I got my medic bag in the summer of 2008 from the medic from the 3rd ACR in FOB Caudwell , and it helped shape how I operated as a medic in the field. So a year and a half later with 100+ convoys, a minor IED attack and several rips/tears made along the way it has become a very sentimental item for me.

Today I let it go.

More like passed on to the new medic in our unit who could use it. Because the medic bag is what you center around everything you do outside the clinic. It is hard to work sharing a medic bag with other people because each person has there own separate layout for the items inside. If you have a real trauma, you do not have time to hunt for items (or deal with one that is not set up or neglected).

By having your own personal you can set up something you can set to memory that you know not only what you need but where it was without looking. That gives you a unbelievable amount of confidence to face any challenges that are out there. For a new medic this confidence it essential. That is why I saw it was time for me to give it up.

I hope that give it’s new owner as many  treasured memories as it did me.