Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Today, the AMEDD branch corps insignia is a gold color medal caduceus, 1 inch in height. With the exception of the Medical Corps, each Corps is identified by a black enamel letter (or letters) centered on the caduceus indicative of the specific branch. The insignia for Medical Service Corps is silver.
The regimental coat of arms of the Army Medical Department of the United States Army—known as the AMEDD—is an heraldic emblem dating back, with slight variations, to about 1863. Since 1986, it has formed the basis of the AMEDD's distinctive unit insignia: the emblem worn by all AMEDD soldiers on their service uniforms.
The Medical Corps (MC) of the U.S. Army is a staff corps (non-combat specialty branch) of the U.S. Army Medical Department (AMEDD) consisting of commissioned medical officers – physicians with either an M.D. or a D.O. degree, at least one year of post-graduate clinical training, and a state medical license.
Letterman Army Medical Center, Presidio of San Francisco, California, 1994; McCornack General Hospital, Pasadena, California (1949). Named for Brigadier Condon C. McCornack, Medical Corps, United States Army [16] Percy Jones Army Hospital, Battle Cr3eek, Michigan (1954) Silas B. Hays Army Community Hospital, Fort Ord, California (1995) [15]
The Combat Medical Badge is an award of the United States Army which was created in January 1945. Any member of the Army Medical Department, at the rank of colonel or below, who is assigned or attached to a ground combat arms unit of brigade or smaller size which provides medical support during any period in which the unit was engaged in ground combat is eligible for the CMB.
The U.S. Army Medical Command (MEDCOM) is a direct reporting unit of the U.S. Army that formerly provided command and control of the Army's fixed-facility medical, dental, and veterinary treatment facilities, providing preventive care, medical research and development and training institutions.
Replaced with the Naval Aviation Observer Insignia in 1947; [56] this badge is still in use by the U.S. Marine Corps as the Marine Aerial Navigator insignia. Naval Flight Surgeon Insignia: Replaced with new design in 1952 [56] Naval Flight Nurse Insignia: Replaced with new design in 1952 [56] Dirigible Pilot Insignia: Retired in 1978 [56]
During the First and Second World Wars, the Croix de Guerre medals of France and Belgium, as well as the French Military Medal and Luxembourg War Cross, were further issued as unit citation cords, known as Fourragère. Service members could receive both the individual award and the unit cord; in the case of the later, the unit citation could ...