Navy Medicine

Trauma Team Works Towards a Common Goal at Role 3 Hospital in Afghanistan

Filed under Corpsman, Fleet and the Fleet Marine Force, Hospitals, Military Medicine, Operations, U.S. Marine Corps, U.S. Navy by jwick on November 13, 2012 at 8:00 am {no comments}

The medical team at the Role 3 NATO hospital prepares to work on a patient in the emergency room. (Courtesy photo)

By Cmdr. Mark Lenert and Lt. Cmdr. Ian Valerio, Role 3 Multinational Medical Unit, Kandahar, Afghanistan The pager goes off. It is a Trauma “A” alert, “IED blast casualty with multiple wounds”… another reminder of being in a warzone, and part of the daily life of the medical care team at the Role 3 Multinational [...]

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Saving lives: Navy hospital corpsmen

Filed under Corpsman, Fleet and the Fleet Marine Force, Operations, U.S. Marine Corps, U.S. Navy, Uncategorized by jwick on July 18, 2012 at 11:04 am {one comment}

By Cpl. Isaac Lamberth, Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing The Bastion Role 3 hospital is known in Helmand province for its superb medical care and the extraordinary talent of its medical staff. Completing a three-week tour at the hospital, two sailors from Marine Wing Headquarters Squadron 3 gained combat life-saving experience [...]

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A Letter from the Force Master Chief: Hospital Corps’ 114th Birthday

Filed under Corpsman, Leadership by jwick on June 15, 2012 at 1:39 pm {no comments}

Surgical Technicians Hospitalman Herman Cervantes, left, Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Rashan Robinson, and Hospitalman Francis Barongan, are pictured in the operating room aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70). Vinson's surgical team has performed 148 general surgeries, including 36 urgent emergency procedures, and 180 oral surgeries for Sailors assigned to Carl Vinson and Carrier Strike Group 1. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class James R. Evans/Released)

By S. E. Boss, Force Master Chief, Bureau of Medicine And Surgery It is with great pride and enthusiasm that I wish the men and women of the Hospital Corps a very happy 114th birthday. History has witnessed our humble beginnings, from our 1898 establishment, through our first graduating class of 28, and today, a [...]

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Surgeon General honors Hospital Corps

Filed under Corpsman, Fleet and the Fleet Marine Force, Leadership by jwick on June 15, 2012 at 10:49 am {no comments}

Vice Adm. Matthew Nathan, the 37th surgeon general of the Navy and chief of the Navy's Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, congratulates Petty Officer 1st Class Brandie Mendoza, Headquarters Battalion, 1st Marine Division (Forward), Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan, April 17. Mendoza was recognized by her unit for her excellence and professionalism. â¤½I was very pleasantly surprised to be recognized by my chief and by the surgeon general,â¤ said Mendoza, a native of Carrollton, Ky. â¤½It was a unique experience that I am extremely grateful for.â¤

By Vice Adm. Matthew Nathan, U.S. Navy Surgeon General On behalf of Navy Medicine and a grateful nation, I extend our sincere thanks and heartfelt congratulations to the men and women of the Hospital Corps, as you celebrate your 114th . No Marine has ever taken a hill without his corpsman by his side. Our [...]

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Navy Corpsman, “I need to be here for [my Marines]…”

Filed under Corpsman, Fleet and the Fleet Marine Force by jwick on March 21, 2012 at 8:00 am {no comments}

By Cpl. Michele Watson, 1st Marine Logistics Group (FWD), Camp Dwyer, Afghanistan Spending his entire life growing up in Los Angeles, Petty Officer 3rd Class Joshua Stallings, 23 decided he needed to make a life altering change if he was going to become the man he wanted to be. The youngest of six, Stallings looked [...]

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