Chapter 1: Heritage of the Hospital Corpsman Flashcards
March 2, 1799
Congress mandated that the newly commissioned sailing warship that contain a “cockpit” or sickbay, where sick and injured men could be brought and cared for by “surgeons” or “surgeon mates”
Loblolly Boys
today’s forerunner of today’s Hospital Corpsman; “serving the daily rations of porridge or ‘loblolly’ to the ill and injured”
Quasi-War (France 1797-1800) and First Barbary War (1801-1805)
Where Loblollies served with distinction, however, many of their names and individual accomplishments have been obscured by or lost over time.
John Wall
the Navy’s first Loblolly boy
John Domyn
the first Loblolly POW
Joseph Anderson
the first African American Loblolly
1814
the Navy’s regulations first listed Loblolly Boy as an official rate
“Surgeon Stewards”
From the age of American Expansion to the end of the Civil War, What medical enlisted Sailors were called.
17 June 1898
The Hospital Corps became an organized unit of the Navy Medical Department under that provisions of an act of Congress; Signed into law by President William Mckinley
Robert Stanley
in 1900, became the first of 22 Hospital Corpsmen to be awarded the medial of honor
World War 1
both the US and France cited many Hospital Corpsmen for valor and performance of duty under fire.
WAVES
Women were first brought into the Hospital Corps during WW2. On 12 Jan 1944, the first Hospital Corps school for Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service (WAVES) was commissioned at US Naval Hospital, National Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland.
Mount Suribachi, Iwo Jima
along with 6 Marines, Pharmacist Mate John Bradel proudly participated in the raising of our flag
02 April 1948
the rating insignia of the Hospital Corps was changed from the Red Cross to the caduceus
27 September 2001
by order of Navy Surgeon General Michael Cowan, new signal flags, “charlie papa: steaming to assist” were flown above all Navy medical activities.
20 March 2003
when American forces invaded Iraq to remove Sadaam Hussein, the Corpsman assigned to the 1st Marine Expeditionary Forces were among the first Americans to the cross the border.
STP
the Iraq; conflict gave Navy Medicine an opportunity to utilize the newly developed Shock Trauma Platoon concept. A small mobile medical unit, was designed to advance assault units and support combat operations from just behind the front lines.
01 October 2005
the Dental Technicians rating merged with the Hospital Corps
Medial of Honor
there have been 22 MoH recipients from the Hospital Corps
awards
174 Navy crosses, 31 distinguished service medals, 946 silver stars, and 1582 bronze stars awarded to the Hospital Corpsman since the establishment of the Hospital Corps. 14 Naval vessels have been named for Hospital corpsmen
what is the key to service with distinction?
Professional ethics
the importance of having medical care onboard Naval vessels was reinforced when?
02 March 1799
the area called the sickbay today was originally referred to as what?
cockpit
the first member of the Hospital Corps to be awarded the medal of Honor was who?
Hospital Apprentice Robert Stanley
the foundation for the current system of rank structure came in what year?
1916
the first Hospital Corps school for WAVES was commissioned where?
National Naval Medical Cener, Bethesda, MD
the Honorable James Forrestal was serving in what position when he publicly thanked the Hospital Corps for it service and contributions during WW2
Secretary of the Navy
what was the original rating insignia of the Hospital Corps?
Red Cross
STP were first deployed during the Afghanistan phase of WoT?
False. Iraq
soft power was first articulated as a possible military policy in 1911 by President Theodore Roosevelt.
True
the Dental Technician rating was established when?
12 December 1947
most of the Navy’s medical enlisted training will be relocated to where along with the Army and Air Force as of 2011
San Antonio, TX
what percentage of all Department of the Naval Medal of Honor has been earned by the Hospital Corpsmen?
50%
