Reply #16: If this was the backcountry

[nadinbrzezinski]

from Kabul the AF Base is half an hour away by air ambulance and they have a front line medical center with thoracic surgeons that handle this all the time, from high speed lead. They also get plenty of practice. What those army and AF surgeons would hate is having to practice VIP medicine.

Now in the real isolated areas, yep you got a point, but that is not where diplomats thread, just 20 something privates on patrol, and they still can get to a medical facility within forty five minutes average. That is the standard for MEDEVAC now.