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Medics With Weapons?

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» Feature Writer Christopher Eger - When did the rules change?

In response to When did the rules change? posted by BrentSedo:


The Geneva convention states (in Convention I, Art. 22)
"Medical units may have personnel who carry arms for self-defense or for the maintenance of order; may be protected by a picket, by sentries, or by an escort;"

US army medics detached to combat units as well as navy corpsmen assigned to marine units carried personal weapons in Vietnam, Korea and today and used them.

Most NATO countries such as Canada, follow the same practice.

Chris Eger
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