[Diesel McBadass]

Im looking for a medical related military job, emphasis on emergency medicine. Was looking at army 68w and want to explore all options. Want to know more about corpsman rate. Requirements, type of duty, etc.

[HalfHazzard]

What's your training right now? If you have any sort of skills you might be bored by enlisting as a Corpsman.

[Glockin26]

You will have fun handing out Motrin and Foot powder for everything. If you deploy and get attached to a grunt unit then its I hope you brought your nuts with you. Doc's are awesome.

[Diesel McBadass]

Originally Posted by HalfH***ard

What's your training right now? If you have any sort of skills you might be bored by enlisting as a Corpsman.

emt b licnced, want to go to higher levels and train more. Problem is the job markets frozen here and the pre requisites to the paramedicne program requires you to have worked at the basic level for 3 months with 50 calls to get on a waiting list... So im stuck in place here.

Seems a corpsman gets all kinds of advanced training.

[HalfHazzard]

There's certainly a lot of things to do as a Corpsman in the Navy. Diving medicine and Fleet Marine are some unique opportunities available to them. The Doc on my boat was an Independent Duty Corpsman (takes a while to get there), and he had received a lot of extra training. And then there's always the Corpsman at the branch clinics and hospitals who act as orderlies/nurses. I did have a HM3 (E-4) staple my head once and he did a great job; he had just come back from the sand box so I trusted him.

Lots of opportunities... don't forget that when/if you join, the Navy will pretend you don't have any skills. If you're looking for a change of scenery do it, if you're looking for more skills right now, YMMV. Good luck.