Corpsman NECs and "C" School locations (list)

[Marcy ~ Corpsman Mom]

After completion of A school, corpsmen may go directly to Fleet, or to medical treatment facilities (hospitals or clinics), or to Field Medical Training Battalion for eight weeks of additional training with Marines; or to C School.

Within the HM rating there are 38 occupational specialties which require further technical training via C-schools. Most specialty training is long and intense; many are at least one year in length. Some of the most demanding specialties, such as independent duty corpsmen, go through a series of schools as their career progresses. One of the specialties - Mortician - requires civilian licensing prior to entry into the Navy.

The diversity of the HM rating is evident with these Navy Enlisted Classifications (NECs).

Click the blue-highlighted links for additional information about that NEC.

Here's a list of NECs, their schools and locations.  Be sure to read through the Replies too as people add more information about various C Schools.  

HM-0000 - Hospital Corpsman Basic - San Antonio, TX

HM-8401 - SAR Medical Technician - Naval Operational Medical Institute (NOMI) Pensacola, FL

HM-8402 - Submarine Independent Duty Corpsman (IDC) - Naval Undersea Medical Institute (NUMI) Groton, CT

HM-8403 - Recon IDC - Fort Bragg, NC

HM-8404 - Field Medical Service Technician - Field Medical Training Battalion, Camp Lejeune, NC or Camp Pendleton, CA

HM-8406 - Aerospace Medicine Technician - Pensacola, FL

HM-8407 - Radiation Health Technician - Naval Undersea Medical Institute Groton, CT

HM-8408 - Cardiovascular Technician - San Antonio, TX

HM-8409 - Aviation Physiology - NOMI Pensacola, FL

HM-8410 - Biomedical Equipment Technician - San Antonio, TX

HM-8416 - Nuclear Medicine Technician - San Antonio, TX

HM-8425 - Surface Force IDC - NOMI San Diego, CA 

HM-8427 - Recon Corpsman - Fort Bragg, NC

HM-8432 - Preventive Medicine Technician - San Antonio, TX (see page 10 at that link)

HM-8434 - Hemodialysis Technician - Portsmouth, VA

HM-8452 - Radiographer - San Antonio, TX

HM-8454 - Electroneurodiagnostic Technician - San Antonio, TX

HM-8463 - Optician - Naval Ophthalmic Support & Training Activity (NOSTRA), Yorktown, VA

HM-8466 - Physical Therapy Technician - San Antonio, TX

HM-8467 - Occupational Therapy Technician - San Antonio, TX

HM-8482 - Pharmacy Technician - San Antonio, TX

HM-8483 - Surgical Technologist - San Antonio, TX and San Diego, CA

HM-8485 - Behavioral Technician - San Antonio, TX

HM-8486 - Urology Technician - San Antonio, TX

HM-8489 - Orthopedic Castroom Technician - San Antonio, TX 

HM-8493 - Dive Medicine Technician - DSTC Panama City, FL

HM-8494 - Dive IDC - NOMI San Diego, CA

HM-8496 - Mortician - Must have civilian license; recruited as Mortician

HM-8503 - Histology Technician - San Antonio, TX

HM-8506 - Medical Laboratory Technician - San Antonio, TX  (see attached article below)

HM-8541 - Respiratory Therapy Technician - San Antonio, TX  (see attached article below)

HM-8701 - Dental Assistant - San Antonio, TX

HM-8702 - Advanced Dental Assistant - San Diego, CA

HM-8708 - Dental Hygienist - PJC Pensacola, FL, CCC Camp Lejeune, NC

HM-8752 - Basic Dental Laboratory Technician - San Antonio, TX

HM-8753 - Advanced Dental Laboratory Technician - San Antonio, TX

HM-8765 - Maxillofacial Technician - Bethesda, MD 

Information per the Navy Medicine Almanac 2013

GENERAL INFO ABOUT "A" AND "C" SCHOOL IIN THE NAVY:  http://youtu.be/KfJGiNzAqg8

[ashley1015]

Proudmomof_calion, when does your daughter leave for Basic?

I see C-school for pharmacy tech is in San Antonio, does anyone know how long it is? I know we aren't promised a seat for C-school, I just like to be as prepared as possible. :)

[rhonda/ship 13 div 102]

how long is HM-8485 - Behavioral Technician - San Antonio, TX school?

[Lizzie_Corpsmanwife]

Rhonda I read somewhere it's 4 months but correct me if I am wrong :)

[Marcy ~ Corpsman Mom]

INFO FOR SURGICAL TECHNICIAN "C" SCHOOL (as of 12/5/2014) 

Comment by Lizziebear0803_corpsmanswife December 5 2014

Selah: for surg tech school, they are given their orders and it tells them whether they are going to be at Fort Sam or San Diego. Classroom time and clinicals are broken down into two phases therefore they won't move the spouse and child (but they can move on their own). Classes are from 7:30-5 and it's extremely intense, lots of studying but can have a social life too. Four months are in class and 2 months at the hospital. They have certain amount of hours (surgical assist hours) to do before being able to take the certification test.

If the sailor lives off base, as my husband does, I advise them to live within a 10-15min radius of he wants to come home every night while in the classroom. I wouldn't advise him living off base (unless he has his/her own vehicle) because clinicals start at 4am and last until 5pm. He won't have PT but will have field day if he has a dorm, which I advise him or her to do so because after PT (during classroom phase) he or she will want to shower do going all the way home would be a waste of time but he could just change his page two.

[Dutchess]

How are sailors chosen for C school?  Are they assigned right out of A school or do they have to get assigned to the fleet and then request C school? My SR wants to be a lab tech. She is looking at becoming a forensic scientist and was told that lab tech would be a great foundation for her. 

[Dutchess]

How are sailors chosen for C school?  Are they assigned right out of A school or do they have to get assigned to the fleet and then request C school? My SR wants to be a lab tech. She is looking at becoming a forensic scientist and was told that lab tech would be a great foundation for her. 

[Marcy ~ Corpsman Mom]

She will be able to name her "wish list" but it's the needs of the Navy at the time that will ultimately determine which C school, if any, she gets.  Most often they get a C School assignment during A School.  However, some remain "0000" ("quad zero") and become general duty corpsmen, assigned to either ships or hospitals and clinics, and may have the option to choose a C School later on.  I hope she gets what she's hoping for!    

[Dutchess]

Thanks, Marcy.  I will pray that she gets what she wants. I would imagine that how she performs in A school also has some weight on whether or not she would be offered a C school.  

[navywife4life]

Does anyone know how long Advanced Radiographer C-School is? Will I be able to move in with my husband when he attends it? He is getting his packet together already, but we want to know if the military will move us both there and allow him to live out of the barracks with me.

[velvetlace]

My sailor corpsman has been in the Navy for almost 6 years. He had to go green side for three years, get his FMF, and be deployed overseas before he was allowed to apply for C School. He also had to reenlist for 3 1/2 years. It is an honor and privilege to be assigned to a C School.