Special Forces Medical Sergeants (18 Delta) recertification

Special Forces Medical Sergeants (18 Delta) in the U.S. Army play a key role in delivering medical care in both combat and civil affairs arenas. Given the breadth of skills required and potential decrement of skills with time, recertification is desirable and mandated. However, there are no formal courses for recertification of 75% of the tasks. A course to fill this need is being developed. A general outline of the course is set forth. To date, the course has recertified 18 Deltas in several areas, received favorable evaluations from the students, and been embraced by the Special Forces battalion leadership. Additional benefits include the instructional staff developing a deployment combat perspective for their area of instruction and better integration between active Army and reserves. Thus far, the course has been very successful.