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

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  • Jim Decota April 27, 2011 at 2:13pm
    You should put together a Navy vet group from WY and ID and spend a few days on a west coast ship! We have a group of 30+ vets from Michigan that come to NY for a week twice a year and work on the USS Slater. Everyone car pools to split the expenses. They sleep and eat on board for the week.
  • Randall Keith Hunter April 27, 2011 at 1:49pm
    I'd love to be in on the restoration of a navy ship, sadly, I'm stuck in the middle of the continent in Wyoming. There isn't even a good sized lake around here. LOL
  • Jim Decota April 27, 2011 at 1:42pm
    Well, I just spoke with the folks at the USS Massachusetts (BB-59) and they don't have a corpsman for any of their ships! They have a few there in Battleship Cove"! Their sick bay is waiting to be restored too! There must be a secret room somewhere where all the former corpsmen are hiding! If you find it, let me know!
  • Jim Decota April 27, 2011 at 1:36pm

    Now don't be sexist now Robin!  Not in here they're not! 'Corpsman' should be thought of as a non-gender specific term! Although, when I was in you were called 'corps waves'! 

  • Robin Renee' Wilson April 27, 2011 at 1:21pm
    It seems that Females are a bit left out!
  • Randall Keith Hunter April 27, 2011 at 12:51pm
    Wow, did that ever bring back some memories. thnx! BZ for a great online tour.
  • M E Leclerc April 27, 2011 at 2:33am
    The virtual tour is fantastic. What a great treat. Good job!
  • Jim Decota April 26, 2011 at 4:09pm
    Mike, have you considered joining the veteran crew on the Hornet?
  • Michael J Sanchez April 9, 2011 at 4:22pm

    Doc Jim and my fellow HMs...I just took the online tour...you MUST check this out!

    Unfortunately I'm on the Left Coast in San Francisco.  It would be great to walk the passageways of a WWII vessel.

    God Bless the Hospital Corps!

    mjs

  • Jim Decota April 9, 2011 at 4:16pm

    Sorry about that should have been www.ussslater.org

     

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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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