USMC help

[jkcerda]

Son is considering becoming a jarhead.
Is there a medical profession in the USMC?
I,know they have,the RN program in the USN, not sure,about the Marines.

[Bob Hostetter]

The Marines use Navy medical staff ...

[BoJackUSMC]

He needs to join Navy and become a corpsman. However, he needs to know certain MOS (jobs) in the military can be longer than 4 years. I think navy corpsman is 5 year contract. Tell him navy corpsman does everything as Marine Corps infantry because corpsman is assign to infantry battalion.

[jkcerda]

Ouch, ill check with him, thanks

[Unit74]

Corpsman are even attached to the SoCom so if he wants to be uber *****in he can go that route as well.

But no medical staff in the corps at all.

[themailman]

We love our docs(Corpsmen)! Its a tough and admirable job.

[6114DAVE]

Yup! Corpsmen rock!!

[RangemasterP226]

Ever wonder why one of the guys in the Iwo Jima monument is a sailor? Cuz he is a Corpsman (medic) to the Marines.

[novalondon]

Even us airwingers had flight Docs (corpman) to take care of us and fly along on some missions. Those red and white helicopters sitting at the base of the tower always had corpman onboard when aloft.

[F-2_Challenger]

Don't forget he can even go green get to wear several, but not all of the USMC uniforms. Don't ever screw with the docs attached to a line unit. They are treated as one of us.

[Eat Dirt]

We love our docs(Corpsmen)! Its a tough and admirable job.

+ 1 on That ........

[stphnman20]

+2 on that..

[BoJackUSMC]

my squad found out our corpsman was a virgin and we fixed that problem for him ^^ lol
good old times

[Arondos]

I believe the Corpsman billet serving with the Marines is the same as what we had on submarines.

The billet is for an IDC (Independent Duty Corpsman). I am by no means an expert on the medical side but if he has questions that would be what he needs to ask about.

Nursing is a whole different program.

[jkcerda]

http://www.navy.com/navy/careers/healthcare.html

http://www.navy.com/navy/careers/healthcare/nurse.html

Qualifications
To qualify for Active Duty employment consideration in the Navy Nurse Corps, you must:

Be a U.S. citizen or a foreign citizen currently licensed to practice in the U.S. (see a Medical Officer Recruiter for details)
Be a student or graduate in good standing of a U.S. education program granting a bachelor of science degree and accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE)
Be licensed to practice in a U.S. state, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico or a U.S. territory (new graduates must obtain a license within one year of beginning Active Duty service)
Be willing to serve a minimum of three years of Active Duty
Be between the ages of 18 and 41
Be in good physical condition and pass a full medical examination

ouch, seems he needs to have graduated as a RN already