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Excited for the new video style! Well, anything from you guys. When you get a chance can you please do Recon Surveillance Leader’s Course, and Recon Team Leader’s Course? Also, is there a Recon Unit Leader’s Course for E6 and up? Hope to hear from you soon. Semper Fi Marines.
My cousin served as a navy corpsman. He was deployed 8 years on the frontlines in Afghanistan as a combat medic with the marines and when he retired he was awarded as an honorary marine.
I know this is 3 years late, but I just ran across this video. I was a Marine platoon commander in Vietnam 1968-69. I had two Navy Corpsmen. I cannot tell you how fantastic they were. Unfortunately, one was killed but my other Corpsman was with me for most of my tour. Remember that neither the Marines nor the Amy rotated units in and out of Vietnam. They rotated individuals into existing units. That meant that in my platoon, I had a constant stream of new Marines coming in to my platoon and I didn't know who they were as they joined and I didn't have any idea what training they had beyond basic training in the US. In other words, I never had a platoon that had trained together. I never had a platoon where me and the squad leaders knew instinctively what to do in a firefight. We were mostly just a bunch of individuals who had never trained together. Bad dog; no bone. That said, my Navy Corpsmen were absolutely outstanding. They would sacrifice their lives for any wounded Marine under fire. I'm not retired from the Marines and I'm 78. If I should ever meet a Navy Corpsman or former Navy Corpsman, they would never have to pay for their beers. They may have been Navy Corpsmen, but they were Marines as well. God bless them all.
A Navy Corpsman (HM) story from many moons ago: We had an SH-60 coming in and one of the guys coming off of it was overly excited and did exactly what you're not supposed to do, he somewhat jumped and stuck his hand up to wave, the rotor cut four of his fingers off at the knuckles. The cut was so quick and swift he didn't even realize it at first, an HM3 ran to him without a moment of hesitation and tackled him gently to the ground just as the individual noticed his hand, we then covered down on him and kept him from going into shock as the HM3 recovered his four fingers, we put him right back on the SH-60 and flew him over to a nearby carrier for surgery, three of four were successfully reattached. This is one of many stories over the years, HM’s make things happen and are truly difference makers on the battlefield
As a former Corpsman, (Doc) attached to 3rd BN 11th Marines, I approve. Best job ever!! When assigned to a combat unit, you get specialized trauma medicine and combat training.
How challenging was the training? I'm thinking of going down the Corpsman path because I want to do medical in my career, and the military can provide so much for me even after service.
I retired HM1 Sept 76. three tours in Vietnam. Looks like you guys get a lot more than what we had in Nam. 1st tour in '64 flight corpsman HMM-362. 2nd tour '66 USS Repose AH-16. 3rd tour '68 -69 Bravo Co 1st RECON Bn LRRP Team DONNEYBROOK> Enjoyed the Video. Well done
Current corpsman. The diversity is insane. I’ve been in for two years and I’ve done my services in Hospital PICU, Marine MCRD, USNS Mercy, Hospital pediatric subspecialty cardio, hem/onc, and surgery. 2 years in and 18 years of more skills to go. I’ve still got more specialities I want to go Into
Speaking as a United States Marine, we love the Navy Corpsmen! God bless all Navy Corpsmen! Here to you DOC! OOHRAH, respectfully submitted old devil dog here!
A few years ago my daughter needed to be admitted to the ICU due to reactive airway disease. Before she was admitted and they were doing various oxygen therapies to see what would work and what was happening to my daughter, I noticed about three men in naval uniforms helping civilian doctors with my daughter. Not sure if they were corpsman in training or what (we live in San Diego so yeah) but I was so so glad they were there. They definitely helped save my kiddo. Probably the scariest thing I've experienced in my life. Big time respect to corpsman, etc.
There have been a lot more cross work between Navy and Civilian hospitals since the inception of the DHA in an effort to streamline and standardize military health care.
The Navy has started to see that some of their docs with certain specialties (resp therapy, surg tech, etc.) just don’t get to stay as sharp on their skills in most naval hospitals. To combat this they have started to work with civilian hospitals to incorporate these docs in with the hospital to help them stay sharp in their specialty. Had a surg tech the clinic get sent to a hospital out in Oakland as prep for deployment.
As a retired Royal Navy Medic, I worked with Independent Duty Corpsman when deployed with the Nato Squadron in 84/85 and 89/90 all good lads. Still have the coffee mug from the USS Aubrey Fitch given to me by the IDC on the USS Aubrey Fitch. The Royal Naval Medical Branch has a similar set although the technical side of if is made up of Registered Nurses, Radiographers, Physiotherapist etc, the IDC side serve with the Service Fleet, Submarine Service and Royal Marines, the latter complete the All Arms Commando Course to be awarded their coveted green Beret, although I believe Royal Marines now do the RN medics Course. I served on 3 frigates as the lone Medical Branch rating and a Commando Carrier, with a Dr and Dentist as the sickbay Chief., Every time were in the US of A we were afforded great hospitality., Still the best job I ever had at sea, as the only medic., Best 22 years of my life and happiest on the grey crinkly stuff.
My brother-in-law was a Navy Corman. He retired about six years ago. Obviously we weren't close because he was always deployed or on some base far away. Now to the story. My wife and I went on a cruise to Bermuda and had a 16 hour unplanned layover in Norfork Virginia. So we explored the area and came upon a bar at about 9 o'clock at night. The bar was filled with navy service members. My brother-in-law was in Norfork for quite some time. so I struck up a conversation with one of the men and mentioned that my brother-in-law was a Korman. As soon as I mentioned his name, the guy turned around and yelled at the group behind him "holy shit guys listen here, this guy is Dan brother-in-law. "I then introduced them to my wife. Immediately they started telling some stories about things that he had done in Afghanistan. We knew he had been deployed, but we were never in the military so we had no clue as to the significance. a lot of their stories started with some disclaimer like, "we can't tell you where we were "or some other cryptic message. This one on for an hour, then buying us drink after drinking and telling us to say thank you the next time we saw him. Apparently, he had multiple lives multiple times in multiple ways. One of the guys even shown a scar on his shoulder that he had stitched up for him. My wife and I decided to buy them around of drinks. There must've been at least 20 of them. The bill with tip came over $250 but it was the best $250 we spent. We got the best group we could get, but there were too many to fit them all in. We showed the picture to him over Christmas and he pointed out most of them, including the one whose shoulder he stitched up. I'm going to put story number two in another post
@@braedenpatterson3228: I thought, in my humble opinion, that it was the best rate in the Navy. You get to choose whether you want to be a SARC or SEAL Corpsman. You then want to talk to a recruiter and make sure you get either of these training pipelines IN WRITING on your enlistment contract. I gained unmatched experience in field medicine when I was greenside. I literally performed surgery numerous times in a week. After that I went to a ship and easily outshined my blueside counterparts given my experience. I left the Navy being lightyears ahead in terms of experience when compared to civilian counterparts, even some Physicians! So if you are going to do it then DO IT AND DON'T LOOK BACK AND HAVE NO REGRETS!
Hey bro i got a question for you, i realize this comment is a little old but i’ll ask anyway. So if someone enlists as a corpsman how hard is it to become a nurse (assuming that you have a degree in nursing) after your enlisted contract is finished. I realize my verbage is a little jacked up because i’m still educating myself about the Navy and Military as a whole. Thanks bro
Former corpsman here as well. Loved the inclusion of loblolly origins. I was a greenside dental assistant and had a good time overall. Loved my marines
10 yrs as one, spent 8 with my Marines. Still friends with several from almost 30 yrs ago. I did retire as an 11B and when they found out I was a Corpsman, the Plt Sgt was like "yeah you're the Doc". It was a big difference between an army medic and a Corpsman. SFMF.
Lol it weighs on you. Just finished 7 years and I’m done with medicine. People think of combat medicine and fighting alongside marines but nobody talks about the suicides or watching your closest friends spiral.
I'm a former HM1 PMT. I came close to retirement but due to medical reasons I couldn't pass the PRT. I was diagnosed with a 10% blockage in my right coronary artery at the VA. The same artery sometimes spasms with exertion. I didnt know that when active duty. I'm doing OK. I'm a little crazy and a cancer survivor. But i get full benefits because of all of my health problems. I'm still glad I served. Corpsman is the best rate in the Navy because you can literally go everywhere. We Corpsmen are like cockroaches. We're everywhere and you cannot stomp us out. (PMT humor there) Every ship, every station and every Marine Dibision has at least one HM. I was blue side. I still did a tour at Camp Lejeune, at the hospital...in the early 90s not many females were FMF and not many ships. I still made the most of whatever duty i was assigned.
Both my Mom and Dad are retired Corpsmen. Dad did multiple tours in Vietnam with the Marines in the middle of that hell-storm. Very very proud of them.
As a fellow Navy Corpsman just know for life you are always a Navy Corpsman and thats okay with me! I've saved 4 lives while being out and will proceed if someone is in need!
There's always one of you guys lurking in the comment section "iTs hArD tO pIcK uP". Shut the fuck up and starting working for that Crow. I earned mine in less than 2 years with an MP. I've been to more Funerals than parties, I was up 4AM 2x a week to train fat bodies as an ACFL. I spent my Saturday mornings volunteering in the community. I was a 0000/L03A but I knew more than the TECHS w/ the NEC in my department, my boots were always shined and fresh haircut every two weeks. I pushed for BJQ 2x in a row! Yall complain it's hard to promote but yall spend your free time either playing video games or getting drunk. If I can work 2x as hard as the next guy, fight through politics, and stay positive through failure you can to.
I served as a HM for nine years and worked in ER, psychiatry, alcohol rehab, and in a clinic doing sick call. In psych I worked both inpatient wards and outpatient clinic giving a variety of cognitive tests. I also became a First Aid/CPR instructor.
The SRT Basic and Advanced schools are at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri (jokingly referred to as Fort Lost in the Woods, Misery). Both schools are approximately two weeks long and teaches students CQB; room clearing, breaching, flashbang grenades, et cetera. Fort Leonard Wood is also home to the Military Police School for the Army and Marine Corps as well as a few tech schools for the Air Force. As far as real world SRT's they are almost always an extra duty for its members. This means that MP's (or your branch's equivalent) have to do a regular 50+ hour work cycle and still do monthly or biweekly training depending on how their unit is set up. Other names (branch and base dependent) include Tactical Response Team, Emergency Service Team, Emergency Reaction Team, or a similar acronym.
@@alex-cj9mb SRT is a specially trained team or element within law enforcement units(military police) of the United States Army, Navy, Coast Guard, Air Force, and Marine Corps, that responds to the most dangerous high risk situations within a military base or compound.
I can't say i did anything special being a HM3 but I had the honor of being some of the last generation of hms from great lakes and met and friend some of the crazy FMF corpspmen had existed that had blowned up and stayed saving lifes proud to served
November 10th, 2012 I was at a business convention at the Anaheim Convention center in CA and fell of the stage in front of 1000 plus people. I only fell 5 Ft but landed on my head and had a trauntic brain injury and was "dead" for 3 1/2 minutes. Two Drs in Audience were not able to revive me. A Navy Medic was in the crowd, pulled the Drs off me, and went to work to try to save my life. Next day I wake up in hospital to find out I had 17 broken bones which was a fractured skull, broken collarbone and 15 broken ribs from CPR the medic administered. This corpsman was amazing and saved my life when two Drs were not able to revive me. Massive respect for these Navy medics.
Not that I do not have respect for Army and Air Force Medics ,and, Coast Guard Health Services Technicians, but, prior to My Enlistment into the Army, I AM Prior Service Marine, and, not a few Navy Hospital Corpsman has made sure that I was good to go ( G2G) if I were I'll and or injured. And even as a 19 Year Old USMC Lance Corporal (E-3), I was circumcised on board a Navy Hospital Ship. And as for Female Sailors......Oh Boy!! Kudos to " Devil Doc"!!
As a grunt nobody f's with doc. If you do i have the ability to end you but Doc has the skills to stop me from doing more damage to you...and he'll ALWAYS choose to help...
Not sure how exciting of a video it might be, but maybe Navy RP, especially the ones attached to the Marines and how they correlate with the Chaplains and what not.
My Uncle was a corpsman in Vietham. He was stationed on a ship and dealt with the Marines and soldiers as they came in. He has some funny a fuck stories but I am proud that he served when it was not cool to serve.
I enjoy all your vids........especially at the end when the guy says, 'you don't even want to be here.' It brings back memories....... Anyways I was United States Army. I would love to see you guys do one about 54Bs Chemical Operations Specialist........ Much obliged.......
A very small population on HM’s actually make it greenside. The army’s 68W conbat medics are trained since day 1 to be line medics aka (greenside) while that may not be your assignment you get the training. All 68W qualify with their M4’s can lobby grenades and move in different squad level movements. I would love to see a video of HM vs 68W bc corpman dont like being called medics and 68W embrace it. Im a 68W.
The Corpsman we had were super nerds, played Dungeon and Dragons and Halo on down time, but when it was time to nut up, those guys where there in the shit.
The Hospital Corpsman is a Very Dynamic & Rewarding Profession, if You can Make the Cut too get to be a Hospital Corpsman! A few Years ago I was Reading an Article about "Stolen Valor!". & The Had a Guy that Served 4 Years in the Navy, Honorably & Got Out! But Put Out Wrongly He was a Hospital Corpsman in the Navy! Something Happen that Got Him Caught! & they asked Him You were in the Navy! Why would You Lie about Your Job??? The Man said because It was More exciting too be a Hospital Corpsman & He could Tell a Lot of adventure Stories! Don't know if He didn't Qualify too be a Hospital Corpsman or Not! But People do know & Respect the "Hospital Corpsman!". God Speed & God Bless the UNITED STATES of AMERICA 🙏🇺🇸
I love these videos and never get tired of them... I was checking this one, and it came to my mind, and I was wondering. Do navy corpsmen get to choose if they serve in the Marines??
As a Marine, I can speak for ALL OF US when I say green Corpsman are among the best men/women the United States military has to offer. Some of the most bad MFs ive met were green Navy Corpsman. Thank you!
No always true a Sailor doesnt have to always go through FMTB; my Chief was in the Marine Corps prior; 2003-2006. Then joined the Navy; as a Corpsman and went greenside and told us he never went through FMTB.
Makes 0 sense to send a prior Marine to FMTB. FMTB is a watered down version of Marine Boot Camp and SOI with TCCC. You do have PS and LS that are attached to Greenside Units with FMF Pins and have never been to FMTB. Which is gay.
The promotion rate trash tho. Gotta work hard to make it. When you run into E6 and above they are very proud of there rank cuz man there are HM2s that have been in 13 yrs trying to hit first class. Shot is hard to promote gotta bust your ass for it.
I was fortunate enough to have enlisted in the Navy as a Corpsman in 1993. Was on the blue side for a year and it was...kinda boring. After a year I was offered a transfer green side. Spent the rest on my 8 year hitch with the 4th Marines and loved serving there. You earn the respect of the Marines if they know you'll hop-n-pop with them as well...If so, they call you "Doc". If they think the Corpsman they got is not up to par...They get called "Petty Officer"! I went Marine Corps Regs at Pendleton and earned the name "Doc".."Marines. Title is e a r n e d. Never granted."
One thing also when your green side that also puts you attached to the Seabees as well as any other ground element within the Navy My cargo handling units and so on but I spent 25 years and did five deployments two with the Marines one with Seabees one with the heavy lift counter mine measure squadron and the last one was for the pandemic in New York City and my favorite time of all was working with the Marines it was the hardest but definitely the most rewarding
Thank you so much for all the information you provide for us. Very interesting what our military does everyday for us. I do not believe you are a threat to us in any way actually you show how awesome our military is. Thank you for all of your research and providing us with great information.
Towards the end of the video, the still photo of a rescue swimmer jumping from a helicopter, has a quote "So others may live.". That's coast guard rescue swimmers creed.
I see that things have changed. I was an 8404, I believe, although I am not looking at my DD 214 right now. All those numbers are a mystery to me. I also see FMF RECON MED TECH. That is something new.
Hoo rah dessert storm( hm ) somalia attached to 1st battalion 2nd mar div at Lejeune ground pounders . . Honorable svc . The best days of my life . From hospital nnmc Bethesda to 2nd meu along side seal team six on uss Nashville. Led 13 . Oh yeah I almost forgot im a hard charger some kno what that means . High speed low drag , shell back, hated gator squares . Combat tested . Need I say more ??????
I so wanna be a sarc, but idk if it's even worth trying since the navy is reducing the Corpsman billets. Our 18d a better viable option? or should I try my luck with the Navy?
They are mainly reducing billets for 0000 and some LO3A. There is no word for reducing SARC billets and it also wouldnt make sense cause theyre always hurting for them
Happy Friday! We hope you enjoy our video on U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsmen! If you learned something from this video, make sure to leave a like, and subscribe if you're new! We will see you next week with a different style video - more to be announced! Have a great weekend!
Hell yeaaahhh!!!
Do you gods plan on doing other countries? Like Australia? 😉✊🏽🇦🇺
do coast guard rescue swimmer please
Possibly in the future!
Can you please make a video on intelligence support activity??? Or special activity division???
Excited for the new video style! Well, anything from you guys. When you get a chance can you please do Recon Surveillance Leader’s Course, and Recon Team Leader’s Course?
Also, is there a Recon Unit Leader’s Course for E6 and up?
Hope to hear from you soon. Semper Fi Marines.
My cousin served as a navy corpsman. He was deployed 8 years on the frontlines in Afghanistan as a combat medic with the marines and when he retired he was awarded as an honorary marine.
That is so awesome! He sounds like an Incredible guy!!
I know this is 3 years late, but I just ran across this video.
I was a Marine platoon commander in Vietnam 1968-69. I had two Navy Corpsmen. I cannot tell you how fantastic they were. Unfortunately, one was killed but my other Corpsman was with me for most of my tour. Remember that neither the Marines nor the Amy rotated units in and out of Vietnam. They rotated individuals into existing units.
That meant that in my platoon, I had a constant stream of new Marines coming in to my platoon and I didn't know who they were as they joined and I didn't have any idea what training they had beyond basic training in the US. In other words, I never had a platoon that had trained together. I never had a platoon where me and the squad leaders knew instinctively what to do in a firefight. We were mostly just a bunch of individuals who had never trained together. Bad dog; no bone.
That said, my Navy Corpsmen were absolutely outstanding. They would sacrifice their lives for any wounded Marine under fire.
I'm not retired from the Marines and I'm 78. If I should ever meet a Navy Corpsman or former Navy Corpsman, they would never have to pay for their beers.
They may have been Navy Corpsmen, but they were Marines as well. God bless them all.
A Navy Corpsman (HM) story from many moons ago: We had an SH-60 coming in and one of the guys coming off of it was overly excited and did exactly what you're not supposed to do, he somewhat jumped and stuck his hand up to wave, the rotor cut four of his fingers off at the knuckles. The cut was so quick and swift he didn't even realize it at first, an HM3 ran to him without a moment of hesitation and tackled him gently to the ground just as the individual noticed his hand, we then covered down on him and kept him from going into shock as the HM3 recovered his four fingers, we put him right back on the SH-60 and flew him over to a nearby carrier for surgery, three of four were successfully reattached. This is one of many stories over the years, HM’s make things happen and are truly difference makers on the battlefield
lol "HM4"
@@TheMaheecan LOL, just caught that, HM3!
As a former Corpsman, (Doc) attached to 3rd BN 11th Marines, I approve. Best job ever!! When assigned to a combat unit, you get specialized trauma medicine and combat training.
How challenging was the training? I'm thinking of going down the Corpsman path because I want to do medical in my career, and the military can provide so much for me even after service.
I retired HM1 Sept 76. three tours in Vietnam. Looks like you guys get a lot more than what we had in Nam. 1st tour in '64 flight corpsman HMM-362. 2nd tour '66 USS Repose AH-16. 3rd tour '68 -69 Bravo Co 1st RECON Bn LRRP Team DONNEYBROOK> Enjoyed the Video. Well done
Navy corpsmen are the Warriors of medicine fighting beside Marines and Navy SEALs plus other Sailors
@Hunter Bockman I’ll make this comment on the 18D video
@Hunter Bockman The Navy's SARC's who later become SOIDC's go through the 18D course, and they also get dive medicine.
@Hunter Bockman not better then corpsman
Nah Pararescue
Sarcs do the sof shit
Current corpsman. The diversity is insane. I’ve been in for two years and I’ve done my services in Hospital PICU, Marine MCRD, USNS Mercy, Hospital pediatric subspecialty cardio, hem/onc, and surgery. 2 years in and 18 years of more skills to go. I’ve still got more specialities I want to go Into
You at balboa rn?
As a corpsman do you have time to get some college in?
What advice can you give to get into the pediatric world? I would really appreciate it if you reply!
Yeah can you answer that guys question? As a corpsman can you have time for college?
1957. my grand dad was shot in the neck on a ship off korea. A black coreman gave him back.
HUGE "thank you and God bless" to all of the Doc's out there from the FMF
Amen brother
Speaking as a United States Marine, we love the Navy Corpsmen! God bless all Navy Corpsmen! Here to you DOC! OOHRAH, respectfully submitted old devil dog here!
A few years ago my daughter needed to be admitted to the ICU due to reactive airway disease. Before she was admitted and they were doing various oxygen therapies to see what would work and what was happening to my daughter, I noticed about three men in naval uniforms helping civilian doctors with my daughter. Not sure if they were corpsman in training or what (we live in San Diego so yeah) but I was so so glad they were there. They definitely helped save my kiddo. Probably the scariest thing I've experienced in my life. Big time respect to corpsman, etc.
There have been a lot more cross work between Navy and Civilian hospitals since the inception of the DHA in an effort to streamline and standardize military health care.
@@timothyclark803 I figured they were training or something. I had no clue. Was super weird but awesome.
The Navy has started to see that some of their docs with certain specialties (resp therapy, surg tech, etc.) just don’t get to stay as sharp on their skills in most naval hospitals. To combat this they have started to work with civilian hospitals to incorporate these docs in with the hospital to help them stay sharp in their specialty. Had a surg tech the clinic get sent to a hospital out in Oakland as prep for deployment.
As a retired Royal Navy Medic, I worked with Independent Duty Corpsman when deployed with the Nato Squadron in 84/85 and 89/90 all good lads. Still have the coffee mug from the USS Aubrey Fitch given to me by the IDC on the USS Aubrey Fitch. The Royal Naval Medical Branch has a similar set although the technical side of if is made up of Registered Nurses, Radiographers, Physiotherapist etc, the IDC side serve with the Service Fleet, Submarine Service and Royal Marines, the latter complete the All Arms Commando Course to be awarded their coveted green Beret, although I believe Royal Marines now do the RN medics Course. I served on 3 frigates as the lone Medical Branch rating and a Commando Carrier, with a Dr and Dentist as the sickbay Chief., Every time were in the US of A we were afforded great hospitality., Still the best job I ever had at sea, as the only medic., Best 22 years of my life and happiest on the grey crinkly stuff.
My brother-in-law was a Navy Corman. He retired about six years ago. Obviously we weren't close because he was always deployed or on some base far away. Now to the story.
My wife and I went on a cruise to Bermuda and had a 16 hour unplanned layover in Norfork Virginia. So we explored the area and came upon a bar at about 9 o'clock at night. The bar was filled with navy service members. My brother-in-law was in Norfork for quite some time. so I struck up a conversation with one of the men and mentioned that my brother-in-law was a Korman. As soon as I mentioned his name, the guy turned around and yelled at the group behind him "holy shit guys listen here, this guy is Dan brother-in-law. "I then introduced them to my wife. Immediately they started telling some stories about things that he had done in Afghanistan. We knew he had been deployed, but we were never in the military so we had no clue as to the significance. a lot of their stories started with some disclaimer like, "we can't tell you where we were "or some other cryptic message. This one on for an hour, then buying us drink after drinking and telling us to say thank you the next time we saw him. Apparently, he had multiple lives multiple times in multiple ways. One of the guys even shown a scar on his shoulder that he had stitched up for him. My wife and I decided to buy them around of drinks. There must've been at least 20 of them. The bill with tip came over $250 but it was the best $250 we spent. We got the best group we could get, but there were too many to fit them all in. We showed the picture to him over Christmas and he pointed out most of them, including the one whose shoulder he stitched up.
I'm going to put story number two in another post
I'm proud of him, I'm also a corpsman, I'm about to finish my A-School. Can't wait to finish up and get to work. It really is worth it.
As a former Corpsman, I approve this message. Thank you, General Discharge.
Hey man I'm thinking about being a Special forces corpsman but what could you tell me about it personally
@@braedenpatterson3228: I thought, in my humble opinion, that it was the best rate in the Navy. You get to choose whether you want to be a SARC or SEAL Corpsman. You then want to talk to a recruiter and make sure you get either of these training pipelines IN WRITING on your enlistment contract. I gained unmatched experience in field medicine when I was greenside. I literally performed surgery numerous times in a week. After that I went to a ship and easily outshined my blueside counterparts given my experience. I left the Navy being lightyears ahead in terms of experience when compared to civilian counterparts, even some Physicians! So if you are going to do it then DO IT AND DON'T LOOK BACK AND HAVE NO REGRETS!
I have a few questions is it not to much of a bother to you
@@jackwatson6784: Ask away.
Hey bro i got a question for you, i realize this comment is a little old but i’ll ask anyway. So if someone enlists as a corpsman how hard is it to become a nurse (assuming that you have a degree in nursing) after your enlisted contract is finished. I realize my verbage is a little jacked up because i’m still educating myself about the Navy and Military as a whole. Thanks bro
Former corpsman here as well. Loved the inclusion of loblolly origins. I was a greenside dental assistant and had a good time overall. Loved my marines
To all the people who served in the military especially medical or combat godbless you and thankyou for your service
As a retired Corpsman we have a very rich history in Navy Blue as Marine Green. We’re trained to save lives as well as take them.
Mad Respect to Corpsman,Every Marine Loves Doc❤
MY DAD WAS ONE OF THESE GUYS. PO1, HM1, 1ST FLEET SERVICE SUPPORT “CHEATERS OF DEATH”. 1990-2010, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE
GO DEVIL DOCS!!!!
10 yrs as one, spent 8 with my Marines. Still friends with several from almost 30 yrs ago. I did retire as an 11B and when they found out I was a Corpsman, the Plt Sgt was like "yeah you're the Doc". It was a big difference between an army medic and a Corpsman.
SFMF.
As a Royal Navy Medical Assistant over the pond who has worked alongside USN Corpsman in Iraq and Afghanistan I approve this message.
Being an HM was probably the best thing that happened to me when it came to personal development. Very proud of my military service.
My grandfather was a corpsman in Nam 1966. He went on to become a machine operator so I'm guessing he didnt like the medical field lol.
Might have seen too much
@@Dog.soldier1950 For sure
Lol it weighs on you. Just finished 7 years and I’m done with medicine. People think of combat medicine and fighting alongside marines but nobody talks about the suicides or watching your closest friends spiral.
@@ifotagooseonce1789 so agreed it was alot to bear
Can't wait for Boot Camp. Left MEPS today as a Navy Hospital Corpsman (HM). Ship date June 9th, 2021. Thanks for the Info and Great Video!
Thank you, and good luck!
How are things going?
My grandfather was a Navy Corpsman.. he just recently passed a week ago . Rip Pops & nice vid General Discharge !
I'm a former HM1 PMT. I came close to retirement but due to medical reasons I couldn't pass the PRT.
I was diagnosed with a 10% blockage in my right coronary artery at the VA. The same artery sometimes spasms with exertion. I didnt know that when active duty. I'm doing OK.
I'm a little crazy and a cancer survivor. But i get full benefits because of all of my health problems.
I'm still glad I served. Corpsman is the best rate in the Navy because you can literally go everywhere. We Corpsmen are like cockroaches. We're everywhere and you cannot stomp us out. (PMT humor there)
Every ship, every station and every Marine Dibision has at least one HM.
I was blue side. I still did a tour at Camp Lejeune, at the hospital...in the early 90s not many females were FMF and not many ships. I still made the most of whatever duty i was assigned.
My uncle who raised me was a hospital corman he served with 3rd amphibious marine corps in Vietnam he left with 3 silver star's and 5 purple hearts
That is INCREDIBLE! Wow, what a Hero he was!!
I’ve been watching you for long now I think that’s your real voice 🤣
Both my Mom and Dad are retired Corpsmen. Dad did multiple tours in Vietnam with the Marines in the middle of that hell-storm. Very very proud of them.
As a fellow Navy Corpsman just know for life you are always a Navy Corpsman and thats okay with me! I've saved 4 lives while being out and will proceed if someone is in need!
But you failed to mention how tough it is to promote as a corpsman
That is not true.
There's always one of you guys lurking in the comment section "iTs hArD tO pIcK uP". Shut the fuck up and starting working for that Crow. I earned mine in less than 2 years with an MP. I've been to more Funerals than parties, I was up 4AM 2x a week to train fat bodies as an ACFL. I spent my Saturday mornings volunteering in the community. I was a 0000/L03A but I knew more than the TECHS w/ the NEC in my department, my boots were always shined and fresh haircut every two weeks. I pushed for BJQ 2x in a row!
Yall complain it's hard to promote but yall spend your free time either playing video games or getting drunk. If I can work 2x as hard as the next guy, fight through politics, and stay positive through failure you can to.
Lol it's like 6% to E-6 and that's considered high 😂.
@@ej0080 you high?
Yeah. Promotion wasn't great but you lose yourself in the power. Even when I was a HM2 I was putting LT's and other JO's in check.
This is the best channel on the platform
I served as a HM for nine years and worked in ER, psychiatry, alcohol rehab, and in a clinic doing sick call. In psych I worked both inpatient wards and outpatient clinic giving a variety of cognitive tests. I also became a First Aid/CPR instructor.
Very proud to be a retired HM1(FMF)...definitely GREEN side! Oooorah!
My mother was a corpsman I read practically every book she ever owned an studied my childhood was amazing.😅
Loved being a corpsman. I work in ophthalmology now as an imaging specialist. I miss active duty.
Suggestion: US Military Special Reaction Team(SRT) School and units
what the fuck does that even mean?
The SRT Basic and Advanced schools are at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri (jokingly referred to as Fort Lost in the Woods, Misery). Both schools are approximately two weeks long and teaches students CQB; room clearing, breaching, flashbang grenades, et cetera. Fort Leonard Wood is also home to the Military Police School for the Army and Marine Corps as well as a few tech schools for the Air Force.
As far as real world SRT's they are almost always an extra duty for its members. This means that MP's (or your branch's equivalent) have to do a regular 50+ hour work cycle and still do monthly or biweekly training depending on how their unit is set up.
Other names (branch and base dependent) include Tactical Response Team, Emergency Service Team, Emergency Reaction Team, or a similar acronym.
@@alex-cj9mb SRT is a specially trained team or element within law enforcement units(military police) of the United States Army, Navy, Coast Guard, Air Force, and Marine Corps, that responds to the most dangerous high risk situations within a military base or compound.
Sweet. I made the thumbnail. Never heard of you guys before. Good vid. Keep it up!
Suggestion: 3rd United States Infantry Regiment "The Old Guard" and any info on tomb guards
I can't say i did anything special being a HM3 but I had the honor of being some of the last generation of hms from great lakes and met and friend some of the crazy FMF corpspmen had existed that had blowned up and stayed saving lifes proud to served
November 10th, 2012 I was at a business convention at the Anaheim Convention center in CA and fell of the stage in front of 1000 plus people. I only fell 5 Ft but landed on my head and had a trauntic brain injury and was "dead" for 3 1/2 minutes. Two Drs in Audience were not able to revive me. A Navy Medic was in the crowd, pulled the Drs off me, and went to work to try to save my life. Next day I wake up in hospital to find out I had 17 broken bones which was a fractured skull, broken collarbone and 15 broken ribs from CPR the medic administered. This corpsman was amazing and saved my life when two Drs were not able to revive me. Massive respect for these Navy medics.
Not that I do not have respect for Army and Air Force Medics ,and, Coast Guard Health Services Technicians, but, prior to My Enlistment into the Army, I AM Prior Service Marine, and, not a few Navy Hospital Corpsman has made sure that I was good to go ( G2G) if I were I'll and or injured. And even as a 19 Year Old USMC Lance Corporal (E-3), I was circumcised on board a Navy Hospital Ship. And as for Female Sailors......Oh Boy!! Kudos to " Devil Doc"!!
I graduated from San Diego Ca. Jan 1988.. US Navy Corpsman. Then on to Camp LeJeune North Carolina. Then Naval Hospital Bethesda.. now Walter Reed.
former 8404/8432. Best career decision of my life. Thank you for the video!
Donny Klein! Another Corpsman who's on UA-cam. Props to Nicki and Donny.
coast guard rescue swimmer next
I was an HM3 serving w/the Marines in Viet Nam in 1966.
Thank you for your service!
@General Discharge, keep these videos up you are one of my favorite channels!!!
Corpsman up 💪🏼
As a grunt nobody f's with doc. If you do i have the ability to end you but Doc has the skills to stop me from doing more damage to you...and he'll ALWAYS choose to help...
In the civilian world it translates to EMT-B, Special Ops guys.. Paramedics, with some Nursing Assistant training.
Not sure how exciting of a video it might be, but maybe Navy RP, especially the ones attached to the Marines and how they correlate with the Chaplains and what not.
Navy RP is an excellent idea, thank you!
My Uncle was a corpsman in Vietham. He was stationed on a ship and dealt with the Marines and soldiers as they came in. He has some funny a fuck stories but I am proud that he served when it was not cool to serve.
Thanks for highlighting THE best rate in the Navy! Yup, I’m biased. CORPSMAN UP!
I enjoy all your vids........especially at the end when the guy
says, 'you don't even want to be here.'
It brings back memories.......
Anyways I was United States Army.
I would love to see you guys do one about 54Bs
Chemical Operations Specialist........
Much obliged.......
Thanks for the support and for your suggestion! We will look into it
Great video as always, Please do USAF SERE SPECIALIST
My grandfather is one of the 959 silver star hospital corpsman. WWII @ Bougainville
Just doing our job. We respect the shout out. Thank you 😊
Been there, done that...have the Tshirt and scars. Excellent breakdown.
Former HM from 1966 - 1969. Many things have changed since my time but it looks like a lot is just as it was back in the day.
Corps school use to be in GreatLakes before the powers that be decided to consolidate with Army/AirForce in San Antonio.
HM "A" School was both in Great Lakes, IL (east) but also at Balboa in San Diego, CA (west), before they moved it to San Antonio, TX.
Can the next one PLEASE be on Marine combat engineers🙏
My uncle was a navy croman assigned to the 3rd amphibious assault unit in vetenam he eventually was awarded a silver star for the things he had to do
A very small population on HM’s actually make it greenside. The army’s 68W conbat medics are trained since day 1 to be line medics aka (greenside) while that may not be your assignment you get the training. All 68W qualify with their M4’s can lobby grenades and move in different squad level movements. I would love to see a video of HM vs 68W bc corpman dont like being called medics and 68W embrace it. Im a 68W.
What was your first assignment
This is what I want to do in the military!
Great video keep up the good work. 👍
Thank you James!
The corpsman rate is the most decorated job in the military not just the navy
As a future corpsman an I approve this message
Please do a video on Coast Guard Taclet teams!
I'm pound for what your guys doing for your country
The Corpsman we had were super nerds, played Dungeon and Dragons and Halo on down time, but when it was time to nut up, those guys where there in the shit.
That's one of my buddies from A school doing the stretch band thing. That's dope as hell lol
The Hospital Corpsman is a Very Dynamic & Rewarding Profession, if You can Make the Cut too get to be a Hospital Corpsman! A few Years ago I was Reading an Article about "Stolen Valor!". & The Had a Guy that Served 4 Years in the Navy, Honorably & Got Out! But Put Out Wrongly He was a Hospital Corpsman in the Navy! Something Happen that Got Him Caught! & they asked Him You were in the Navy! Why would You Lie about Your Job??? The Man said because It was More exciting too be a Hospital Corpsman & He could Tell a Lot of adventure Stories! Don't know if He didn't Qualify too be a Hospital Corpsman or Not! But People do know & Respect the "Hospital Corpsman!". God Speed & God Bless the UNITED STATES of AMERICA 🙏🇺🇸
A big Salute to all Corpsmen and SARC! Semper Fi ABY
I love these videos and never get tired of them... I was checking this one, and it came to my mind, and I was wondering. Do navy corpsmen get to choose if they serve in the Marines??
Suggestion: Combat Aviation Advisor
Being a Seabee gotta love these guys!!
I remember doing all this stuff at Camp Pendleton
do a video on Radio recon next pls
As a Marine, I can speak for ALL OF US when I say green Corpsman are among the best men/women the United States military has to offer. Some of the most bad MFs ive met were green Navy Corpsman. Thank you!
No always true a Sailor doesnt have to always go through FMTB; my Chief was in the Marine Corps prior; 2003-2006. Then joined the Navy; as a Corpsman and went greenside and told us he never went through FMTB.
Makes 0 sense to send a prior Marine to FMTB. FMTB is a watered down version of Marine Boot Camp and SOI with TCCC. You do have PS and LS that are attached to Greenside Units with FMF Pins and have never been to FMTB. Which is gay.
yes a "sailor" as is PS or LS can be with a marine unit without going thru FMTB, but an RP or an HM has to go thru
The promotion rate trash tho. Gotta work hard to make it. When you run into E6 and above they are very proud of there rank cuz man there are HM2s that have been in 13 yrs trying to hit first class. Shot is hard to promote gotta bust your ass for it.
No kidding! I was a HM2 for 7 years before I put on HM1!
Suggestion: US Navy Riverine Squadrons now known as MESRON
You forgot the purple heart award
Sweet! Awesome video. Thank you, good one for the HM community.
I was fortunate enough to have enlisted in the Navy as a Corpsman in 1993. Was on the blue side for a year and it was...kinda boring. After a year I was offered a transfer green side. Spent the rest on my 8 year hitch with the 4th Marines and loved serving there. You earn the respect of the Marines if they know you'll hop-n-pop with them as well...If so, they call you "Doc". If they think the Corpsman they got is not up to par...They get called "Petty Officer"! I went Marine Corps Regs at Pendleton and earned the name "Doc".."Marines. Title is e a r n e d. Never granted."
sweet vid. can you make a video about greenside corpsmen and the areas within division/MAW/MLG?
Anything about Coast Guard Corpsman? HS? IDHS? IDC? I'd love to see a video on it!
6:00 I REALLY hope that man didn't fire that carbine without cleaning it.
One thing also when your green side that also puts you attached to the Seabees as well as any other ground element within the Navy My cargo handling units and so on but I spent 25 years and did five deployments two with the Marines one with Seabees one with the heavy lift counter mine measure squadron and the last one was for the pandemic in New York City and my favorite time of all was working with the Marines it was the hardest but definitely the most rewarding
Totally off topic but how about a video on Diplomatic Security Service (DS or DSS)? My buddy was a special agent. Let’s do this!!!
Yooo... where my FMF bois at?! Lol
Thank you so much for all the information you provide for us. Very interesting what our military does everyday for us. I do not believe you are a threat to us in any way actually you show how awesome our military is. Thank you for all of your research and providing us with great information.
Thanks for your support!
Please do USMC Motor Transport MOS
Do a video on SOCP
My uncle was a hospital corman in Vietnam with three silver stars and four purple hearts
He was attached to the Marine 3rd amphibious in Vietnam in the late 60s into the 70s
Another sailor in the marine green is the RP (Religious Program Specialist)
Towards the end of the video, the still photo of a rescue swimmer jumping from a helicopter, has a quote "So others may live.". That's coast guard rescue swimmers creed.
Can you please make a video on intelligence support activity??? Or special activity division???
I see that things have changed. I was an 8404, I believe, although I am not looking at my DD 214 right now. All those numbers are a mystery to me. I also see FMF RECON MED TECH. That is something new.
Hoo rah dessert storm( hm ) somalia attached to 1st battalion 2nd mar div at Lejeune ground pounders . . Honorable svc . The best days of my life . From hospital nnmc Bethesda to 2nd meu along side seal team six on uss Nashville. Led 13 . Oh yeah I almost forgot im a hard charger some kno what that means . High speed low drag , shell back, hated gator squares . Combat tested . Need I say more ??????
I so wanna be a sarc, but idk if it's even worth trying since the navy is reducing the Corpsman billets. Our 18d a better viable option? or should I try my luck with the Navy?
Do you wanna work with SF or do you wanna work with MARSOC or Recon Marines? Biggest difference. Plus the SARC pipeline is much more amphibious
They are mainly reducing billets for 0000 and some LO3A. There is no word for reducing SARC billets and it also wouldnt make sense cause theyre always hurting for them