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For all of America\u2019s resiliency, the pandemic exposed urgent societal changes that call for reform. Among them are the many visible vulnerabilities of our healthcare system. It was only a scant 12 months ago that hospitals and clinics were stretched past their limits, patients struggled to get the care they needed, and the public toiled to receive a COVID-19 test or vaccine. <\/span>A<\/span>s the virus surged, hospitals in<\/span> at least 25 states reported<\/span> staff shortages<\/span><\/a>. <\/span>Yet on the sidelines watching these unnecessary \u2013 and tragic – medical limitations unfold were thousands of experienced former medics and hospital corpsmen, ready to serve their country as they are committed and uniquely trained to do.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Since the start of the pandemic, <\/span>we regularly heard leaders call for an \u2018army\u2019 of healthcare workers to fight this public health emergency. Yet what too few realize<\/span> is that we already <\/span>have <\/span><\/i>an army right here, and they are ready to go. Thousands of former military medics and hospital corpsmen have hard-won healthcare skills and experience to help America recover from the pandemic. <\/span>Each of them have already earned their basic medical training, with many having received additional advanced training in the field.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n At Hire Heroes USA, we\u2019ve helped more than 56,000 U.S. military members, veterans and military spouses find jobs and succeed in the civilian workforce.\u00a0 We\u2019re driven by the belief that every veteran that is out of work<\/span> is a lost opportunity for that family, their community, and our country<\/span>.\u00a0 Looking across the population of veterans we serve, many are former medics and hospital corpsmen from across all military branches.<\/span> Many of these former military medical workers want to continue their careers in the civilian healthcare industry, yet <\/span>struggle to do so<\/span><\/a>.\u00a0 Our data demonstrates <\/span>that 50% of the 1,244 veteran medics and corpsmen we served from 2015-2020<\/span> want to work in the civilian healthcare industry.\u00a0 Alarmingly, only half of those motivated individuals land jobs in the medical field.<\/span><\/p>\n