Sunday, May 24, 2009

FMF PQS Study Guides

FMF PQS Study Guides courtesy of Corpsman.Com
CORE SECTIONS
102 Marine Corps History, Rank Structure, and Courtesies
103 United States Marine Corps Mission and Organization
104 Administrative
105 Operational Risk Management and Occupational Safety
106 General Combat Leadership
107 First Aid and Field Sanitation
108 Security
109 Field Communication
110 Weapons
111 Tactical Measures
112 Marine Corps Operations
113 Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical (NBC) Defense
114 United States Marine Corps Drill and Ceremonies
115 Land Navigation
GROUND COMBAT ELEMENT (GCE)
116 Ground Combat Element (GCE), Infantry
117 Ground Combat Element (GCE), Marine Artillery
118 Ground Combat Element (GCE), Tank Battalion
119 Ground Combat Element (GCE), Assault Amphibian Battalion
120 Ground Combat Element (GCE), Combat Engineer Battalion
121 Ground Combat Element (GCE), Light Armored Reconnaissance (LAR) Battalion
122 Ground Combat Element (GCE), Amphibious Reconnaissance Battalion
AIR COMBAT ELEMENT (ACE)
123 Air Combat Element (ACE), Marine Corps Aviation
124 Air Combat Element (ACE), Marine Wing Headquarters Squadron (MWHS)
125 Air Combat Element (ACE), Marine Air Control Group (MACG)
126 Air Combat Element (ACE), Marine Aircraft Group (MAG)
127 Air Combat Element (ACE), Marine Wing Support Group (MWSG)
128 Air Combat Element (ACE), Marine Corps Aviation Safety
COMBAT SERVICE SUPPORT (CSS)
129 Combat Service Support Element (CSSE), Force Service Support Group (FSSG)
130 Combat Service Support Element (CSSE), Combat Service Support (CSS)
131 Combat Service Support Element (CSSE), Maintenance Battalion Fundamentals
132 Combat Service Support Element (CSSE), Supply Battalion
133 Combat Service Support Element (CSSE), Engineering Support Battalion
134 Combat Service Support Element (CSSE), Motor Transport and Landing Support Battalions
135 Combat Service Support Element (CSSE), Medical Battalion
136 Combat Service Support Element (CSSE), Dental Battalion

September 2009 HM E-6 Bibliography

September 2009 Regular Exam
Hospital Corpsman (HM)(DT/HM)
E-6 Bibliography (Bib)

HM1
Occupational References
BUMEDINST 6260.30, MERCURY CONTROL PROGRAM FOR DENTAL TREATMENT SPACES
BUMEDINST 6280.1, MANAGEMENT OF INFECTIOUS WASTE
BUMEDINST 6440.5, HEALTH SERVICES AUGMENTATION PROGRAM (HSAP)
BUMEDINST 6600.10, DENTAL INFECTION CONTROL PROGRAM; CHAP 2
BUMEDINST 6700.13G CH-1, MANAGEMENT AND PROCUREMENT OF AUTHORIZED MEDICAL AND DENTAL ALLOWANCE LIST MATERIEL FOR FLEET UN ITS
BUMEDINST 6710.63, REPORTING AND PROCESSING OF DEFECTIVE OR UNSATISFACTORY MEDICAL AND DENTAL MATERIEL
CCDM, CONTROL OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASES IN MAN; TOPIC Gonococcal infections, Syphilis
MCRP 4-11.1, FIELD HYGIENE AND SANITATION
MCWP 4-11.1, HEALTH SERVICE SUPPORT OPERATIONS; CHAP 3, 4, 8
NAVEDTRA 14274, DENTAL TECHNICIAN, VOLUME 01
NAVEDTRA 14275, DENTAL TECHNICIAN, VOLUME 02
NAVEDTRA 14295, HOSPITAL CORPSMAN
NAVMED P-117, MANUAL OF THE MEDICAL DEPARTMENT; CHAP 6, 16
NAVMED P-5010, MANUAL OF NAVAL PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; CHAP 2, 6, 8, 9
NAVMED P-5041, TREATMENT OF CHEMICAL AGENT CASUALTIES AND CONVENTIONAL MILITARY CHEMICAL INJURIES; APP B; CHAP 1, 2
NAVMEDCOMINST 5360.1, DECEDENT AFFAIRS MANUAL; CHAP 1, 4, 14
NAVMEDCOMINST 6230.2, MALARIA PREVENTION AND CONTROL
OPNAVINST 5100.19, NAVY OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH (NAVOSH) PROGRAM MANUAL FOR FORCES AFLOAT, VOL I/II/III; CHAP B2, B4
OPNAVINST 5215.17, DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY DIRECTIVES ISSUANCE SYSTEM
SECNAV M-5210.1, DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY, NAVY RECORDS MANAGEMENT PROGRAM; PART III, Chap 6
SECNAVINST 5216.5, DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY CORRESPONDENCE MANUAL; CHAP 1, 2
TECHNICAL MANUAL NEHC-TM PM 6490.2, IMPLEMENTING GUIDANCE FOR DEPLOYMENT HEALTH SURVEILLANCE
TRICARE BENEFICIARY HANDBOOK, TRICARE BENEFICIARY HANDBOOK
TRICARE DENTAL PROG BENEFIT BOOKLET, TRICARE DENTAL PROGRAM BENEFIT BOOKLET
TRICARE PRIME HANDBOOK, TRICARE PRIME HANDBOOK
Professional Military Knowledge References
A-500-0101, LEADING PETTY OFFICER LEADERSHIP COURSE STUDENT GUIDE; URL https://wwwa.nko.navy.mil
BUPERSINST 1430.16, ADVANCEMENT MANUAL FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF ENLISTED PERSONNEL OF U.S. NAVY AND U.S. NAVAL RESERVE
BUPERSINST 1780.1, GI BILL EDUCATION BENEFITS PROGRAMS
CPPD-LEAD09-003 (PH-1), PETTY OFFICER FIRST CLASS SELECTEE LEADERSHIP COURSE, PHASE ONE STUDENT GUIDE
CPPD-LEAD09-003 (PH-2), PETTY OFFICER FIRST CLASS SELECTEE LEADERSHIP COURSE, PHASE TWO STUDENT GUIDE
NAVEDTRA 14145, MILITARY REQUIREMENTS FOR PETTY OFFICER FIRST CLASS
NAVEDTRA 14325, MILITARY REQUIREMENTS, BASIC (BMR)
NAVEDTRA 14504, MILITARY REQUIREMENTS FOR PETTY OFFICERS THIRD AND SECOND CLASS
NAVPERS 15560, NAVAL MILITARY PERSONNEL MANUAL
NAVPERS 15665, U.S. NAVY UNIFORM REGULATIONS
NAVPERS 15878, CAREER COUNSELOR HANDBOOK; URL wwwa.nko.navy.mil
NWP 3-07.2, NAVY DOCTRINE FOR ANTITERRORISM/FORCE PROTECTION
OPNAVINST 1740.4, U.S. NAVY FAMILY CARE POLICY ,
OPNAVINST 3120.32, STANDARD ORGANIZATION AND REGULATIONS OF THE U.S. NAVY (SORM)
OPNAVINST 5350.4, DRUG AND ALCOHOL ABUSE PREVENTION AND CONTROL
OPNAVINST 5370.2, NAVY FRATERNIZATION POLICY , ,
OPNAVINST 6000.1C, GUIDELINES CONCERNING PREGNANT SERVICE WOMEN
OPNAVINST 6110.1, PHYSICAL READINESS PROGRAM
SECNAV M-5510.36, DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY INFORMATION SECURITY PROGRAM

September 2009 HM E-5 Bibliography

Hospital Corpsman (HM)(DT/HM)
E-5 Bibliography (Bib)


HM2
Occupational References
BUMEDINST 6220.12, MEDICAL EVENT REPORTS
BUMEDINST 6230.15, IMMUNIZATIONS AND CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS
BUMEDINST 6280.1, MANAGEMENT OF INFECTIOUS WASTE
BUMEDINST 6440.5, HEALTH SERVICES AUGMENTATION PROGRAM (HSAP)
BUMEDINST 6600.10, DENTAL INFECTION CONTROL PROGRAM; CHAP 4
BUMEDINST 6700.13G CH-1, MANAGEMENT AND PROCUREMENT OF AUTHORIZED MEDICAL AND DENTAL ALLOWANCE LIST MATERIEL FOR FLEET UN ITS
CCDM, CONTROL OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASES IN MAN; TOPIC Gonococcal infections, HIV
MCWP 4-11.1, HEALTH SERVICE SUPPORT OPERATIONS; CHAP 3, 4
NAVEDTRA 14274, DENTAL TECHNICIAN, VOLUME 01
NAVEDTRA 14275, DENTAL TECHNICIAN, VOLUME 02
NAVEDTRA 14295, HOSPITAL CORPSMAN
NAVMED P 5052-26, U.S. NAVY SHIPBOARD PEST CONTROL; CHAP 2
NAVMED P-117, MANUAL OF THE MEDICAL DEPARTMENT; CHAP 6, 15, 16, 19, 21
NAVMED P-5010, MANUAL OF NAVAL PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; CHAP 1, 7, 8, 9
OPNAVINST 5100.19, NAVY OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH (NAVOSH) PROGRAM MANUAL FOR FORCES AFLOAT, VOL I/II/III; CHAP B4
OPNAVINST 5215.17, DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY DIRECTIVES ISSUANCE SYSTEM
Professional Military Knowledge References
A-500-0102, WORK CENTER SUPERVISOR LEADERSHIP COURSE STUDENT GUIDE
BUPERSINST 1610.10, NAVY PERFORMANCE EVALUATION SYSTEM
E-LEARNING COURSE LEAD0126, DYNAMICS OF LEADERSHIP; URL https://wwwa.nko.navy.mil/portal/splash/index.jsp
NAVEDTRA 14325, MILITARY REQUIREMENTS, BASIC (BMR)
NAVEDTRA 14504, MILITARY REQUIREMENTS FOR PETTY OFFICERS THIRD AND SECOND CLASS
NAVPERS 15560, NAVAL MILITARY PERSONNEL MANUAL; ART 1300
NAVPERS 15665, U.S. NAVY UNIFORM REGULATIONS
NWP 3-07.2, NAVY DOCTRINE FOR ANTITERRORISM/FORCE PROTECTION
OPNAVINST 1740.5A, PERSONAL FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT (PFM) EDUCATION, TRAINING AND COUNSELING PROGRAM
SECNAVINST 5100.13, NAVY AND MARINE CORPS TOBACCO POLICY
U.S. NAVY REGULATIONS, U.S. NAVY REGULATIONS

September 2009 HM E-4 Bibliography

September 2009 Regular Exam
Hospital Corpsman (HM)(DT/HM)
E-4 Bibliography (Bib)

HM3
Occupational References
BUMEDINST 6224.8, TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL PROGRAM
BUMEDINST 6230.15, IMMUNIZATIONS AND CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS
BUMEDINST 6280.1, MANAGEMENT OF INFECTIOUS WASTE
BUMEDINST 6440.5, HEALTH SERVICES AUGMENTATION PROGRAM (HSAP)
BUMEDINST 6600.10, DENTAL INFECTION CONTROL PROGRAM; CHAP 4
BUMEDNOTE 6230, IMMUNIZATION REQUIREMENTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
CCDM, CONTROL OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASES IN MAN; TOPIC Cholera, Herpes, Salmonellosis, Staphylococcal diseases, Syphilis
MCWP 4-11.1, HEALTH SERVICE SUPPORT OPERATIONS; APP B
NAVEDTRA 14274, DENTAL TECHNICIAN, VOLUME 01
NAVEDTRA 14275, DENTAL TECHNICIAN, VOLUME 02
NAVEDTRA 14295, HOSPITAL CORPSMAN
NAVMED P-117, MANUAL OF THE MEDICAL DEPARTMENT; CHAP 6, 16, 21, 22, 23
NAVMED P-5010, MANUAL OF NAVAL PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; CHAP 1, 3, 6, 8, 9
OPNAVINST 5100.19, NAVY OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH (NAVOSH) PROGRAM MANUAL FOR FORCES AFLOAT, VOL I/II/III; CHAP B4
SECNAV M-5210.1, DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY, NAVY RECORDS MANAGEMENT PROGRAM; PART III
TRICARE BENEFICIARY HANDBOOK, TRICARE BENEFICIARY HANDBOOK
TRICARE PRIME HANDBOOK, TRICARE PRIME HANDBOOK

Professional Military Knowledge References
NAVEDTRA 14325, MILITARY REQUIREMENTS, BASIC (BMR)
NAVEDTRA 14504, MILITARY REQUIREMENTS FOR PETTY OFFICERS THIRD AND SECOND CLASS
NAVPERS 15665, U.S. NAVY UNIFORM REGULATIONS
OPNAVINST 1420.1, ENLISTED TO OFFICER COMMISSIONING PROGRAMS APPLICATION ADMINISTRATIVE MANUAL
OPNAVINST 3120.32, STANDARD ORGANIZATION AND REGULATIONS OF THE U.S. NAVY (SORM)

New G.I. Bill Transfer Rules

DoD issues new GI Bill family transfer rules
By Rick Maze - Staff writerPosted : Saturday May 2, 2009 10:00:29 EDT

Defense and service officials have settled on final rules that will allow career service members to share Post-9/11 GI Bill education benefits with their immediate families beginning Aug. 1.
In general, service members — officer, warrant officer or enlisted personnel — must be on active duty Aug. 1 and must have completed a minimum of six years of service, with a commitment to serve four more, in order to share their new Post-9/11 GI Bill benefits.
For most students, the benefits will cover full tuition and fees at any four-year public college or university at in-state tuition rates for undergraduate studies.
Defense officials expect to begin accepting requests to transfer benefits in June. But payments could not begin before Aug. 1, the start date of the new GI bill program.
Special rules have been approved for people who are eligible to retire before Aug. 1, 2012, or who have at least 10 years of service and are prevented by high-year tenure, mandatory retirement or other personnel rules or laws from completing the four years of additional service needed to earn transfer rights.
The special rules are needed so that retirement-eligible service members who suddenly find themselves with a new benefit don’t clog up the ranks by delaying retirement, and so that service members do not lose transfer rights because of policies outside their immediate control.
Technically, the rules are not quite final; discussion is ongoing on a procedural matter about how to release the final regulations. But defense and service officials fully agree on details for what is expected to become one of the most popular military recruiting and retention benefits, said Bob Clark, the Defense Department’s assistant accession policy director and the chief official working on the new benefits plan.
Clark said being able to share education benefits “is one of the most requested benefits we have heard about from the field and fleet for the last several years.”
He predicted that the ability to transfer Post-9/11 GI Bill benefits to a spouse or children will have a “very positive impact” on recruiting and retention.
Benefits can be shared with a spouse, one child or several children, as long as those receiving the benefits are enrolled in the military’s Defense Enrollment Eligibility Reporting System at the time a member transfers benefits.
Service members can transfer any or all of their unused benefits, up to the maximum of 36 months of benefits. Changes in the sharing arrangement among family members can be made only once a month.
Basic eligibility rules require a member to have at least six years of service and make a new commitment for another four to transfer benefits. A spouse can begin using transferred benefits before the additional four years are served, but children may not use benefits until a service member has completed at least 10 years of service.
A service member with 10 years of service who is prevented by defense or service policy or law from serving an additional four years could still share benefits under one of the special rules that would apply to officers twice passed over for promotion and enlisted members facing high-year tenure or other standards.
They could transfer benefits if they agree to serve the maximum additional time they are allowed to remain in the service.
Additionally, a more generous temporary rule — good only through 2013 — allows people who already have a set retirement date or who will become retirement-eligible before Aug. 1, 2012, to share benefits without completing four additional years of service.
How they will be treated depends on their retirement eligibility and plans:
• Anyone eligible for retirement on Aug. 1, 2009, will be allowed to transfer benefits without any additional service. Additionally, no further service will be required for anyone who has an approved retirement date after Aug. 1, 2009, but before July 1, 2010.
• Those who become eligible for retirement after Aug. 1, 2009, and before Aug. 1, 2010, must serve one year in the military after transferring benefits to their family.
• Those who become eligible for retirement after Aug. 1, 2010, and before Aug. 1, 2011, must serve two years after transferring benefits.
• Those who become eligible for retirement after Aug. 1, 2011, and before Aug. 1, 2012, must serve three years after transferring benefits.
• Those who become eligible for retirement after Aug. 1, 2012, would have to serve four years after transferring benefits

Source: Navytimes.com

Hospital Corpsman Advancement Reference List

HM MASTER REFERENCE LIST with LINKS

BUMEDINST 1300.2
MEDICAL, DENTAL, AND EDUCATIONAL SUITABILTY SCREENING AND EXCEPTIONAL FAMILY MEMBER PROGRAM (EFMP) ENROLLMENT
BUMEDINST 4010.3
PRECIOUS METALS RECOVERY PROGRAM (PMRP)
BUMEDINST 5210.9
FORMS AND REPORTS MANAGEMENT PROGRAM
BUMEDINST 5430.7
ORGANIZATION MANUAL FOR NAVAL MEDICAL AND DENTAL TREATMENT FACILITIES
BUMEDINST 6010.13
QUALITY ASSURANCE (QA) PROGRAM
BUMEDINST 6150.35
MEDICAL WARNING TAG
BUMEDINST 6220.12
MEDICAL EVENT REPORTS
BUMEDINST 6220.9
NOSOCOMIAL INFECTION CONTROL PROGRAM
BUMEDINST 6222.10
SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE (STD) CLINICAL MANAGEMENT GUIDELINES
BUMEDINST 6224.8
TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL PROGRAM
BUMEDINST 6230.15
IMMUNIZATIONS AND CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS
BUMEDINST 6260.30
MERCURY CONTROL PROGRAM FOR DENTAL TREATMENT FACILITIES
BUMEDINST 6280.1
MANAGEMENT OF INFECTIOUS WASTE
BUMEDINST 6320.3
MEDICAL AND DENTAL CARE FOR ELIGIBLE PERSONS AT NAVY MEDICAL DEPARTMENT FACILITIES
BUMEDINST 6320.66
CREDENTIALS REVIEW AND PRIVILEGING PROGRAM
BUMEDINST 6320.67
ADVERSE PRIVILEGING ACTIONS, PEER REVIEW PANEL PROCEDURES, AND HEALTHCARE PROVIDER REPORTING
BUMEDINST 6440.5
MEDICAL AUGMENTATION PROGRAM
BUMEDINST 6470.22
NAVY RADIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS PERFORMANCE EVALUATION PROGRAM
BUMEDINST 6600.10
DENTAL INFECTION CONTROL PROGRAM
BUMEDINST 6600.12
DENTAL HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE (NAVMED 6600/3)
BUMEDINST 6600.13
EXPANDED FUNCTIONS FOR DENTAL TECHNICIANS
BUMEDINST 6700.13
MANAGEMENT AND PROCUREMENT OF AUTHORIZED MEDICAL AND DENTAL ALLOWANCE LIST MATERIEL FOR FLEET UNITS
BUMEDINST 6700.13G CH-1
MANAGEMENT AND PROCUREMENT OF AUTHORIZED MEDICAL AND DENTAL ALLOWANCE LIST MATERIEL FOR FLEET UN ITS
BUMEDINST 6700.42
AMBULANCE SUPPORT
BUMEDINST 6710.62
MANAGEMENT OF DATED MEDICAL AND DENTAL MATERIAL
BUMEDINST 6710.63
REPORTING AND PROCESSING OF DEFECTIVE OR UNSATISFACTORY MEDICAL AND DENTAL MATERIEL
BUMEDINST 6750.5
PREPARATION AND SUBMISSION OF DENTAL EQUIPMENT AND FACILTIES REPORT, NAVMED 6750/4
BUMEDNOTE 6150
DENTAL RECORDS
BUPERSINST 1301.40
FORMAT AND PROCEDURES FOR VALIDATING THE OFFICER DISTRIBUTION CONTROL REPORT (ODCR)
BUPERSINST 1610.10
NAVY PERFORMANCE EVALUATION AND COUNSELING SYSTEM
BUPERSINST 1750.10
IDENTIFICATION CARDS FOR MEMBERS OF THE UNIFORMED SERVICES, THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS AND OTHER ELIGIBLE PERSONS
EPMAC 1080#4 UM-01
ENLISTED DISTRIBUTION AND VERIFICATION REPORT USERS` MANUAL
HTTP://WWW.HHS.GOV
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
HTTP://WWW.TRICARE.OSD.MIL
TRICARE
HTTP://WWW.VNH.ORG
VIRTUAL NAVAL HOSPITAL
MCWP 4-11.1
HEALTH SERVICE SUPPORT OPERATIONS
NAVEDTRA 14274
DENTAL TECHNICIAN, VOLUME 01
NAVEDTRA 14275
DENTAL TECHNICIAN, VOLUME 02
NAVEDTRA 14295
HOSPITAL CORPSMAN
NAVMED P 5052-26
U.S. NAVY SHIPBOARD PEST CONTROL
NAVMED P-117
MANUAL OF THE MEDICAL DEPARTMENT
NAVMED P-5010
MANUAL OF NAVAL PREVENTIVE MEDICINE
NAVMED P-5041
TREATMENT OF CHEMICAL AGENT CASUALTIES AND CONVENTIONAL MILITARY CHEMICAL INJURIES
NAVMED P-5042
TREATMENT OF BIOLOGICAL WARFARE AGENT CASUALTIES
NAVMED P-5055
RADIATION HEALTH PROTECTION MANUAL
NAVMED P-5132
BUREAU OF MEDICINE AND SURGERY EQUIPMENT MANAGEMENT MANUAL
NAVMEDCOMINST 5360.1
DECEDENT AFFAIRS MANUAL
NAVMEDCOMINST 6230.2
MALARIA PREVENTION AND CONTROL
NAVSO P1000.3M
APPROPRIATION, COST AND PROPERTY ACCOUNTING (FIELD)
NTRP 4-02.21
TREATMENT OF NUCLEAR AND RADIOLOGICAL CASUALTIES
OPNAVINST 5100.19, VOL IOPNAVINST 5100.19, VOL IIOPNAVINST 5100.19, VOL III
NAVY OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH (NAVOSH) PROGRAM MANUAL FOR FORCES AFLOAT, VOL I/II/III
OPNAVINST 5215.17
DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY DIRECTIVES ISSUANCE SYSTEM
OPNAVINST 6250.4
PEST MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS
SECNAVINST 5210.16
DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY FORMS MANAGEMENT AND INFORMATION REQUIREMENTS (REPORTS) MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS
SECNAVINST 5211.5
DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY PRIVACY ACT PROGRAM
SECNAVINST 5212.5
NAVY AND MARINE CORPS RECORDS DISPOSITION MANUAL
SECNAVINST 5216.5
DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY CORRESPONDENCE MANUAL
SECNAVINST 5300.30
MANAGEMENT OF HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS-1 (HIV-1) INFECTION IN THE NAVY AND MARINE CORPS
SECNAVINST 6600.5
DENTAL HEALTH AND READINESS
SECNAVINST M-5210.1
DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY RECORDS MANAGEMENT PROGRAM RECORDS MANAGEMENT MANUAL
TEXTBOOK OF MILITARY MEDICINE
CHEMICAL DEFENCE EQUIPMENT; CHAP 16

March 2009 Hospital Corpsman 1st Class PO Results


MARCH 2009 HM1 Advancement Results:


Congratulations to all!


*special thanks to betadesigns.com for the rank pictures.

March 2009 Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class PO Results


March 2009 HM2 Advancement Results:


Congratulations to all!


March 2009 Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class PO Results


March 2009 HM3 Results:


Congratulations to all!


Tuesday, April 7, 2009

Hospital Corpsman Receives Silver Star


Camp Lejeune, N.C.-Sometimes you do what you know, and sometimes your training kicks in and you follow that and your instincts. When under attack in Afghanistan two years ago, the training and instincts of hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Joshua Simson kicked in, and he protected his patients and worked to defeat the enemy.
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Simson came under fire in July 27, 2007 in a village of Saret Kholet in Afghanistan. He was part of an embedded fire team that took fire, and he went in again and again to rescue different members wounded on the battle field. And at the times he was not directly providing medical attention, he was firing his weapon at the enemy.
Corpsman Simson is an example of the kinds of valor and bravery shown every day by our soldiers on the front lines. He doesn’t feel that he did anything special, just that which he was trained for and worked to do it well.

PHARMACY TECHNICIAN

HM-8482. Pharmacy Technician. If you like people and want to be on the front lines assisting patients, join one of the most respected professions in Navy Medicine. Pharmacy Technicians are the direct link between health care providers and patients. The pharmacy technician’s job is not just filling prescriptions. You will learn and put into practice which medications treat which diseases, patient counseling and dispensing, medication substitutions, pharmaceutical calculations, compounding, intravenous admixtures, and pharmacy administration.
SRB: Zone A = 1.5 Zone B = 1.0

HOSPITAL CORPSMAN RANKING

HR -Hospitalman Recruit (E-1)
HA -Hospitalman Apprentice (E-2)
HN -Hospitalman (E-3)
HM3 -Hospital Corpsman Third Class (E-4)
HM2 -Hospital Corpsman Second Class (E-5)
HM1 -Hospital Corpsman First Class (E-6)
HMC -Chief Hospital Corpsman (E-7)
HMCS-Senior Chief Hospital Corpsman (E-8)
HMCM-Master Chief Hospital Corpsman (E-9)

INDEPENDENT DUTY CORPSMAN

As an IDC, you'll serve as the Medical Department Representative (MDR) aboard surface ships, with units of the Fleet Marine Force (FMF), and at various duty stations around the globe, often times, independent of a medical officer. The IDC performs patient care and associated shipboard administrative and logistical duties. Diagnostic procedures, advanced first aid, basic life support, nursing procedures, minor surgery, basic clinical laboratory procedures, and other route and emergency health care is not beyond the IDCs scope of practice. Many duty station require the IDC to conduct and direct preventive medicine and industrial health surveillance programs. Also a teacher, the IDC provides education to junior medical and all nonmedical personnel. When assigned to shore duty, IDCs serve primarily as non-physician health care providers.

PREVENTIVE MEDICINE TECHNICIAN

HM-8432 Preventive Medicine Technician - Assists Medical Department Officers in the performance of Preventive Medicine and Occupational Health Programs for Navy and Marine Corps forces ashore and afloat. Performs inspections and surveys of food and food service facilities, berthing spaces, barber and beauty shops, child care facilities, recreational facilities, swimming pools, potable water systems, solid waste and waste water disposal sites and systems, vehicles, and transport containers. Conducts bacteriological analysis of food, water, and ice samples. Conducts epidemiological investigations and reporting (Disease Alert Report), interviews and counsels sexually transmitted disease and other communicable disease patients and contacts, administers mass immunization programs and conducts nosocomial infection control programs. Applies statistical methods to human mortality, morbidity, and demographic studies. Conducts disease vector control programs. Is proficient in all aspects of field sanitation. Is proficient in medical and sanitary aspects of CBR defense. Under the supervision of occupational health professionals, assists in ensuring that work place environments are healthful, consistent with existing NAVOSH standards, through surveillance of the work place and medical surveillance of personnel exposed to work hazards. Instructs medical and nonmedical personnel in preventive medicine, industrial hygiene, environmental health and occupational health matters.
SRB - Zone A = 1.0, Zone B = 2.0, Zone C = 4.5

Monday, April 6, 2009

Uniform of Hospital Corpsman During WWII




This WWII Pharmacist Mate 2nd Class (Petty Officer) wears the first pattern "sage green" HBT three pocket tunic. Note the "USMC" Globe and Anchor on the pocket and Petty Officer 2nd Class stenciled on left sleeve (the is an original tunic and stencils). This pharmacist mate is also wearing the standard USMC camouflage trousers. Footwear is the "LPC" (Leather Personel Carrier) or Boondocker roughout boots. Note the leggings have been discarded as was common practice in amphibious units. Helmet cover is the '"second pattern" without foliage slits. The pharmacist mate carries a 1st pattern "Unit 1" bag or "Hospital Corps Pouch, small" and wears the standard issue pistol belt with two canteens. The location is in front of a burned out Japanese pillbox complex on an island in the Southwest Pacific. The exact location is classified.

John Bradley


Born: July 10, 1923 Antigo, WI.

Died: January 11, 1994 Antigo, WI.


"Doc" Bradley was a Navy Corpsman medic and one of the six flag raisers on top of Mt Suribachi, Iwo Jima, who "just jumped in to lend a hand." He later won the Navy Cross for heroism and was wounded in both legs. He was a quiet private man who gave just one interview in his life. In it he said: "People refer to us as heroes,I personally don't look at it that way. I just think that I happened to be at a certain place at a certain time and anybody on that island could have been there. We certainly weren't heroes, and I speak for the rest of them as well, that's the way they thought of themselves also."

Hospital Corpsman Medal Of Honor Recipients

Hospital Corpsmen who received the Medal of Honor
Pre-World War I
Hospital Apprentice Robert H. Stanley, USN (Boxer Rebellion)
Hospital Apprentice First Class William Zuiderveld, USN (Veracruz Incursion)
Hospital Apprentice Fred H. McGuire, USN (Philippine Insurrection)
Hospital Steward William S. Shacklette, USN (Boiler Explosion in San Diego)
World War I
Pharmacist's Mate First Class John H. Balch, USN
Hospital Apprentice First Class David E. Hayden, USN
World War II
Hospital Apprentice First Class Robert Eugene Bush, USN
Pharmacist's Mate 2nd Class William D. Halyburton, Jr., USNR
Hospital Apprentice First Class Fred F. Lester, USN
Pharmacist's Mate First Class Francis J. Pierce, USN
Pharmacist's Mate Second Class George E. Wahlen, USN
Pharmacist's Mate Third Class Jack Williams, USN
Pharmacist's Mate First Class John H. Willis, USN
Korean War
Hospital Corpsman Third Class Edward C. Benfold, USN
Hospital Corpsman Third Class William R. Charette, USN
Hospitalman Richard D. Dewert, USN
Hospitalman Francis C. Hammond, USN
Hospitalman John E. Kilmer, USN
Vietnam War
Hospital Corpsman Second Class Donald E. Ballard, USN
Hospital Corpsman Third Class Wayne M. Caron, USN
Hospital Corpsman Third Class Robert R. Ingram, USN
Hospital Corpsman Second Class David R. Ray, USN

Hospital Corpsman Pledge

"I solemnly pledge myself before God and these witnesses to practice faithfully all of my duties as a member of the Hospital Corps. I hold the care of the sick and injured to be a privilege and a sacred trust and will assist the Medical Officer with loyalty and honesty. I will not knowingly permit harm to come to any patient. I will not partake of nor administer any unauthorized medication. I will hold all personal matters pertaining to the private lives of patients in strict confidence. I dedicate my heart, mind and strength to the work before me. I shall do all within my power to show in myself an example of all that is honorable and good throughout my naval career."

Hospital Corpsman History


Prior to the establishment of the Hospital Corps, enlisted medical support in the Navy was limited in scope. In the Continental Navy and the early US Navy, medical assistants were assigned at random out of the ship's company. They were commonly referred to as Loblolly Boys, a term borrowed from the British Royal Navy and a reference to the daily ration of porridge fed to the sick. The nickname was in common use for so many years that it was finally officially recognized by the Navy Regulations of 1814. In coming decades, the title of the enlisted medical assistant would change several times - from Loblolly Boy, to Nurse (1861), and finally to Bayman (1876). A senior enlisted medical rate, Surgeon's Steward, was introduced in 1841 and remained through the Civil War. Following the war, the title Surgeon's Steward was abolished in favor of Apothecary, a position requiring completion of a course in pharmacy.
Still, there existed pressure to reform the enlisted component of the Navy's medical department - medicine as a science was advancing rapidly, foreign navies had begun training medically skilled sailors, and even the US Army had established an enlisted Hospital Corps. Navy Surgeon General J.R Tyron and subordinate physicians lobbied the Navy administration to take action. With the Spanish-American War looming, Congress passed a bill authorizing establishment of the US Navy Hospital Corps, signed into law by President William McKinley on 17 June 1898. A revision in 1916 established the rates of Hospital Apprentice and Pharmacist's Mate, a structure that would remain in place for over thirty years.
During World War I, Corpsman served throughout the fleet, earning particular distinction on the Western Front with the Marine Corps. A total of 684 personal awards were awarded to Corpsman in the war, including 22 Medals of Honor, 55 Navy Crosses, and 237 Silver Stars.
In World War II, Hospital Corpsman hit the beach with Marines in every battle in the Pacific. Joe Rosenthal's iconic photo of the flag-raising on Iwo Jima, captured during that battle's early days, depicts Pharmacist's Mate Second Class John Bradley among the group of Marines on Mt. Suribachi that day. They also served on thousands of ships and submarines. Notably, three unassisted emergency appendectomies were performed by Corpsman serving undersea and beyond hope of medical evacuation. The Hospital Corps has the distinction of being the only corps in the U.S. Navy to be singled out in a famous speech by Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal after the conclusion of the war.[1]
Hospital Corpsman continued to serve at sea and ashore, and accompanied Marine units into battle during the Korean and Vietnam Wars. Fifteen Corpsman were counted among the dead following the bombing of the Marine barracks in Beirut in 1983. Today, Corpsman are serving in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.
Prior to selection to the Command Master Chief program, the 11th (July 10, 2006 - December 12, 2008) MCPON, Joe R. Campa, was a Hospital Corpsman.

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