Navy Medics Get Prepared for Combat with Tour of Duty in Chicago

Re:Navy Medics Get Prepared for Combat with Tour of Duty in ... by Avshalom on Wednesday March 14, 2018 @03:22PM (#16587528)

The fact that the naval training base is in Chicago probably has something to do with it too.

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Re:Navy Medics Get Prepared for Combat with Tour of Duty in ... by dnautics on Wednesday March 14, 2018 @03:30PM (#16587580)

I believe for combat trauma surgery (the navy supplies all doctors and medics for the usmc), they typically send MDs to Johns Hopkins or UCLA surgery residency programs.

The surgeon who operated on Gabrielle giffords was a us Navy fleet marine force surgeon.

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Re:Navy Medics Get Prepared for Combat with Tour of Duty in ... by geofftrojans on Wednesday March 14, 2018 @03:41PM (#16587646)

This article is referring to Navy Corpsman. They are medics, closer to an EMT than a surgeon. After boot camp at Naval Station Great Lakes, they go to "A" School (basically, their specialty school) in San Antonio.

It is my understanding that this training at a hospital trauma center would be after their school in San Antonio, before they were attached to a Marine unit and deployed.

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