Corpsman Manual Ch 1

Question 0

In march 2 of what year, congress mandated that the newly commissioned sailing warships- that compromised the first US naval fleet- contain a cockpit or sickbay, where sick and injured men could be brought and cared for by “surgeons” and “surgeon mates”?

Answer 0

1799

Question 1

Who was the Navy’s first loblolly Boy?

Answer 1

John wall

Question 2

Who was the navy’s first African American loblolly?

Answer 2

Joseph Anderson

Question 3

The navy’s regulations first listed “loblolly boy” as an official rate in what year?

Answer 3

1814

Question 4

The hospital corps became an organized unit of the Navy Medical Department under the provisions of an act of congress approved 17 June of what year signed into law by president William McKinley?

Answer 4

1898

Question 5

Women were first brought into the hospital corps during what?

Answer 5

World war 2

Question 6

During world war 2, a total of 15 navy enlisted men were awarded the medal of honor, of this number how many were hospital corpsman?

Answer 6

7

Question 7

The attacks of September 11th were traced to what, which is an ultra conservative Sunni Islamist terrorist organization and it’s leader Osama bin Laden?

Answer 7

Al Qaida

Question 8

The Iraqi conflict gave Navy Medicine an opportunity to utilize what newly developed concept?

Answer 8

Shock Trauma Platoon (STP)

Question 9

The Tomahawk missile that opened the Iraqi conflict was launched from what ship?

Answer 9

USS Cheyenne

Question 10

An inescapable legacy of the Overseas Contingency Operations in Iraq and Afghanistan are the thousands of Marines, Sailors, and Soldiers returning with traumatic brain injury (TBI) as well as deeper psychological wounds categorized as what?

Answer 10

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

Question 11

On 01 October of what year, the dental technician (dt) rating, a desperate enlisted specialty since 1947, merged with the hospital corps?

Answer 11

2005

Question 12

Specialized dental training for medical enlisted sailors extends back to 03 February of what year when the first class of hospital corpsman attended the US Dental school in Washington, D.C.?

Answer 12

1923

Question 13

What marked the first time that the hospital corpsman wearing dental rating served in combat?

Answer 13

Korean War

Question 14

To date, there have been how many Medal of Honor recipients from the hospital corps?

Answer 14

22

Question 15

There have been how many Naval Vessel’s that have been named for hospital corpsman?

Answer 15

14