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3rdMarHM
12-07-2008, 10:33
im grading from NHCS on DEC18
im going to PSI at pendleton
then FMSS in March
then i report to 3rd MLG in Okinawa
also i heard 31st MEU and 3rd MLG is going on the essix i think its the LHD-2 so im kinda pissed i didnt join for ships or the navy i joined for the corps but im going to still be with the marines my mom doesnt know yet shes still deployed as we speak so if any1 has any info plz help me :not:
Congratulations on your upcoming graduation from Corpsman 'A' school.
All duty stations are what you make of it. Look for the learning opportunities at each one and strive to become the best Corpsman possible. Exhibiting a positive and "can do" attitude at all times.
FMSS has been called FMTB for some time now. You can read all about FMTB training at:
FMTB East (http://www.lejeune.usmc.mil/fmtb/index.shtml) Camp Lejeune North Carolina (This site has more information, training is the same at both locations).
FMTB West (http://www.cpp.usmc.mil/schools/fmtb/index.asp) Camp Pendleton, California
I have a bunch of links regarding Okinawa and information about the duty there, at the following thread:
http://www.corpsman.com/forum/showthread.php?t=32301&highlight=Okinawa
Here is the website for 3D MARINE LOGISTICS GROUP (http://www.3mlg.usmc.mil/index.html)
http://www.3mlg.usmc.mil/WebImages/3mlg.gif
Here is the website for the USS Essex LHD-2 (http://www.essex.navy.mil/default_old.aspx)
Welcome to Okinawa Video
(http://www.okinawa.usmc.mil/Newcomer%20Info/Video/Welcome265M.html)
KentuckyBoy
12-08-2008, 02:33
Being sent to 3rd MLG most likely means you will go to 3RD MED BN. Not a whole lot of positive attitudes in that place these days to be rather honest with you. There are a lot of positives about being stationed out here, but 3rd med isn't one of them. Hopefully you can get deployed from the ASAP. I'm on the MEU and yes they are with the Essex (LHD 2), Harpers Ferry (LSD 9), though I've heard the Essex is getting switched out. They alternate ships all the time. Being on the MEU means yes, you will be on a ship, that's kind of the point of a MEU. You will be with Marines though, right now there are about 20 corpsman responsible for CLB and CE, which totals about 500 Marines. Granted CE doesn't do much besides get monitor tans all day. You stated "31st meu and 3rd MLG are getting on the essex". 3rd MLG doesn't get on ship, just the MEU. 3rd MLG is thousands of people. The bad thing about 3rd MED BN is that you are not really responsible for any marines and you have no real job. Just training. But orders to 3rd MLG could mean a lot of things besides 3rd med bn. Not trying to give you a bad outlook, and you've got a little while to you get here. Best of luck at Field Med.
Da-Chief
12-08-2008, 08:08
What do you mean you didn't join for ships..
Who in the hell was your recruiter?? If you wanted the Marine Corps, you should have gone to their recruiter.. WTF?
You come off sounding like a WHINY ASS.
Why do I say this, Because I am a Chief Petty Officer, and To be honest with you I don't think that is how you intended to sound.
Look even with the Marines.. They are a "SEA" going force.. Hence the "FLEET MARINE FORCE".. (You do know what Fleet means right?)
I do not mean to Insult you just to educate you and I call Juniors as well as Seniors on the carpet when I see comments like this..
If you want to be RAMBO.. Please find another rate like Special Warfare etc..
;-)
Good Luck.
D/C
You don't believe me? Ask 8404 (Marine) how many ships he was on getting his ass transported all over creation..
Good Luck
(You do know what Fleet means right?)
Isn't that a type of enema?
http://www.ahapuzzles.com/homer_simpson_doh.jpg
If it weren't for the Navy and their 'ships', we would have had to swim to Iwo Jima!
dvldocjoe
12-09-2008, 12:08
Take the opportunity to learn about these ships in our Navy if you go. How about trying to get your Swpin out of it?
It is points on the advancement last time I checked. tagging on the gator freighters is a sore point for me as well.
I was a Marine FMF (Division) on a gator freighter. Why was it a sore spot Doc?
KentuckyBoy
12-10-2008, 01:16
Warfare pins no longer count as points towards advancement. But they do look great on an eval.
Warfare pins no longer count as points towards advancement. But they do look great on an eval.
I wonder why that is. However, aren't the warfare devices now mandatory? If so, then I can understand why the Navy would discontinue giving points for them towards advancement.
KentuckyBoy
12-10-2008, 09:23
I know the FMF pin is mandatory for green side corpsman. If you don't get your pin in the first 18 months of be stationed at that unit you receive an SP eval. They really really stress the pin out here, and I think it's a bad way of doing things all around. The pin is no longer something that puts you above the rest or shows that you really know your stuff and are interested in your job. All it shows is you've been here and while and finally sat down a studied because you had to. I don't know about other pins like AW and SW being mandatory for the ship guys though.
Kentucky Boy:
You state the FMF pin is or is not mandatory for greenside Corpsman? If you are directed to earn it within 18 months or receive an SP Eval isn't that considered 'mandatory'.
Just looking for clarification, as I really do not know.
KentuckyBoy
12-10-2008, 23:20
Wow, my bad, I didn't realize I had written the world "no" in that first sentence. So to clear it up, the pin is mandatory in the way that if you do not earn your pin in the first 18 months you receive a SP eval. Sorry about the confusion.
manningrr
12-15-2008, 20:59
8404,
The pin is mandatory for all personnel on green side. I may have mixed feelings about it, but it is a requirement.
KentuckyBoy,
I have to disagree with you on the pin. I am a little sour because as an LPO I am little tired of hearing those excuses. Sailors can easily stand apart from their peers, but this means that Sailors board and pass with in the first year instead of waiting until time is almost up. Personally that reflects on the evals I write. That is what the block for professional knowledge is for. 6 months=5, 1 year equals=4 and 18 months=3 (meets standards). That all counts toward the bottom line. Lead by example and push the benefits to getting the pin. Do not push your earlier points. Junior HM's will look at every thing you do and say. Negativity is infectious.
usn_reinhart
03-20-2009, 20:17
i am currently assigned to 3rd MLG, 3rd MED BN... kentucky is right, the moral here sucks!!! BUT you have to make the best of it... once you get here make your uppers know that you want to deploy or you want to go TAD... all you do at 3rd MED BN is study for your FMF, which is good, but you get no actual hands on training medicine wise... its not like if you rub the FMF pin a helicopter will come from the sky and evac your PT!!! that pin dosnt mean shit on a deployment and it wont save your PT either... unfortunately MED BN will never change... i strongly suggest you go TAD to a clinic or hosp where you can get med experience... i have been picked to go to afghanistan for a Embedded training team deployment... other than working in the lab dept drawing blood during PSI i have NO medical exp... and i will be medically in charge of several high ranking officers and high ranking enlisted marines, as well as 30 or so afghan national army soldier!!! hoo rah MED BN... i hope they train me well in the next couple of months...
i am currently assigned to 3rd MLG, 3rd MED BN... kentucky is right, the moral here sucks!!! BUT you have to make the best of it... once you get here make your uppers know that you want to deploy or you want to go TAD... all you do at 3rd MED BN is study for your FMF, which is good, but you get no actual hands on training medicine wise... its not like if you rub the FMF pin a helicopter will come from the sky and evac your PT!!! that pin dosnt mean shit on a deployment and it wont save your PT either... unfortunately MED BN will never change... i strongly suggest you go TAD to a clinic or hosp where you can get med experience... i have been picked to go to afghanistan for a Embedded training team deployment... other than working in the lab dept drawing blood during PSI i have NO medical exp... and i will be medically in charge of several high ranking officers and high ranking enlisted marines, as well as 30 or so afghan national army soldier!!! hoo rah MED BN... i hope they train me well in the next couple of months...
that is really crappy to hear...when I got to 3rd Med BN for my first duty station...that is where I learn most of my sickcall and clinical training...same here in blueside though, only nurses are allowed to start IV's on patients but the CO is the first person to send HM's on MAP tours with 3rd MAR DIV...
usn_reinhart
03-26-2009, 16:42
when were you there?
when were you there?
FEB 2002-FEB2003...biggest complaint we had back then was the ridiculous BEQ field day where your monday was destroyed and it was just FAR from everything so we had to take the loser cruiser everytime or pay up the @$$ for a honcho
KentuckyBoy
03-27-2009, 00:38
These days the BEQ is about 200 yds from the Battalion, honchos cost five bucks (more than I'm willing to pay but apparently there are some rich E-3's around here), and the BEQ "field days" aren't bad at all. The BEQ is probably the least complained about thing in the Battalion.
usn_reinhart
03-27-2009, 18:39
Very true, yea, i wonder why marines are so damn lazy, that they would pay for a hancho to take them to the gate, WTF??? Just walk... Recently they have told us that PMO wants to move into the barracks, which would cause E4s two to a room, e3s and below 3 to a room. Pretty gay, considering some Privates have their own room in other barracks... whatever what do i care im goin to Afghanistan... haha
HM2(FMF)LM
03-27-2009, 22:26
im so glad im out of 3rd med, enjoy the rest of your time on the rock..
Da-Chief
03-28-2009, 07:24
USN_Reinhart,
Why are you talking like your brother Marines are other people? You all should be one and the same now!! WTF??
This is not the "MARINES" fault btw.. if any of you feel this way.. LOOK IN THE MIRROR to see who is at fault. You are failing BIGTIME if you have a "US/THEM" attitude..
I hope I am misreading this.. if so I apologize.. But I had to kick several folks out of my BN who could not get on the same page as me and my brother Marines.. They saved my ass so many times I would have gladly paid the 5.00 for them..
D/C
I do agree they are like brothers, but sometimes i do agree they bring the us vs them to us also. I was in a plane flying back from afghanistan and we got to get a few drinks in while we were in ireland. Our IDC/HM1 had to tell one of the CPL's to settle down because he was getting loud and obnoxious on the flight and the flight attendants were getting annoyed..well the marine said "F*** off doc" and the SGT sitting next to him laughed...a Staff SGT saw what happened and locked them on....This was in an Infantry unit were HM's/Marines get along the best....As for Support Marines...those guys tend to act more "Hardcore" then infantry guys..never understood that...oh well...do you guys still have to tuck your shirts in?
usn_reinhart
04-03-2009, 01:47
i was just generalizing, i thoroughly respect my marines. however i believe that we as corpsman are not the same as our marines, i believe we will always be different, but THAT is what makes us so unique as a team. army soldiers have other army soldiers as medics, and their bond is OK. marines have sailors for medics, and our bond is TIGHT, the separation of branches and training, uniforms, ranks, is what makes us such a unique team!!! but i also think we shouldn't be completely independent, so far the training for my ANA ETT deployment has told me that i WILL have to know every aspect of my marines job!!! everything! and they will in turn have to to know everything about my job... anyways, just know that i depend, and respect my marines.
same here in blueside though, only nurses are allowed to start IV's on patients but the CO is the first person to send HM's on MAP tours with 3rd MAR DIV...
WTF? Really? On my first ward at my first duty station, I was sticking (and missing) patients with pointy little angiocaths on my first day! Only nurses? PPLLEEAASSEE....I would bish so much!
usn_reinhart
04-09-2009, 05:08
yeah dont know about that... all the blueside hospitals and clinic i have been to the corpsman do the IVs usually..
There ha been a lot of liability issues here...maybe it is just us...or i dont know if everyone else has started doing this but with our command has started fazing out HM's...one pcs's to sea duty and instead of getting someone new they get a medical assistant...i hear its a new plan to make all HM's more operational....but yea when i was a third i did them here....after i got back a new CO was in and the HM's arent allowed to do anything but vital signs.....thats if they have a provider assigned to them which most don't because we have a lot of MA's running around now...its a clinic command though...maybe why
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