NAVEDTRA 14295B CH 1

Question 1

NAVEDTRA 14295B

Answer 1

HOSPITAL CORPSMAN

Question 2

In March 2, of what year, Congress mandated that the newly commissioned sailing warships—that comprised the first U.S. naval fleet—contain a “cockpit,” or sick bay, where sick and injured men could be brought and cared for by “Surgeons,” and “Surgeon’s Mates.”?

Answer 2

1799

Question 3

Who was the Navy’s first Loblolly Boy?

Answer 3

John Wall

Question 4

Who as the Navy’s first African-American Loblolly?

Answer 4

Joseph Anderson

Question 5

The Navy regulations first listed “Loblolly Boy” as an official rate in what year

Answer 5

1814

Question 6

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 6

1898

Question 7

Women were first brought into the Hospital Corps during what?

Answer 7

World War II

Question 8

During World War II, a total of 15 Navy enlisted men were awarded the Medal of Honor; of this number, how many were Hospital Corpsmen?

Answer 8

7

Question 9

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

Answer 9

Al Qaida

Question 10

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

Answer 10

Shock Trauma Platoon (STP)

Question 11

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

Answer 11

USS Cheyenne

Question 12

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 12

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

Question 13

On 01 October of what year, the Dental Technician (DT) rating, a separate enlisted specialty since 12 December 1947, merged with the Hospital Corps?

Answer 13

2005

Question 14

Specialized dental training for medical enlisted Sailors extends back to 03 February of what year when the first class of Hospital Corpsmen attended the U.S. Dental School in Washington, DC?

Answer 14

1923

Question 15

What marked the first time that Hospital Corpsmen wearing dental rating badges served in combat?

Answer 15

Korean War

Question 16

To date, there have been how many Medal of Honor recipients from the Hospital Corps?

Answer 16

22

Question 17

There have been how many Naval Vessel’s that have been named for Hospital Corpsman?

Answer 17

14