Corpsman and Medic overlapping comparisons and differences
For 124 years and counting...as the U.S. Navy only enlisted corps, the Hospital Corps has answered the call for 'Corpsman Up' since June 17, 1898, in a score of environments, a host of conflicts and innumerable situations and circumstances to render medical care to those in need. The approximately 350 corpsman assigned to Navy Medicine Readiness Training Command Bremerton embrace and enhance the corpsman tradition by honing their skill in 39 specialties by providing support to warfighters, past and present and their families, utilizing the most advanced technology and sciences available (official Navy photos by Douglas H Stutz, NHB/NMRTC Bremerton public affairs officer).
