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The Navy corpsman: carrying the legacy
January 8, 2019 — The screams of the wounded and dying filled the stale room as medical workers rushed to check for pulses, resuscitate the unconscious and stop the bleeding. The darkness was pierced by red and green lights that illuminated pools of blood on the floor. Nervous hands scrambled to find the proper medical equipment amid the chaos of the combat environment that surrounded them, working frantically and disregarding their own safety. Fortunately, none of this is real; it's a simulated casualty exercise, part of the training every future Navy hospital corpsman undergoes. The rate is actually the largest and most decorated in the Navy... MORE

Seaman Brandon Taylor, a corpsman, inserts a decompression needle into an essential care simulator manikin during shock trauma section drills. The drills focused on sharpening life-saving skills and capabilities.

Navy Corpsmen honor Medal of Honor recipient
August 25, 2016 — The rain in San Antonio subsided Aug. 15 long enough for Sailors and veterans to participate in a graveside memorial service at the San Jose Buial Cemetery honoring Seaman John E. “Jackie” Kilmer, a Navy Corpsman who was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor June 18, 1953... MORE

Master Chief Petty Officer Tony Guzman (left), Navy Medicine Training Support Center senior enlisted leader, speaks to more than 100 military members, veterans and civilians attending the Seaman John E. “Jackie” Kilmer memorial service Aug. 15 in San Antonio. Kilmer was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor June 18, 1953 for his life-saving actions as a hospitalman Aug. 12, 1952, during the attack on Bunker Hill.