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Make sure to read our Community Guidelines and this Navy Operations Security (OPSEC) checklist - loose lips sink ships!
Join groups! Browse for groups for your PIR date, your sailor's occupational specialty, "A" school, assigned ship, homeport city, your own city or state, and a myriad of other interests. Jump in and introduce yourself! Start making friends that can last a lifetime.
Link to Navy Speak - Navy Terms & Acronyms: Navy Speak
All Hands Magazine's full length documentary "Making a Sailor": This video follows four recruits through Boot Camp in the spring of 2018 who were assigned to DIV 229, an integrated division, which had PIR on 05/25/2018.
Boot Camp: Making a Sailor (Full Length Documentary - 2018)
Boot Camp: Behind the Scenes at RTC
...and visit Navy.com - America's Navy and Navy.mil also Navy Live - The Official Blog of the Navy to learn more.
OPSEC - Navy Operations Security
Always keep Navy Operations Security in mind. In the Navy, it's essential to remember that "loose lips sink ships." OPSEC is everyone's responsibility.
DON'T post critical information including future destinations or ports of call; future operations, exercises or missions; deployment or homecoming dates.
DO be smart, use your head, always think OPSEC when using texts, email, phone, and social media, and watch this video: "Importance of Navy OPSEC."
Follow this link for OPSEC Guidelines:
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**UPDATE as of 11/10/2022 PIR vaccination is no longer required.
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RESUMING LIVE PIR - 8/13/2021
Please note! Changes to this guide happened in October 2017. Tickets are now issued for all guests, and all guests must have a ticket to enter base. A separate parking pass is no longer needed to drive on to base for parking.
Please see changes to attending PIR in the PAGES column. The PAGES are located under the member icons on the right side.
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Lots of Corpsman moms around! Share your experiences here, your wisdom and your support of one another! All are welcome! HM 'A' School moms/dads/loved ones, please also join us at
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Current admins Marcy ~ Corpsman Mom and TexasDocMom
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Location: All over this world!
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Please check out the information at the links below the photos.
HM 'A' School moms/dads/loved ones! Please also join in at
http://www.navyformoms.com/group/hmhospitalcorpsmanaschoolinsanantonio
Anderson Hall is in San Antonio, on the campus of Fort Sam Houston...the place where future corpsmen learn their trade. "Doc" Anderson served with the Marine 1/6. (He also went to Basic and to FMTB with my son. TDM)
Fleet Marine Force (top) and Enlisted Surface Warfare Specialist qualification pins
Shipboard corpsmen working underway
Click on links (in bold and underlined)
The HM Rating - the only enlisted medical corps in the Navy
PLEASE REVIEW these Operational Security guidelines: OPSEC and an easy to remember version
RELATED N4M GROUPS:
HM (Hospital Corps) A School in San Antonio - If your sailor is headed to or is currently at A School, this group is the best place for you to ask questions and get info right now. Medical Education & Training Campus, San Antonio, Texas (METC) is the "go to" non-N4M official site for information on Hospital Corps A school in San Antonio.
Moms with Kids in Iraq/Afghanistan If your corpsman is deploying to the "sandbox," please join us, you'll find folks with open arms, lots of support and the same fears and questions you have.
FIELD MEDICAL TRAINING BATTALION (FMTB) is an eight-week course in advanced medical training, small arms training, and the Marine Corps way of life. Official sites:
FMTB - EAST Camp Johnson at Camp Lejeune, NC. Links include a Life at FMTB slideshow, study manual, lots more, click here for what to bring, car and mail info, etc.
FMTB-East on Facebook has photos, info about upcoming graduations.
NavyforMoms FMTB groups: Camp Lejeune Moms and Camp Pendleton Corpsmen
FMF qualifications and FMF: Sailors earn respect
Naval Medical Center Portsmouth (Virginia) and NMC/San Diego
Navy Individual Augmentee (aka "IA") and "Navy IA" iPhone app
Fleet and Family Support Program Facebook Page
Absentee Voting Assistance
Defense Center of Excellence For Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury Help for TBI and PTSD for active military, vets and their families.
Real Warriors This site has phone apps, emergency numbers, 24 hour hot lines to help a vet or a family struggling with PTSD, TBI and other issues when they return home from deployment.
VAWatchdog.org If this site doesn't have the link you need for your Veteran, there isn't a website for it. Amazing.
Navy Reserve FAQs Got questions about the Reserves/your reservist? here's the spot!
FACEBOOK LINKS:
METC Facebook Has photos!
Basic Medical Technician Corpsman Program Facebook page. Graduation dates, photos of each class.
Facebook Support for OPSEC A good page to share with your sailor and to keep up with yourself concerning online and social media OPSEC.
Dogs on Deployment One-Stop Resource page for military members to turn to for advice and direction to all pet-related needs. They also are looking for fosters.
NAVY NEWS: http://www.navy.mil (official Navy site); and Navy Times - weekly newspaper published by Gannett, subscription $55/yr.
Navy facilities in the U.S. - interactive map. Clicking on the name takes you to the website for that location. There is also a link to a list of ship homeports.
Search U.S. Navy social media sites here: http://www.navy.mil/navyDirectory.asp
Graphic novel "The Docs" for deploying corpsmen
CARE PACKAGES: USPS # - 800-610-8734, say "Order supplies" and then ask for the Military Pack. They'll send you six priority-mail large boxes for military, tape, and labels, all for free. You can order cases of 10 and 25 online sent for free, too; choose quantity under "select format" at right on that page. Send up to 70 lbs for $13.45. Questions and inspiration: Care Package Ideas
TO ANY MOM WHOSE CORPSMAN IS DEPLOYING TO A WAR ZONE - look above and find the link to "Moms with Kids in Iraq/Afghanistan"...go read, go lurk, post when you're ready. We know your fear, your thoughts and tears and joy and laughter.
RETURNING WARRIOR WORKSHOPS - For sailors returning from mobilization or Individual Augmentees from deployment, here is information and the 2013 schedule of workshops around the country: RWW 2013
Discussion Forum
Don't miss graduation from Great Lakes!
Started by MelonieM. Last reply by CorpsmanMom Jul 15, 2018. 1 Reply 0 Likes
FMF camp lejuene
Started by nikki. Last reply by CorpsmanMom Jul 15, 2018. 2 Replies 0 Likes
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Comment by Sharon P.M. on July 24, 2009 at 10:47am
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Maritza - I will keep your son in my prayers for a safe deployment! Will you be seeing him before he ships out? You know I'm right here in NPR if you need anything, even if it's just a hug from another Navy mom! :0)
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Comment by TexasDocMom on July 23, 2009 at 11:47pm
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ironing...one of the few letters I got from Basic ended with " I have to go now, I have to teach four idiots how to iron."...and he gave me hell when I made him learn to iron his own clothes...he only ironed his Scout uniform, his Scout master was retired Navy.
Long and short of it, a corpsman does his job and a Marine's as well. He'll have to pull his weight inside those Humvees, no one rides for free. Field Corpmen are known as the (please excuse my language) "toughest mofos around". And generally, they are.
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LOL! That's funny Teri! I have a dear friend that is a retired Marine and he was thrilled when he found out my son was going to be a corpsman, there seems to be a genuine bond there along with the playful ribbing!
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Stevensmom, I do not know about that, but I'd be interested in finding out. I know my son (now headed to San Antonio in the fall to be an Instructor at the new Corpsman Training center opening soon) is on that "list" and could deploy again. Seems like they would be moving him into that unit right away, so he could train and get his before deployment liberty time. Maybe the moms in "kids in Iraq/Afghanistan" group might know.
Debbie, A school for Corpsman is right now in Great Lakes, he will do A school first, then the FMTB training if that's the plan for him. A School will always be first. Camp Lajuene is mainly a Marine facility except of course for the multitudes of corpsmen and Navy support there. There is a great group here for Camp Lajuene moms.
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Debbie - I'm pretty sure if he's going to do the FMTB training with the marines he needs to complete Corpsman A school first. Then, based on their ranking in their class (very important to strive for good grades) they can pick what their next step is, sometimes they can go on to more schooling or training like a C-school or FMTB, and sometimes they get to choose other countries like Italy, or Japan. It all depends on the needs of the Navy at the time as to what is available. I could be wrong but I'm pretty sure the A-school comes before the FMTB. Maybe there is another kind of A-school at CL that I'm not aware of but at the moment Corpsman school is definitely at GL! Anyone?
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Hoosier gyrl - my son is in Portsmouth VA right now for surgical tech school, he loves being in VA, says it's so much better than GL! He says everyone there is really nice and it's a wonderful medical community, I hope your son enjoys his time there!
Barb - my son had a really good friend from A-school that got stationed at Sicily, he said she loves it, they keep in touch over the computer. I sure wouldn't mind making a visit to Italy either! :0)
Stevensmom - seems there are all kinds of opportunities for our corpsman out there. Please keep us posted on how that works out for him!
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REVA - sounds like you will have to make some visits to Maryland! Not nearly as far away as he could be! My mouth waters just thinking about Maryland blue crabs, yum! I don't know where my son will be stationed after school but I'll be sure to be looking it up on the web and seeing what there is to do where ever he winds up :0)
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Ruth - glad to hear it's not a blood clot! Hopefully those antibiotics will knock it out quickly! :0)
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Kathyryk - my son turned 20 on the 9th - I just don't know where the time goes, seems like only yesterday he was toddling around and singing the abc's!
Susan - by now I'll bet Coy is safely at his new duty station! How wonderful it will be to work in pediatrics! I never even thought of that as an option for our corpsmen!
Lisa - welcome! We are all in this together, regardless of where our children are stationed/deployed, I'm sure you'll find lots of support here on N4M! :0)
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Comment by Lisa(Maxs mom) on July 20, 2009 at 2:21pm
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Hi all! I just joined and I think this is sooo great!! My son is a corpsman. He has been in for almost a year; he is now at Camp Pendleton, near San Diego, for fmtb training, he is attached to the 1st Marine Division. He is supposed to go to Afghanistan in September. I also have a nephew, first class EOD, who is deploying back to Iraq in Oct...only 10 days after he gets married...:( I miss my son like crazy! I dont know how I am going to handle the deployment though...how do moms do that?
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