The 117th's Medical Platoon is one of the primary reasons for the unit's existence. Under the Command of Lt. Honeycutt, the unit is responsible for the care of wounded Guardsmen. The wounded can be extricated from a combat zone by members of the 117th either by airlift in Valkyries or Vendettas, or driven in Chimeras or Centaurs as ambulances. Once at the encampment, members of the staff can prepare the soldiers for care, or give the Emperor's Grace if they cannot be saved.
The Medical Platoon has complete access to the company motor pool. Although classed by many units as non-combatants, the 117th medical teams and vehicles are fully armed. They have found that heretics and xenos do not really care if a human is on a peaceful mission to save lives, and will attack unarmed medical teams as a priority since they cannot fight back. Orks in particular seemed to love targeting the Red Aquila when it was painted on the side of medical vehicles.
Modeler's note: I had a hard time coming up with a conversion for Commander of the Medical Platoon. A suitable figure is on the back burner. I did convert a stretcher team, and made a medic from the Praetorian lascannon team loader. The closest I have is the objective marker of a surgeon operating, which is on the left of the photo.
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