It's a technician rankin'. Means we're both specialists in our field an' got a certain amount of know-how, that bein' the medic'in' thing.

( 'medicking'? medic-ing? those are not words, gene. )

Mostly our boys would address us as 'Doc', but we're NCOs equivalent to sergeants on the ground. Reckon it's about clear as mud to a civilian, because it was 'bout the same to us.

( especially since some units used the technician grades, some stuck with specialist, some added insignia to their patches an' some didn't. lordy, but it was a shitshow an' gene didn't really bother keepin' up with it proper. too busy savin' lives than adherin' strictly to military protocol. )