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Blue Corspman Deployment
Concerned wife after bootcamp he will be starting A school either in Great Lakes or in San Antonio and I was wondering if my husband chooses to go blue and get a job on shore instead of on water how many times do shore corspman get deployed? Thanks for the help
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Permalink Reply by BunkerQB on
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casner79,
When did he start Boot Camp? A letter should have been sent to you indicating when his PIR (Pass In Review - gradutation from Boot Camp). Find that letter and join the PIR group for that date. Don't bother moving to GL until he is finished with Boot Camp and you know for sure where you are going to be (I don't believe the Navy would pay for move for BC it anyway). We can't help you w/o more information.
We have a wonderful local group here in the San Fran Bay Area. Please join it. Just click on this link and click +JOIN.
San Francisco Bay Area Navy Families group.
Additonally, I am hosting a luncheon next Sat Feb 19 in San Jose. I sent you an invitation. click on MY PAGE on the above menu bar. Now look underneath your blank photo, you'll see "Events (1)" - click on this, it will take you to the Event page for more information and for you to RSVP.
United States Navy Hospital Corpsman click on this for some historical background information. Note pronunciation.
"Going green" mean a corpsman has been assigned to accompany a Marine unit on the ground.
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Permalink Reply by Anti M on
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You are confusing the sea/shore rotation with being trained for combat duty with the Marines on the ground.
Blueside corpsmen are assigned to Naval commands, including ships. They are very likely to be assigned to a ship for their first duty station, as is any new sailor. Sailors on shore duty, such as at a clinic or hospital, generally do not deploy.
Greenside are trained as combat medics and are assigned within the Marine command structure.
However, a corpsman is a corpsman and can be assigned anywhere the Navy needs him. He cannot choose land or sea, it doesn't work that way. He will go to sea, or overseas, almost certainly.
Ships deploy for approximately six to eight months at a time, with shorter underways, exercises and drills throughout the year.
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Permalink Reply by JessicaB-Sailor Mom on
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here is the link to your PIR group, just click on the http address then click on +join http://www.navyformoms.com/group/pir32511
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My son is corpsman, currently in field medic training. He chose this path. If you have more questions, you should join these corpsman specific groups. All three are very active groups:
http://www.navyformoms.com/group/corpsmenmoms
http://www.navyformoms.com/group/sailorsinaschoolforcorpsmen
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