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By Lori Newman
BAMC Public Affairs
JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas – Soldier teams from around the region competed in the Regional Health Command-Central (Provisional) Best Medic Competition Sept. 20-22 at Camp Bullis, Texas.
Brooke Army Medical Center’s two-Soldier team, 1st Lt. Chi Wing Pang, clinical staff nurse, and Sgt. 1st Class Stephen Eisele, noncommissioned officer in charge for the Department of Surgery, won the competition. They will represent RHC-C at the Command Sgt. Maj. Jack L. Clark Jr. Army Best Medic Competition Oct 25-28.
The teams were challenged both physically and intellectually to test their tactical medical proficiency, physical fitness and leadership skills.
The grueling 72-hour competition included a physical fitness test, obstacle course, combat water survival test, day and night land navigation, combat trauma lanes, a M4 rifle and 9mm pistol stress shoot and a 5K buddy run. Day three concluded with a 12-mile foot march and awards ceremony.
“The toughest part of the competition was the swim for me,” Pang said. “I would not consider myself a weak swimmer but the events definitely caught me by surprise. I learned all I could from it and I will definitely be more ready for the CWST event at the Army Best Medic Competition in October.”
Eisele agreed, “It tested your endurance skills and your will to succeed.”
Both competitors thought the combat trauma lanes were the easiest part of the event.
“As a nurse, I surround myself with medical information and practice nursing on a day-to-day basis,” Pang said. “Performing patient care is nothing new for me and I believe my partner and I did great on the medical portion of the competition.”
“We complemented each other’s skills better than I could have ever imagined,” Eisele said. “Lt. Pang is a very knowledgeable Soldier and he has the drive and determination to succeed and win. It felt as if we had worked together for years on the battlefield.”
Col. John P. Lamoureux, chief of staff, RHC-C (P) congratulated all the competitors and thanked the cadre who helped put on the competition.
“You come from all different backgrounds and all different specialties, but for the last 72 hours you were combat medics,” Lamoureux said. “Some people ask why we do this. We do this because this is how we show the Army our commitment to the combat medic.”
Lamoureux explained the combat medic represents a system of total care from the battlefield back to the medical treatment facility.
“By being out here you are demonstrating commitment to the Army, showing how good we can be as medics,” he said. “The medic is on the tip or the spear for the [Army Medicine] system we all represent.”
“In today's battlefield environment, things are constantly changing, requiring an adaptive mindset for creating solutions to new problems,” Pang said. “This competition is not only about physical and mental toughness, but also having that adaptive mindset to overcome the unknown obstacles. Being adaptive to any given situation may be the most important skill there is to master.”
“We have to be ready at all times to deploy and protect our country and fellow Soldiers and ensure we all come home together,” Eisele said.
Both BAMC team members are charged up and ready to compete in the Army-level competition.
“Lt. Pang and I will do our best to bring home the win and all the bragging rights with it,” Eisele said. “Failure is not an option. Being the Best Medic is all about pride and showing our junior and senior leaders that being the best at what we do is the only option as a Soldier.”
“I am confident that we have the potential to take the Army Best Medic title this year,” Pang said.
Lamoureux agreed, saying he predicts the RHC-C (P) team will win.
| Date Taken: | 09.26.2016 |
| Date Posted: | 09.27.2016 11:50 |
| Story ID: | 210720 |
| Location: | FORT SAM HOUSTON, TX, US |
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