I have a brother who is a naval hospital corpsman so does he have to volunteer to go to iraq?

Question

or are there situations where he gets selected without his consent?

Answer 1

Well if he's a naval corpsman than it's more than likely that he'll go to iraq.

Answer 2

Currently the Navy have a requirement that all hospital corpsman have to go through FMF (Fleet Marine Force) training. This doesn't guarantee he will be attached to a Marine unit, but it prepares them for the possibility of being sent to a Marine unit on IA (Individual Augmentation). Those that do go are proud to go. Hospital Corpsman have a great deal of pride when being with Marines, and are generally treated well when with them. There are more CMH (Congressional Medal Of Honor) recipients in the Navy that are Hospital Corpsman than any other job in the Navy.

Answer 3

OK as CORPSMAN he has a 90% chance of gong to Iraq, the reason for this, he can be attached to a marine unit, or to a Field hospital. as well and a beach master unit, or any unit that will be deployed to Iraq, and a 10% chance of not going by being attached to a regular hospital,, or to a ship. it is not that bad being a corpsman attached to a combat unit,, they will look after the doc no matter what,, they know if he gets hit no one can help them so they do everything they can to keep him safe and out of harms way as much as possible,, unless he is like i was,, and was in the middle of the mix every time i got a chance to.

Answer 4

Your brother is a navy corpsman. If he is not stationed at a fleet hospital then that tells me he is stationed with marines. Then when the marines go so does he. If the hospital has to deploy which they have had that done. Like Portsmouth naval hop ital in VA had debts that had to deploy to help field hospitals in Iraq. You some times get to choose but not likely.

Answer 5

No. When your brother enlisted, he volunteered to go anywhere that the Navy decides to send him. He doesn't have to volunteer to end up in Iraq. There are situations where he can be selected to go to someplace he'd rather not - all based upon the need for his specialty at any given place and time. The Navy has absolute discretion to send him where he is needed - that's an aspect of being in the military.

Answer 6

The volunteering part was done when he volunteered to join the navy. Once you volunteer to go into the armed forces, it's pretty much up to his superiors what they " tell " him to do. When you volunteer , they tell you at the time that you could end up in a war zone, do you still want to volunteer ? If he says yes, then they could do just that. But, if he's a hospital corpsman, then he will be way more out of harms way than if he was reg. infantry.

Answer 7

Does he just volunteer at the hospital or is he actually in the Navy. If he is in the Navy then technically he has already volunteered his life over to the government. If his unit is ordered to go overseas then he doesn't have a choice. He will have to go with them.
I spent four years in the Army, and I know that the only way to get out of going overseas is to go to jail.

Answer 8

No he could be sent to Iraq. If he is sentto Iraq he would be probably be stationed on board a ship where they fly the wounded in after they are stabilized at a field hospital. If he is stationed at a field hospital he will not be going out on patrol.

Answer 9

If he is a Corpsman, he will be sent wherever his orders tell him to go...He can request Iraq duty, if he likes..But he will go where he is needed.
Possibly with the Marines on the ground

Answer 10

The short version is, if the navy doesn't fulfill it's need for field corpsmen through volunteerism, it will either extend duties for many already there, but also start pointing fingers by saying, you, you, and you, are now volunteers for Fleet Marine Force.