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Corpsmen do whatever it takes (Marines)
Marine Corps News ^
| Nov 10, 2005
| Lance Cpl. Josh Cox
Posted on 11/10/2005 3:28:06 PM PST by SandRat
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posted on
11/10/2005 3:28:07 PM PST
by
SandRat
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Marine Combat Medical Care
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posted on
11/10/2005 3:28:30 PM PST
by
SandRat
(Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)
To: SandRat
I will always buy a beer for a combat medic or corpsman. Next would be the combat engineers and Seabees. They impressed the heck out of me 37 years ago.
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posted on
11/10/2005 3:32:09 PM PST
by
R. Scott
(Humanity i love you because when you're hard up you pawn your Intelligence to buy a drink.)
To: R. Scott
"I will always buy a beer for a combat medic or corpsman."
I wasn't in combat but I was a corpman with the Marines. Will you buy me a root beer?? ;)
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posted on
11/10/2005 3:36:52 PM PST
by
imskylark
To: SandRat
Great post, SandRat.
Happy Birthday, USMC!!!
OOOOOO-RAH!!!
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posted on
11/10/2005 3:45:21 PM PST
by
Jackknife
( "I bet after seeing us, George Washington would sue us for calling him 'father'." —Will Rogers)
To: SandRat
Something I've always been curious about...why do the Marines not have their own medics? How come they use Navy corpsmen, is it because all Marines are considered riflemen and they can't spare the hands for their own medics?
}:-)4
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posted on
11/10/2005 3:56:22 PM PST
by
Moose4
(Liberals and vampires: Both like death, both hate crosses, and both are bloodsuckers.)
To: imskylark
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posted on
11/10/2005 3:58:50 PM PST
by
R. Scott
(Humanity i love you because when you're hard up you pawn your Intelligence to buy a drink.)
To: SandRat
Lest we forget one of the "Marines" who helped raise the flag at Iwo Jima was actually a Navy corpsmen--John Bradley. As recounted in "Flags of Our Fathers" (written by Bradley's son), the elder Bradley won the Navy Cross on Iwo, for using his body to shield a wounded Marine. His family didn't learn of his courage--or the medal--until after John Bradley died in 1994.
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posted on
11/10/2005 3:59:41 PM PST
by
Spook86
(,)
To: Moose4
Something I've always been curious about...why do the Marines not have their own medics?
The Marines are the ground combat arm of the Navy as much as many dont want to admit being Navy.
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posted on
11/10/2005 4:00:39 PM PST
by
R. Scott
(Humanity i love you because when you're hard up you pawn your Intelligence to buy a drink.)
To: Moose4; SandRat
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posted on
11/10/2005 4:04:16 PM PST
by
snippy_about_it
(Fall in --> The FReeper Foxhole. America's History. America's Soul.)
To: SandRat
I recently watched a Military Channel show on Navy Corpmen MOH recipients. All of them said the same thing, they love taking care of their Marines!
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posted on
11/10/2005 4:05:16 PM PST
by
snippy_about_it
(Fall in --> The FReeper Foxhole. America's History. America's Soul.)
To: SandRat
SandRat:
My friend the bravest man (boy) I have ever seen in my 81 years was a Corpsman on Guam in 1945. We were on a ridge (Fonte) and had eight bonzi atacks in one night. There was a wounded marine in front of our lines about 50 yards and this young Corpsman ran out and got him and brought him back in. I will swear that there must have over a hundred bullets hit around them, but he saved that Marine. I do not know of any other man, boy or human for that matter that would have done that. MY HATS OFF TO ALL OF THE CORPSMEN IN THE WORLD. By the way, I will say the same about the "Sea Bees" Wonderful men. I could tell you stories about both branches of the service.
Good evening and the very best to you and yours.
Semper Fi
Tommie
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posted on
11/10/2005 4:05:26 PM PST
by
Texican
(An)
To: R. Scott
The Marines are the ground combat arm of the Navy as much as many dont want to admit being Navy.
Hey clueless, United States Marines are neither the ground combat arm of the Navy or part of the Navy! We are part of the Department of the Navy. Arghhhhhhhhhh....
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posted on
11/10/2005 4:05:42 PM PST
by
oh8eleven
(RVN '67-'68)
To: SandRat
In only 5 months of combat my little 11 man unit lost 2 Corpsmen. Those two and the final replacement were some of the finest men I have ever known. God bless you Doc.
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posted on
11/10/2005 4:10:04 PM PST
by
chesty_puller
(USMC 70-73 3MAF VN 70-71)
To: SandRat
A friend from college who served in Viet Nam said that the toughest men he knew on the battlefiled were the Navy Corpsmen! And he was a Marine sergeant.
Mark
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posted on
11/10/2005 4:11:04 PM PST
by
MarkL
(I didn't get to where I am today by worrying about what I'd feel like tomorrow!)
To: Moose4
For that answer you'll have to ask the Marine's
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posted on
11/10/2005 4:19:17 PM PST
by
SandRat
(Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)
To: R. Scott
might also want to add chopper pilots to that list.
To: SandRat
My Oldest son is a Navy Corpsman who just rotated back from Fallujah 3 weeks ago. As a Dad I worry about him but as a Dad I am so proud of the great work he is doing.
http://www.defendamerica.mil/photoessays/aug2005/p081605a5.html
http://www.defendamerica.mil/photoessays/aug2005/p081605a11.html
I talked with some of those "crazy Marines" everytime he called home. They are all Fine young Men and I am VERY VERY proud of all of them.
I pray to God that they all remain safe and sound. Ricky hopefully will get home for Thanksgiving, and if he brings those Marines home with him, they are ALL welcome.
Thanks for posting this article.
Leo
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posted on
11/10/2005 5:02:11 PM PST
by
Leofl
(I'm from Texas, we don't dial 9-11)
To: SandRat
My Father (God rest his soul) was a Navy corpsmen in WWII. He made the D-Day landing multiple times to retrieve injured soldiers. He also served at Iwo Jima and throughout the pacific. He was an American hero and today I honor his memory.
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A unit sign marks the location of the CLB-8 BAS on Camp Fallujah. The units motto is whatever it takes, and the corpsmen assigned with the BAS live by that statement.
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posted on
11/10/2005 6:25:10 PM PST
by
Calpernia
(Breederville.com)
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