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Comment by TexasDocMom on June 20, 2011 at 12:32pm

Lori, my mom's Tricare coverage (which she had as a Navy dependent) covered her at civilian hospitals, even in Corpus Christi...where , at the time, was the new state of the art facility at NASCC. It never was fully staffed at that time, tho.

Comment by karenmjm on June 20, 2011 at 10:58am

Mamawalrus. . .since my sailor enlisted as a Corpsmen, he had to list on a 5X3.  Five years active duty and 3 years reserve.  That's the only enlistment he was offered.  Here's an interesting detail about being greenside.  My sailor told me he has a high probability of being greenside after C school, because every field clinic/hospital the Marines set up has to have a Lab Tech.  He's got 11 more months of schooling, so I'll just have to wait and see what happens.

Comment by TexasDocMom on June 20, 2011 at 10:35am

Mamawalrus, your son is a smart kid. That's the guy I want working on my injured loved one....a man who wants to be ready and knows it's a big job. He'll be fine.

The Navy will fill both schools, that's for sure, I don't think they really care who goes to which one...so I'm sure when one is full the other is used.

Comment by mamawalrus on June 20, 2011 at 10:32am

Texas.. I think my son's enlistment is 6 years.

Comment by mamawalrus on June 20, 2011 at 10:30am

Texas..... so well said.  My son and I have had that conversation about doing your best and that his job will be an important one. No matter where he is!  I think he is excited and nervous at the same time. He is just worried about getting enough experience,,LOL I told him to relax he is still in the books and the NAVY has been doing this for a long time and they will make sure he is well prepared where ever they send him.  

Has anyone ever heard of the them being sent to CL due to CP being full?  

Comment by TexasDocMom on June 20, 2011 at 10:23am

My son was pulled with about a dozen others out of his internship after A school to fill a class for FMTB at Lajuene. Others in that class had assignments already prepped, my son's group was to fill the holes in assignments. They lined them up at the end of FMTB, pulled them out of line, handed each his orders...my son was assigned to a Marine unit just home from Iraq where they had lost corpsmen, his first deployment was with them on a MEU. His buddy was assigned to another Marine unit and was in Iraq right after his training at 29 Palms. My son's next deployment after the MEU was to a war zone.

Over the years, and this is just my assessment and opinion, it seems to me that those corpsman with longer enlistments get the longer training slots, those that enlist for short terms, like 2 years (like my son's buddy in FMTB) seem to hit the sand sooner. And altho PTS is certainly found in the longer enlisted personnel, I worry more about those 2 year short timers, leaving without getting any follow up or observation from other corpsmen to get the help they need. Are they still doing the 2 year enlistments?

Training is ongoing in the military, all with enough time in have access to the programs Vettespace lists, and each corpsman is evaluated frequently to make sure they are learning and ready to do the job, whatever they are assigned. It's also my experience that young men/women who did not apply themselves in high school and college will find their legs and excel at doing this job. They know how important it is...as my son said to me once when I was buggin' him..."mom, I'm not going to tell a bleeding Marine that I didn't read that page..." and he now teaches, so he must have learned it well.

Comment by vettespace on June 20, 2011 at 10:10am

Hi mamawalrus, see the Navy Individual Augmentee (IA) link above for details.

Comment by mamawalrus on June 20, 2011 at 10:08am

Thank you all once again! I understand the unit will not be infantry he is assigned to but I also understand they can be deployed anywhere for support.  

 

Vettespace.. what is IA?

Comment by vettespace on June 20, 2011 at 9:14am

mamawalrus, my son's first duty station was a clinic in GL prior to him volunteering for an IA assignment for deployment with a Marine Unit to Afghanistan (so he had a few months clinic duty (experience) prior to additional training for deployment.  This was after FMTB (attended right after Corps School in GL).  His predeployment training included additional MCMAP (Marine Corps Martial Arts Program) training (additional belt (grey) beyond FMTB), A Sick Call Screeners Program http://www.operationalmedicine.org/TextbookFiles/HCSickcallScreener...

Advanced Combat Trauma Training:  http://www.deploymentmedicine.com/courses_ACTT.html

And Enhanced Mojave Viper Training CAX (Combined Arms Exercise).

These are just some of the possible additional training that young Corpsman may receive.

Comment by gnomesweetgnome Ship 11/Div199 on June 20, 2011 at 9:06am

That makes sense, JLC. Thank you for that additional insight.

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