All military PDFs and documents I've found mention other NECs and their respective duties, but they mysteriously omit this one. I know that a quad-zero is a corpsman who has finished A-school and has not yet enrolled in a C-school. But what exactly does a quad-zero do in between A-school and C-school?
2007-10-01 08:04:21 · 4 answers · asked by ... 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
entirely dependent on the billet they get. if assigned to a Naval Hospital on shore the duties would be different than if they were send to a carrier. and even within the Hospital their duties could vary.
2007-10-01 08:31:44 · answer #1 · answered by Mrsjvb 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
0000 corpsman is the general duty corpsman. They can work in all areas of the Hospital. They are not specialized in one area of medicine but trained in the overall basics of all areas. This corpsman does not have a designation like the 8404 Corpsman who will deploy with the Marines. They still exist in the military today, but most Corpsman who are trained today further their educations and become specialized in an area that the Navy requires, be is radiology, dental, OR tech, etc. Each speciality has a different number attached. BTW, the Corpsman are the most decorated of all the rates in the Navy. They are a heroic bunch and I should know, cause I am one!
2007-10-01 08:37:00 · answer #2 · answered by Katharine E 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Many ratings have "general" category members that simply do the basic job without a particular specialty. For example most Yeomen are basic administrative types, but some have gone through additional training to become experts in a particular area. There are lots of YN-0000 personnel, and comparatively few Yeomen with specialized NECs.
General, unspecialized personnel in any rating carry the "0000" NEC.
Hospital Corpsmen, however, have little call for unspecialized members beyond the most junior personnel, so most of them go straight to "C" school after "A" school.
Some of them, however, either fail their "C" school or have a delay before going. Those Corpsmen will normally be assigned to fleet units for on-the-job-training (OJT) and basic duties that require a knowledge of Navy medical practices, but don't require much specialized knowledge.
(Hey, the fellow that sweeps up in sickbay needs to know enough so that he doesn't hurt himself or break something.)
Since "0000" is primarily a "waiting for training" NEC, the books don't go into details about the duties.
2007-10-01 12:31:35 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
go to this web site they have lots of good info http://usmilitary.about.com/od/enlistedjob1/a/navyjobs.htm
2007-10-01 09:19:22 · answer #4 · answered by blavrar18 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋