Once a Doc Always a Doc

You can take the Corpsman out of the Corps but you can't take the Corps out of the Corpsman.

Most of us were dragged out of Naval life kicking and screaming. They taught us how to look, act and feel like Marines. We absorbed Marine Corps History and Traditions. We learned how to march, hump a pack and dress battle wounds. We looked with scorn on long haired Sailors with their wrinkled uniforms and flabby bodies.

We became Fleet Marine Corpsmen. Give us Marines to take care of and we didn't care where they sent us.

For most of us it was the best part of our lives, the proudest things we ever did. We might not be Marines but we were no longer Sailors.

Sure, we took a lot of ribbing but when push came to shove it was us they called for and we came running.

This page is dedicated to my father HM1(FMF) Harvey Fine, USN(Ret) who served three combat tours in Korea.

(B/1/5, Easy Med (1st Med Bn))

HM2(FMF) Jim Fine, USN

(H/2/4, Charlie Med (3rd Med), H&S 1st Med)

Stockton Marine Corps Club	Ribbon Checker
Iwo Jima	View the Wall
Declaration Of Independence	Second Battalion Fourth Marines
The Constitution	Association of FMF Combat Medical Personnel
Fleet Marine Warfare Specialist	Weather and Hydration Calculations

Official Navy Sites Official Marine Corps Sites

U.S. Navy: Welcome Aboard	Bureau of Naval Personnel
Naval Reservist Magazine	All Hands - Magazine of the U.S. Navy
News of the Navy	Navy Online Home Page
Naval Reserve Force Information Service	Navy Instructions/Publications
Naval Medicine Portal	The United States Naval Academy
Naval Reserve Association	Naval Web Sites
Navy Rating Badges	Medical TeleLibrary
USNR Skills Online	Navy Retention Center Online
Today in Navy History	Navy Electronic Directives System
Navy Information Index	U.S. Navy Office of Information
Navy Uniform Matters	U.S. Navy Bases and Stations in the U.S.
Naval Education and Training Command	The Navy Fact File

Official Navy Medical Sites

Naval Hospital Corps School	Navy and Marine Corps Medical News
U.S. Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery	National Naval Medical Center
COMNAVSURFLANT Medical	COMNAVSURFPAC Medical
Naval Medical and Dental Facilities	Naval Enlisted Reserve Association
FHOTC Fleet Hospital Operations Training Command	Preventive Medicine Technician's Website
U.S. Navy Hospital Corps History Page	Navy Environmental Health Center
Navy Knowledge Online	Virtual Naval Hospital
Navy Medical Research Center	San Diego, CA - Naval Medical Center
BUMED Directives
Naval Medical Logistics Command	Navy Medical Art of the Abbott Collection

Navy Manuals

Hospital Corpsman 3 & 2 Training Manual	Hospital Corpsman 1 & C Training Manual
Hospital Corpsman: NAVEDTRA 14295	Manual of the Medical Department
Advancement Manual for Hospital Corpsmen	General Medical Officer Manual
Heat Illness Handbook	Flight Surgeon's Manual
Fleet Medicine Pocket Reference	Advancement Handbook for Hospital Corpsman, US Navy
Field Medical Service School Handbook	Standard First Aid Training Course
Hospital Corpsman Sickcall Screeners Handbook	"Shipwreck's Go-By" Physical Examination Guide

Field Medical Service School - Camp Lejeune, NC

Field Medical Service School - Camp Pendleton, CA

MARINE CORPS

Where Marines Are Made

Marine Corps Recruiting Depot - Parris Island, SC

Marine Corps Recruiting Depot - San Diego, CA

Marine Corps Bases and Air Stations

Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton	Marine Corps Air Station New River
Marine Corps Base Quantico	Marine Corps Air Station Yuma
Marine Corps Base Hawaii	Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point
Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune	Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort
Marine Corps Logistics Bases	Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni
Marine Corps Base Japan	Marine Corps Air Station Marimar

USMC Artillery Detachment, Fort Sill, Oklahoma

Official Marine Corps Sites

MAGTF Training Command	Marine Barracks 8th & I
U.S.M.C. Medal of Honor Recipients	1st Marine Division
Marine Corps War Memorial	2nd Marine Division
Marine LINK	3rd Marine Division
United States Marine Corps - Community Services	4th Marine Division
Headquarters United States Marine Corps	Marine Forces Reserve
Marine Corps History	U.S. Marine Corps Aircraft, Vehicles & Equipment
USMC Orders and Directives Online	Marines Magazine
Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center	Continental Marine Online
News From the Front	Marine Corps Uniform Board -Regulations
Marine Corps League	Marine Corps Association
Weapons Training Battalion	Marine For Life
Marine Corps Forces Atlantic -MARFORLANT	Marine Corps Forces Pacific - MARFORPAC
Marine Corps Photo Gallery	Marine Corps Combat Service Support Schools
Beirut Memorial On Line	Iwo Jima

With thanks to HM2 (FMF) Alberto Ocasio

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since 25 June1998

last revised 18 March 2007

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