an estimated 15,517 murders in 2000.
From January 1982 to March 2001, a period of 19.25 years, there were a total of 8,109,000,000 passenger emplacements.
90 people are killed every year in the U.S. by lightning.
…
And those numbers are mainly yearly and not even world wide. Commercials on TV let us know about thousands upon thousands of people dying of one thing or another and the list of culprits is virtually endless from cancer to heart diseases passing by AIDS and other nasty bugs, not counting the wars and other occupational hazards.
My question is this:
If all those people die yearly, and I would estimate, by extrapolation, to be in the order of at least 50 million worldwide every year since WWII, would you think there wouldn’t be much of us left?
And I do take into consideration all the births since then.

It doesn’t make sense to me. I think the numbers are over-exaggerated to scare people into being careful or just to scare people in general to keep them enslaved to the government for protection because they know what’s best for us…always.

possible answer:
a. Occupational Diseases of florists.
b. the trapping of heat energy in the troposphere by certain gaseous molecules.
c. the trapping of heat energy in the stratosphere by nitrogen.
d. efforts by the White House to support environmental legislation.
e. the trapping of heat energy in the troposphere by nitrogen.

I’d have to say B also. The others like it are too specific. It’s not just nitrogen, it’s a multitude of greenhouse gasses.