The Air Reserve is an important part of the Air Force Team. Reservists are ordinary citizens who volunteer to devote a portion of their free time to military service. In the Air Force, Reservists serve as partners with members of the Regular Force to accomplish the Air Force mission.
1 One of most common arteries for counting your pulse are the radial artery, located on the inside of the wrist near the side of your thumb. 2  Another common place to take your pulse is the carotid artery, found on the neck between the wind pipe and neck muscle.
Some of those other veins will grow with time and be able to handle more blood flow. Occasionally, surgeons also use the radial artery, which is the small artery where you can feel your pulse in your wrist; we only do that if there's good flow in the other artery, the ulna artery, on the other side of your wrist.