HM2 Xin Qi, KIA In AFGHANISTAN 23 JAN 2010

I have received reports about HM2’s death.  His family has been notified. HM2 Qi was with OHSU DALLAS DET C from NOSC Austin, TX and volunteered to mobilize and deploy with 4th LAR out of Camp Pendleton, CA. He was on foot patrol in Helmand Province when a suicide bomber attacked. Didn’t make it to […]

HMCM William R. Charette, NMC Portsmouth, VA in HM1 Peck, USN(RET)’s own Words

This is the 2nd user article submission.  While it was short, it was to the point!  I added a bit more from Brian Williams of NBC News who is a major supporter of the military.  BZ to them both!–D/C When a visitor enters the lobby of the “old” Naval Medical Center in Portsmouth, VA, this […]

We’re Back!! AOTC is back on Thursday Night 8:30 Central Standard Time

We’re Back! 8404 and myself will host 2010’s first AOTC this Thursday Night at 8:30 Central Standard Time. We might be trying USTREAM Vs. STICKAM, so please stay tuned.  I am trying to find which production handles our load on video etc. I would like to use USTREAM in that you can ask poll’s during […]

Fire Before Liberty!

Old School today, HM2 Alfano from back in the day submitted this story/article for us, Thanks John I served as a “doc” on board the USS Pine Island (AV-12) from 1964 to 1967 which included two WestPac cruises and enough memories to keep me entertained into the next century. In ’64, after graduating from O.R. […]

Looking for Help, Seriously, looking for contributers for Corpsman.com

ALCON! We are seriously looking for contributors to Corpsman.com. If your interested in providing 1-3 articles a week and becoming a contributor to a section, Please email me ASAP. I can’t even sit at my desk right now, I injured my back and can only sit here if at all 10 minutes at a time. […]

The Navy is Easy… Fatherhood, Being a Good Husband, Going to college, Now that’s WORK!

Sounds funny, it really does. If you would have told me this in 2007 I would have laughed you right out of my office.   I thought I knew everything about being a Dad, and adjusting to family life 24/7.. I was wrong. Everytime I think I have a grip on my life and what […]