Corpsmen save crash victims

4/6/2012  By Cpl. Mark W. Stroud  , Marine Corps Bases Japan  CAMP DELARAM II, Afghanistan  — Two corpsmen were recognized for saving the lives of mass-casualty victims during a ceremony here March 28.Petty Officer 1st Class Louis Bismonte and Petty Officer 2nd Class Frederick B. Ehlers were awarded Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medals for their life-saving […]

HM3 James Michael Swink KIA 26 August 2010 Afghanistan

Corpsman.com mourns the loss of a fellow “DOC Hero” KIA 26 August 2010 in Helmand Province, Afghanistan. Our Prayers and thoughts go out to his fellow Shipmates, Marines, family, and friends. Please leave a condolence message in the comments below. Remember family members regularly visit our site and read them. In lieu of flowers, the […]

Marines Bring Angels Home

by LCpl. Khoa Pelczar CAMP BASTION, Afghanistan — Service members who make the ultimate sacrifice while serving in a combat zone are known as Angels. Those troops who lose their lives on the battlefield are brought home so they may be honored and laid to rest. It is the job of the Marines with the […]

Poor economy drives more troops to re-enlist

FORT RILEY, Kan. — Sgt. Ryan Nyhus spent 14 months patrolling the deadly streets of Baghdad, where five members of his platoon were shot and one died. As bad as that was, he would rather go back there than take his chances in this brutal job market. Nyhus re-enlisted last week, and in so doing […]

SecDef calls for Congress to mandate that Guard, Reserves have lead in DoD ops in the homeland

This is from the Navytimes.  Things are changing my friends. How long will TAR/FTS Sailors be relevant? Interesting read… Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates took a giant step Monday toward more tightly blending the active-duty military and reserve components into an “integrated total force,” calling for wide-ranging personnel policy changes, codifying the reserves’ homeland defense […]

Happy Birthday USMC!!

Happy Birthday Marines! From: Corpsman.com Tweet

Top enlisted Marines push corpsmen equal pay for deployments

Snagged this from Navytimes I am glad the Top Marine Enlisted Leaders are trying to look out for, us, IMHO the Navy “OFFICER” Leaders forget about those of us who serve with the Marine Corps. What do you think?? Leave a comment Below: When sailors deploy with Marine units, they live in the same conditions, […]

Have you locked down your Network Connection?

There is a great article in the San Francisco Chronicle, about; “WARDRIVING” For those of you who don’t understand the term, picture folks cruising your neighberhoods looking for open wireless network connections so they can leech off of your connection. This can slow down your system, but worse if they get in, and you do […]

Doc’s Love being Green.

Ok this will start more fights withen our Corpsman community. Those of “US” who have served with the Corps, know it is a highly demanding, both physically and mentally, job. It is a job you hate when serving but you have to be taken away kicking and screaming from. Most of us would rather have […]

MARINES having success in Afghanistan, but being spread thin

This is from MSNBC. The Marines have suffered no casualties since they took on the Taliban in Afghanistan. Unfortunately no one from NATO wants to setup to secure the areas the Marines take. What a mess. Would someone please tell me when Iraq struck the US??? Why are over 85% of our combat forces there […]

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