Did you join the military or were you drafted? I was drafted in November of 1967, then decided to join to assure that I would be a medical corpsman. Dates of Service: Deployments / Bases: Eight weeks ...

For Craig Humes, life is all about about service. A Navy hospital corpsman 1st class, Humes has deployed around the world with Marine combat units. Yet these days, he is teaching new sailors and ...

Raul Avina’s Hospital Corpsman Combat Monument was re-dedicated Friday during a ceremony at Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton. The 17-foot-high sculpture was originally built by Raul Avina, a Marine ...

A former Navy corpsman has been awarded a Silver Star for saving the life of a wounded Marine from Camp Pendleton during an enemy ambush in Afghanistan. Jonathan Kong, 25, was assigned to the 1st ...

COMBAT OUTPOST SHIR GHAZAY, Afghanistan – As a senior in high school, Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Ricky Lattimore decided to serve his country. One month after his May 2008 graduation, he was on his ...

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - During normal combat patrol missions, a U.S. Army medic accompanies an Army unit. The Kandahar Provincial Reconstruction Team, however, is not a normal unit. Comprised of Army, ...

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The Navy and Marine Corps Medal was presented to Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class (NAC) Brent McIntyre, right, for non-combat valor for his role in saving four lives after a massive mudslide in Oso, ...

CAMP PENDLETON – A 23-year-old corpsman taking part in a large-scale training exercise known as Steel Knight was killed in a vehicle crash, base officials said. Petty Officer 3rd Class Wilson Won Lee ...

Mike Kuklenski is pictured at the Vietnam Memorial at Fair Park in Dallas. He was a Navy hospital corpsman treating wounded, injured Marines and earned the Silver Star for gallantry in 1969 during the ...

Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Michael O’Connell and his mustache beat seven Army soldiers for the title in the noncommissioned officer field. By Nicholas Slayton Published May 4, 2024 11:44 AM EDT ...