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| Keywords: fort irwin fortirwin weed army community hospital weedarmycommunityhospital national training center nationaltrainingcenter wach ntc meddac col. jason wieman coljasonwieman csm jorge rodriguez csmjorgerodriguez united states army unitedstatesarmy soldiers efmb expert field medical badge expertfieldmedicalbadge mojave troop support troopsupport imcom health training army triad armytriad preventive medicine preventivemedicine capt. carlos bustamante captcarlosbustamante lt. col. jason ling ltcoljasonling capt. juan diaz captjuandiaz outdoor FORT IRWIN, Calif. -- A scene from Lawrence of Arabia? No, just a routine site visit by Weed Army Community Hospital (WACH) staff accompanied by Staff Sgt. Sean Sigley of the 916th Support Brigade and Staff Sgt. David Markus of the 1/11th ACR. The group was touring training areas around the National Training Center (NTC) 3 Dec. 2015 in preparation for the Expert Field Medical Badge (EFMB) testing to be held Dec. 12 through 18 at the NTC. The WACH hosts and facilitates as well as oversees the qualification of events for Soldiers seeking to earn the badge. Qualification for the badge is considered a grueling experience by those who have earned the badge and the majority of the participants do not make it to the final round. The group met to compare notes and synchronize standards for the 122 Soldiers vying for the coveted badge which is considered the medical equivalent of the Expert Infantryman's Badge, but is said to be harder to earn than the EIB. The EFMB was established in June 1965 as a special skill award for the recognition of exceptional competence and outstanding performance by field medical staff. Left to right: Staff Sgt. Sean Sigley of the 916th Support Brigade, from the WACH Capt. Carlos Bustamante (obscured), Capt. Juan Diaz, Lt. Col Jason Ling and Sgt. 1st Class David Marcus from the 1/11th ACR. Photo by Michael Beaton, Weed Army Community Hospital Public Affairs (Released). FORT IRWIN, Calif. -- A scene from Lawrence of Arabia? No, just a routine site visit by Weed Army Community Hospital (WACH) staff accompanied by Staff Sgt. Sean Sigley of the 916th Support Brigade and Staff Sgt. David Markus of the 1/11th ACR. The group was touring training areas around the National Training Center (NTC) 3 Dec. 2015 in preparation for the Expert Field Medical Badge (EFMB) testing to be held Dec. 12 through 18 at the NTC. The WACH hosts and facilitates as well as oversees the qualification of events for Soldiers seeking to earn the badge. Qualification for the badge is considered a grueling experience by those who have earned the badge and the majority of the participants do not make it to the final round. The group met to compare notes and synchronize standards for the 122 Soldiers vying for the coveted badge which is considered the medical equivalent of the Expert Infantryman's Badge, but is said to be harder to earn than the EIB. The EFMB was established in June 1965 as a special skill award for the recognition of exceptional competence and outstanding performance by field medical staff. Left to right: Staff Sgt. Sean Sigley of the 916th Support Brigade, from the WACH Capt. Carlos Bustamante (obscured), Capt. Juan Diaz, Lt. Col Jason Ling and Sgt. 1st Class David Marcus from the 1/11th ACR. Photo by Michael Beaton, Weed Army Community Hospital Public Affairs (Released). | ||||
