CMC personnel are not alone in providing medical care from the point of injury through evacuation to a more advanced role of care. All service members are required to have training in self-aid and buddy care. With the new Congressionally-mandated Medical Readiness Training instruction, this is changing from prior Service-specific (basic first aid) self-aid and buddy care training to the DHA standardized TCCC-All Service Member (ASM) course, although Services will still have additional medical training that they add based on their mission and risks associated in that environment.

In addition to the ASM personnel's basic understanding of the MARCH sequence, they will be trained on five lifesaving skills: RCA, tourniquet application, hemostatic dressing/wound packing, pressure bandages, and basic airway maneuvers.