Im thinking about and researching some regiments to join once finished and gone through training and wondered if CMTâs have to be in a medical regiment like â1 armoured medical regimentâ or do CMTâs join as medics within an Infantry unit? Also, will medical regiments deploy as much as some infantry units. Because I have previously read somewhere that medical regiments donât deploy as much.
Hi Ellie-Mae. So to answer about postings first. Once you finish your initial trade training as a Combat Medical Technician (CMT) you will post to either a Medical Regiment or a Field Hospital first. As your first posting, you will consolidate your CMT training and work towards promotion and your CMT class 1 training. On promotion, you will then receive a Jobs List, detailing all the available posts for a CMT to go to. These can include Infantry, among many other options. When it comes to deployments, it completely depends on which units you go to, and what their upcoming tasks are. These can be planned years in advance, or it can be a last minuet tasking. Before choosing a unit to post to, its a good idea to research that unit to see if they are deploying and where they are deploying to. Due to the nature of their trade, Infantry units will find themselves out of camp regularly, but this is not always on a full deployment. They regularly go short, medium and long exercises within the UK. I hope this helps.
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