For those Navy Hospital Corpsmen who served in the United States Navy and/or the United States Marine Corps.

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  • Edgar Snowden Bowles October 14, 2010 at 8:12am
    I graduate from Hospital Corsp School, San Diego Dec 62 (47 years, 10 months) ago. Or School Mar 64 , San diegoField Med School Pendleton Jun 64, MAT School San Diego Sept 68
  • M E Leclerc October 6, 2010 at 1:05pm
    Ha ha ha noooo, I think I'll keep my 27!
  • Jim Decota October 6, 2010 at 12:57pm
    I realized the same thing about 10 years ago! I'll trade you my 37 for your 27!
  • M E Leclerc October 6, 2010 at 9:41am
    I just realized it graduated from Corps School 27 years ago this week. Geesh, where'd time go? LOL
  • jim fagan October 6, 2010 at 7:24am
    After Navy worked a few jobs, but put my Navy training as corpsman to work and went into Firefighting/emt .Put in 25 years loved every bit of it.Best thing i ever did was jion the Navy and be come a corpsman
  • Frederick William McCoy October 5, 2010 at 1:58pm
    It sounds to me like Bill Cosby picked his service and rate the same way I pick my football teams. The first thing I do is look at the uniforms. If they're OK, I watch to see how fluid & graceful the quarterback is when going back for a forward pass. Then I look at the coach, and if I like his looks, that's my Team-Of-The-Day! The exceptions are Oregon & Oregon State who get their many experimental uniforms donated to them by the design department at Portland-based Nike and often look like roller-derby teams.
  • M E Leclerc September 22, 2010 at 10:56pm
    You're in Roanoke? I'm from Alexandria.
  • Jack Wood September 22, 2010 at 10:49pm
    Hello Everyone,

    I recently found this site when I was looking for people I knew in the Navy. I went basic in Orlando in 1976, to Corps school in Sandiego in 1977, FMS Camp Pendelton 1978 and 8506 Adv Med Tech in 1979. It was good to see that you are trying to stay connected. Hoping to share that experience as well.

    Jack
  • Randall Keith Hunter September 18, 2010 at 11:29am
    @ Jim, yes Bill Cosby was a Pharmacist's Mate. In an interview one time he said he picked the Navy because they bad the best uniforms and the Hospital Corps because they had the best looking rating badge
  • Jim Decota September 18, 2010 at 11:14am
    How many know that amongst the Corpsman alumni are people like Dr. William(Bill) Cosby?
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Hats Off to All my fellow Corpsman!

This is my first day on here and I am so pleased and proud to find it.I spent my time 1969-1974 active, from Orlando Boot to San Diego Corps School, CHELSEA Naval Hospital, Senior Corpsman of Ward 14, Dirty Orthopedics and then Camp Lenjeune 2nd Amtracs, Force Troops, Camp Lejeune.Have been in healthcare ever since as a Registered Respiratory Therapist. I gave my first breathing treatment in 1970......Thank you All for your Service!!!Curt Hiller, HM3

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navy hospital corpsmen

may 31 1956 was the day i graduated from hospital corps school great lakes. spent 18 months at the philly naval hospital working on locked ward t-18. gave electric shock treatments 3 times a week. went to argentia newfoundland, naval air station base hospital from 1958 thru 1959. best years of my life.

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Fleet Marine Force Service medal/ribbon

The Navy has yet to recognize the FMF service of thousands of Grunt Docs who have served side by side with the Marines for generations. In 1984 then Navy Secretary Lehman came out with an FMF ribbon but only for FMF service after 1984.The Navy should either recognize all of us Grunt Docs or none at all; choosing only those whose FMF service was post 1984 is a slap in the face to PRE-1984 FMF Hospital Corpsmen.FMF Ribbon service post 1984.gif

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