Hm 01 Heritage Of The Hospital Corpsman

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In March 2, ____, Congress mandated that the newly commissioned sailing warships—that comprised the first U.S. naval fleet—contain a “____,” or ____, where sick and injured men could be brought and cared for by “____,” and “_____.”

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1799
cockpit; sick bay
Surgeons; Surgeon’s Mates

Front 2

The Navy regulations first listed “____ Boy” as an official rate in 1814.

Back 2

Loblolly Boy

Front 3

From the age of American expansion to the end of the Civil War, medical enlisted Sailors were called “______.”

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Surgeon Stewards

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In the post-war decades that bridged the naval decline to the rebirth of sea power, the medical enlisted Sailors were called “(male) ____,” “_____,” and even “____.”

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nurses; baymen; apothecaries

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An act of Congress (17 June 1898) provided for appointment to the warrant rank of pharmacist and established the following ratings: ____ (Chief Petty Officer), ____ (Third Class Petty Officer) and ____.

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Hospital Steward;
Hospital Apprentice First Class;
Hospital Apprentice

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Another notable early Hospital Corpsman was _____. In ____ (year), he became the first of twenty-two Hospital Corpsmen to be awarded the Medal of Honor.

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Hospital Apprentice Robert Stanley;
In 1900

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Women were first brought into the Hospital Corps during World War II. On 12 January 1944, the first Hospital Corps School for ______was commissioned at the U.S. Naval Hospital, National Naval Medical Center, _____(place).

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Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service (WAVES);
Bethesda, Maryland.

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During World War II, a total of ____ Navy enlisted men were awarded the Medal of Honor;

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15

Front 9

On 02 April 1948, the rating insignia of the Hospital Corps was changed from the ____ to the ____.

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Red Cross
caduceus

Front 10

In the KOREA War, _____ (#) enlisted Navy Medals of Honor were awarded to Navy Hospital Corpsmen serving with the ____.

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All five enlisted Navy Medals of Honor;
Marines

Front 11

The ____ gave Navy Medicine an opportunity to utilize the newly developed _____ (STP) concept.

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(2nd) Iraqi conflict
Shock Trauma Platoon

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While most of the attention given to sea based medicine goes to the two hospital ships, _____, the unsung Hospital Corpsmen assigned to the rest of the fleet continue to prove their ability to support combat operations anytime, anywhere.

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Mercy and Comfort

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Soft Power was first articulated as a possible military policy in ___ by President ____.

Back 13

1911;
Theodore Roosevelt

Front 14

On 01 October ____, the Dental Technician (DT) rating, a separate enlisted specialty since 12 December ____, merged with the Hospital Corps.

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2005
1947

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To date, there have been ___ Medal of Honor recipients from the Hospital Corps; this is ___ of all the Medal of Honor's awarded to the Department of the Navy. (___ in total)

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22; half; 44 in total

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Over the years, the Navy has operated hospital Corps Training Schools in Bainbridge, MD; Farragut, ID; _____ (1942 to 2011); Newport, RI; _____(1921 to 2011); _____(1935 to 2011); and San Francisco, CA.

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Great Lakes, IL
Portsmouth, VA
San Diego, CA

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the Navy’s first Loblolly Boy: _____
the first Loblolly prisoner of war: _____
the first African-American Loblolly: _____

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John Wall (the Navy’s first Loblolly Boy),
John Domyn (the first Loblolly prisoner of war),
Joseph Anderson (the first African-American Loblolly).