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Its last class was Class 11-125. The school relocated – along with the newly commissioned Naval Medicine Training Center command – to the Medical Education and Training Campus at Fort Sam Houston, Joint Base San Antonio, Texas. [1] Corpsman A-School lasts 19 weeks and may change according to scheduling and holidays.
Hospital corpsmen were previously trained at Naval Hospital Corps School, Great Lakes, Illinois, and the U.S. Naval Hospital Corps School San Diego, California, until the 2011 Base Realignment and Closure Bill caused Hospital Corps School to be relocated to the Medical Education and Training Campus (METC) at Joint Base San Antonio, Texas.
After completion of Phases 1 & 2 listed below, Corpsman will be awarded the NEC L03A. Following Phases 3-9, Corpsman will be awarded the NEC L11A, Special Amphibious Reconnaissance Corpsmen (SARC). Hospital Corpsman “A” School (75 days) - Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, TX [2]
The Medical Education and Training Campus (METC) is a United States Department of Defense (DoD) integrated campus under a single university-style administration, with nearly 50 programs of study available to U.S. military enlisted students and a small number of foreign military students. [1]
There are four major medical centers located within the United States that are operated by the Navy. East Coast commands include the Naval Medical Center Portsmouth, located in Virginia, Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune, located in North Carolina, and the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, formally known as the National Naval Medical Center and colloquially referred to as the ...
Naval Information Operations Command (Formerly known as the Naval Security Group) Naval Information Operations Detachment Fort Meade; Naval Computer and Telecommunications Area Master Station Atlantic Naval Computer and Telecommunications Station Naples; Naval Computer and Telecommunications Station Sicily
The final test for Marine recruits at Parris Island is a grueling 54-hour training exercise called “The Crucible.” In 2021, two recruits collapsed during the challenge and received medical ...
George E. Wahlen (August 8, 1924 – June 5, 2009) was a United States Army major who served with the United States Navy as a hospital corpsman attached to a Marine Corps rifle company in World War II and was awarded the U.S. military's highest decoration for valor, the Medal of Honor, for heroism above and beyond the call of duty during the Battle of Iwo Jima.