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Army Specialist Daniel Hutchinson via Bloomberg

Army Specialist Daniel Hutchinson, right, rides in an ambulance during his year-long tour of duty as a combat medic in Iraq. Army medics and their Air Force counterparts are certified as basic emergency medical technicians, not better-paid paramedics, even though they practice some skills reserved for paramedics in civilian life.