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Why does the marine corp use navy corpsmen instead of having a medical corps of its own?
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Can you be a physician for the marine corps?
Officially, no. The Marine Corps does not have a medical unit itself. However, the Navy has Corpsmen, which are medical personnel, attached directly to Marine Corps units.
What is the salary of a marine corpsmen?
The US Marines don't have a medical branch - the Corpsmen are members of the US Navy. Their pay is based on their pay grade, time in service, and any special allowances they may be entitled to.
In the USMC what is a corpsman?
A Medic, actually a Navy Hospital Corpsman. They are USN personnel attached to a specific unit in the Marines. The Marines do not have their own medical staff. Corpsmen, as well as Doctors, Nurses, Naval Gunfire Liaison Officers and Chaplains are assigned from the Navy. Officers have the choice of wearing Navy or Marine Corps uniforms. In the field, everyone wears Marine Corps uniforms.
Will The USMC allow you to have anti-acid tablets.?
In the Marine yea for sure... Boot Camp? Good chance that's ok, otherwise you can see a Corpsmen if they don't let you bring it to BC, they will give it to you.
Do the Marines like the Navy?
while there is always inter-service rivalry, the Marines and the Navy work well together to accomplish their missions. The Navy also provides a great deal of support to the Marine Corps in the form of medical help, doctors, nurses, corpsmen, chaplains, JAG and liaison staff. And the Navy provides the ship transportation to land the Marines at their destination.
What degree do you need to be a medic in the army?
First thing you have to do is to take the ASVAB and get the appropriate line scores to qualify. Upon doing that you need to talk to your recruiter about getting a garunteed job assignment into the Medical Corps. Then there is BCT and 68W10 AIT that you have to successfully complete . . . and then they award you with your MOS and regimental membership.
Did Marines have 2 years active duty during Vietnam?
The tour of duty for a US Marine in Vietnam was thirteen months although a Marine could extend his tour in Vietnam .
What weapons are a Corpsman allowed to utilize?
We are trained to utilize almost every weapon an infantry marine is trained to use. Depending on what type of corpsman IE recon corpsmen you are trained in almost every weapon the marines use and if you are a seal corpsmen you are trained in pretty much the use of all weapons/explosives. When i was deployed with the marines I carried an M4(smaller version of the m16) and a m9. I was trained on using the 50 cal, the m9, the 249 saw, m16/m4. This was for just incase purposes if i ever needed to pick up and use of the weapons in a certain situation. It just depends on what type of corpsmen you are and the situation you will be in. We rarley try to carry many weapons because we would rather carry medical aid supplies in place of those weapons. I hope this helped.
Can you do medical school while being in the marines without having to be a medic and just being a normal marine?
You could do something like the peace corps which works towards credits for school.
How long does it take for marine medical waiver to be approved?
A waiver of WHAT ?
How many Marines died on Peleliu?
Peleliu had 1,252 Marines and Navy Corpsmen killed from the 1st Marine Division and another 542 soldiers from the 81st Infantry Division, US Army. The Japanese 14th Infantry Division lost 10,695 killed.
Are there beavers in iceland?
No instead we have the arctic fox and marine mammals
