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Woman corpsman???
Hi! Im a senior in college and I am really wanting to go into the navy as a corpsman after I graduate with my bachelors in May 2016, but Ive been told that as a woman corpsman I would most likely wind up working in a hospital as a nurses aid....is that true? As a woman corpsman how would I be treated?
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Permalink Reply by CryptoDad on
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Untrue. Woman HMs will be assigned to the same duty stations as men with the exception of front line combat medics with the Marines or SEALs.
Check out https://www.cool.navy.mil/usn/enlisted/rating_info_cards/hm.pdf and https://www.cool.navy.mil/usn/LaDR/hm_e1_e9.pdf for more information.
Also, go to http://www.navy.mil/ah_online/archpdf/ah200105.pdf and read the story "In the Presence of Heroes" to learn about HM3 Tayinikia Cambell. Think you could fill her boots? If so, go talk to a recruiter now so you can find yourself in the Navy immediately after college graduation.
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Permalink Reply by lrntbronco on
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Thank you so much!!! I will definitely read those links!
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As a Navy nurse that works with Corpsman all day long, that is true to an extent but you can also be stationed on a ship. You are not treated differently than the boys. The only thing you may not be able to do (I am not entirely certain of the rules) is go with the Marines.
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You can go with the Marines (there are 14,000 female Marines after all) just not as a front line combat medic.
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Permalink Reply by Sailorgirlsmom on
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Are you entering the Navy as an officer? If so, you probably would not be a corpsman, as that is an enlisted job. Most corpsman jobs are in the hospital or clinic settings, they can range from the Emergency Tech type role, to a nrses assistant on the floors. If you are graduating with your bachelors in May, you will most likely go into an officer role.
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Permalink Reply by TexasDocMom on
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One of the moms I met here years ago has a daughter who is a Corpsman. She was an instructor at Great Lakes when my son went through Corpsman training. She did that for several years, when the training moved to San Antonio, she was transferred to a Marine unit and went to Iraq, where she earned her FMF qualification. She is now back at Great Lakes, not sure what's she's teaching but she isn't a nurse's aide, that's for sure! There are plenty of specialty jobs in the Corpsman area, all types for all types of people.
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