How One Got Started in the Crazy World of Reenactment. The Medical Section:

[Micah Trent]

When I first started in the hobby, I protrayed a federal chaplin. At the time I thought it was a neat thinng to do seeing that I was working in a church. However, it was never really what I intended doing for I had an itch to want to suit up and play infantry.
Side note: Someone did take a picture of me in my....ahem...chaplins outfit...(which I will not share due to post dramatic flashbacks...it was that bad!).
I finally gave up chapling and started doing infantry in 2002. Haven't looked back since.

["Doc" Nelson]

Someone did take a picture of me in my....ahem...chaplins outfit...(which I will not share due to post dramatic flashbacks...it was that bad!).

I wonder if that "someone" was a certain spouse ??? and, I wonder if we can find this photo on eBay or, possibly put it up for sale on eBay

hmmmm . . "dramatic" instead of "traumatic", interesting .

[Micah Trent]

I wonder if that "someone" was a certain spouse ??? and, I wonder if we can find this photo on eBay or, possibly put it up for sale on eBay

hmmmm . . "dramatic" instead of "traumatic", interesting .

Comical is more like it.

LOL...Honestly it was not the wifey. It was someone from the church where I was working at.

It got worse though. That photo made to the front page of the local newspaper. At the time I thought, "Alright!" Now I look at it and think "Ugh! Why? What was I even doing? Did I really do that? Did I really look like that?"
I guess though my uniforms have changed and improved...my looks haven't!
Just Kidding!

[BigYankee]

Well, the way I got started is not glamorous or anything like that. I had been doing federal infantry one weekend and a medical steward came up to me and asked if I can help lift someone onto a stretcher. So I help, again and again and again. Now I'm hooked. That's it, nothing special just helping someone out.

[bgent]

my intro started via metal detecting (wonder how many others started or eventually found their way into artifact hunting) Eventually this led to lectures in schools on the war. I always seemed to have a interest in the war so the next logical step was to locate a unit near me having done this I visited as a spectator and met almost everyone. What a pleasent surprise on how helpful and accomidating they were.
All this led me to this site and again a great bunch of people I thank you all for answers to my newbie questions

["Doc" Nelson]

newbie questions

No worries there. I've been in this hobby for 19 years and, I still consider myself a newbie . Crap, I don't know everything . . I still find myself asking a LOT of questions .

[bgent]

No worries there. I've been in this hobby for 19 years and, I still consider myself a newbie . Crap, I don't know everything . . I still find myself asking a LOT of questions .

you wouldnt happen to be a physician would u in actual life? the reason is before my forced retirement I was PA in new yourk state myself

["Doc" Nelson]

you wouldnt happen to be a physician would u in actual life? the reason is before my forced retirement I was PA in new yourk state myself

No sir. The closest I've come to anything medical is, being a certified EMT . Never been to NY. Originally, I'm from Michigan. Closest I've come to NY was New Jersey, while visiting the wife's family.

[bgent]

that,s where i reside in hudson county . In fact this summer i hope to have a reenactment here to benefit fallen law and fire personal . It was my two friends and brothers in arms that lot their life 2 years ago xmas eve, here so this one is personal.