Vegetarian, Vegan and Animal Rights

In the early 1960s they were using dogs. Strays from the pound etc. until it hit the papers and there was universal horror and revulsion which is when they switched to goats and pigs. All animals are given pain management/anaesthesia and are euthanised immediately after treatment. Or so they told me. They say the barbeques at Ft. Sam Houston are regular thing at the end of the training cycle when the medics eat their patients.

The army is a very conservative organization for a reason, it has a high turnover of personnel even in peacetime (remember that? lol) so tradition is valued as a way of preserving useful technique and skills. If it aint broke, don't fix it.

You're probably right, it's time they started using human simulators but I thought you could use some background in that it was a Vietnam era improvement not some new horror show. Arguable some animals in slaughter houses suffer more for less good reason.