Colonel or doctor...
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This is a little askew of the spirit of this thread, but I have known 2 physicians who were military reservists who got called up.
1. A pediatric surgeon. Great guy, jovial, a little obese. Got called up to Iraq. Came back 6 months later 100 pounds lighter and a changed person. He was no longer happy.
2. An anesthesiologist. One of my partners. Recently went to Iraq. Came back satisifed and happy. Sent our group occational email updates on what he was doing which was essentially airlifting our wounded shoulders on a huge airplane with an ICU in the back from Iraq to Germany. Really interesting stuff he did.
I think it's really interesting to work in the trenches and I greatly respect our servicemen and women, but it's not for me.
I pick doctor.
1. A pediatric surgeon. Great guy, jovial, a little obese. Got called up to Iraq. Came back 6 months later 100 pounds lighter and a changed person. He was no longer happy.
2. An anesthesiologist. One of my partners. Recently went to Iraq. Came back satisifed and happy. Sent our group occational email updates on what he was doing which was essentially airlifting our wounded shoulders on a huge airplane with an ICU in the back from Iraq to Germany. Really interesting stuff he did.
I think it's really interesting to work in the trenches and I greatly respect our servicemen and women, but it's not for me.
I pick doctor.
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Had an appointment with Colonel Phan today. 
I always call him colonel and he seems to like it. He must make many times that of salaried doctors, what with so many patients in his private practice, plus military salary and pension as well.
I'd rather be a general and be chauffeured and body-guarded all the time.
Heck, even my father as a colonel had chauffeurs and guards some of the times, much less a general.
Oh, military doctors nowadays don't work in "trenches" like in the old days.
I always call him colonel and he seems to like it. He must make many times that of salaried doctors, what with so many patients in his private practice, plus military salary and pension as well. I'd rather be a general and be chauffeured and body-guarded all the time.
Heck, even my father as a colonel had chauffeurs and guards some of the times, much less a general. Oh, military doctors nowadays don't work in "trenches" like in the old days.
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