About what percentage of corpsman that are greenside actually go on patrols with Marines. I want to out there with the Marines on the front lines. How many actually do this or do most get stuck running a clinic on a Marine base in Iraq. And if I go reserves first is it hard to go greenside or is a choice and do you deploy with a reserve Marine unit or can you go with an active duty marine unit.
2007-07-26 21:41:22 · 6 answers · asked by Brandon D 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
as a former corpsman that served with the 2ND CEB, i can tell you,, that you have the good and the bad corpsman.what a marine considers to be a "DOC" is the ones that go on the patrols, and gets in the S H I t with them,a corpsman is the puke that stays in the rear with the gear in the BAS. as far as the percentage goes, well i would say that about 75% will go out with there marines, the other 25% are just to fat and lazy to even get off there A S S to get there own coffee, let alone go to a feild enviroment, or combat with there marines. you should be able to get a greenside duty in the reserves, as there are reserve marine units that need corpsman, i'm not sure how you would go about getting info on this, other than cantacting, the local navy, and marine reserve units to find out. as for FMSS, i understand that all corpsman are required oto attend this school know,, i may be wronge abou that, but eaither way,, when youget to "A" school, tell them you want to go greenside, and want to go division,, they will ook you right up,, there are not many corpsman that want this, so they are always willing to help the ones that want to go. i know they did for me,, they changed my orders 3 times so that i could get 2nd mardiv.
2007-07-27 02:08:22 · answer #1 · answered by redneckmp28 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
currently, 100% of all HMs in the Reserves go to FMSS and go greenside. whether or not they go in the field is another story.
about 90% of AD males go FMSS/Greenside.
and don;t call it 'getting stuck' EVERY position in the military is an important one, and EVERY position should be accorded the respect it deserves. there is no room for Glory Hounds, especially in combat. If you want to be with Marines on the front lines, than enlist in the Marines.
2007-07-27 02:18:47 · answer #2 · answered by Mrsjvb 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I know a man who was a Marine corpsman and served 2 tours in both Iraq and Afghanistan. He was there for 3 years I believe. If you are deployed, you will be called out of reserves and into active duty. If you want to be active duty, you can change it yourself. I believe if you want to be on the frontlines and you volunteer, you will have no trouble being in the action you want to be in.
Good luck!
2007-07-26 22:17:39 · answer #3 · answered by étiénne 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hey Brandon, as a former Marine Infantryman I'm not sure as to what percentage of Corpsmen go on patrols with Marines but I can tell you that Marines admire and respect thier Corpsmen, I know we used to treat our "Docs" with Love and respect and ahhh bought him all the chow and beer he could stomach, haha. If you wanted, I'm sure you could go into combat patrols with any Infantry/Armor unit or even special ops Marine units, it's definetely an Honor.
2007-07-26 22:08:01 · answer #4 · answered by EddieX 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
lol if you want to go to Iraq you don't need to be a Corpsman. They have IA (Individual Augmentee) billets and are saying that eventually everyone in the Navy will go.
FMF goes where the Marines go. So once you are designated that you will get to dodge bullets and grenades (from 8 yr. old boys) to your hearts content! I hope (for your sake) you live through it.
2007-07-26 22:32:54 · answer #5 · answered by ratatattat73 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Have you went to the Field Medical Service Schools (FMSS) at Camp Pendleton and Camp Lejune? It covers physical and weapons training for depolyement with the marines
2007-07-26 22:06:56 · answer #6 · answered by warlord 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋