A hypothetical question

[Buckaholic]

hay wack,
i am usn ss ret.. ...
yea ...what goose and trax dont know could fill a book ...

the SMI and the CREST OIC on duty (whom wanted to know how i got his privet office phone number)
both said the grads there refer to them selves as Corpsman
and nothing else,,,
and that Medic is a army term for the same type of MOS.....
but i did have some stupid questions..
which now that dey is asked, is no longer stupid..
i posted as i was a wandering and had the stame brain farts they had..
yours most resapectfully
334 decaff dave

Yeah, what Decaf said. Especially about filling a book with what I don't know...and referring to nothing other, ever, than Corpsman. And why would one need a "MEDIC" stamp on the back of the ID? I recall that my ID had my rank (Army)...my dad, 20 yrs Navy, and Chief of the Brig at Treasure Island (full of Marine guards) same card format, had his rate and paygrade..so, for a Hospitalman (Corpsman) 1st Class, it would say, on the front, "HM1", or "HM1(FMF)" for a Corpsman that completed 12 months service attached to a Marine unit and the associated requirements for that designation "Fleet Marine Force" . (see ID Card sample link below...and they were pretty much the same in format 40 yrs ago cuz I know...had a dependent card and then an Active Duty card from the time I was old enough to steal candy from the Navy Exchange to having SOS, bacon, dehydrated scrambled eggs, and grits slopped into my helmet when they ran out of trays in the field - no foolin').
Hey, if you is, then you is. Just never seen or heard of such and this ain't my first rodeo. But, I don't know everything.
http://www.triwest.com/unauth/content/provider/notices/2006/MilitaryIDCards.pdf

OUCHHHHHHH!!
Holy Shyt Goose. Was the bike a total loss?

Yep. Totaled. It was a beautiful scoot. Took a left turn in an unbanked corner. Floor board hit and there I was sliding down the pavement. Had only one thought...twist the bars so as to save the paint job on the tank. Hit a berm. Bike flipped and landed on me with the rear peg putting a hole in my right leg. Five face fractures and three broken bones in the left foot.. Helmet saved my life (aren't you guys lucky ).

And, to keep this Buck related, I was toting a Buck 119.

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Hey, Marv! I didn't know you were jump-qualified!!! T-10 or Dash One Bravo??? :thumbup:

Rich, T-10. I don't have to prove anything to you about my stint as a Yeoman (or was I a Boatswain's Mate?) in the Army All it does is bring back memories of weekends getting drunk and in bar fights. Then there's that MP that "confiscated" my 110 at Fort Polk And I know Pt. Mugu, Hickham AFB, Clark Air Base, Subic Bay, Cubi Point, San Miguel, Fort DeRussy, Alameda NAS, Treaure Island Naval Station, Hunters Point Annex, Bremerton Navy Yard, The Presidio, Pearl Harbor, Camp Zama, Fort Knox, Fort Benning, Fort Polk, Fort Lewis, and Fort Ord like the back of my hand.

 

[Flatlander1963]

Nice Bike Goose.
I was wondering about what made that hole in the leg.
Well what are you riding now?

 

[Hillbilly Bob]

no message

 

[Buckaholic]

Nice Bike Goose.
I was wondering about what made that hole in the leg.
Well what are you riding now?

Thanks FlatLander...
After the Softail I wrecked I had a Dyna. Now a 2006 Road King.
Crusing through Yellowstone 2006 w/ a 890 Strider Buck on the butt.

 

[GlassJax]

wackafew is either very old and mentally infirm or just full of BS.

I am another Marine who has never met a Corpsman who ever used the term medic, except in disdain or to deny such a title (coupled with the proper term to use, stated in a forceful manner). I've only met one Corpsman that didn't like the term "Doc" and that was because he was a Chief and wanted to be called that.

An as an aside - Only Corpsmen go to Field Medical Training Battalion - if you were a oral surgeon assistant or whatever the heck you said, you wouldn't go to Field Medical Training.

I looked on the back of my current ID. All that is there is Date of Birth, SSN, and Geneva Conventions Categories (which are roman numerals). I think that was the same as the back of the old green ones. My experience with Mil ID cards only goes back to the early 1990s though. Anyway...

Only wakafew knows what he is/was, but none of his stories match any reality that the 4 or 5 Marines here, that represent several generations of the breed, recognizes as truth.

 

[Hawkeye5]

[QUOTE=Buckaholic; Helmet saved my life (aren't you guys lucky ).

I am glad that California has a helment law.
MSF Rider Coach #118489.


Buck knives are cool.:thumbup:

 

[Tin Sue]

Yep. Totaled. It was a beautiful scoot. Took a left turn in an unbanked corner. Floor board hit and there I was sliding down the pavement. Had only one thought...twist the bars so to save the paint. Hit a berm. Bike flipped and landed on me with the rear peg putting a hole in my right leg. Five face fractures and three broken bones in the left foot.. Helmet saved my life (aren't you guys lucky ).

Ooowee Goose!! Maybe you better stick to the scoot in your avatar; glad you had the helmet on!!

 

[Flatlander1963]

890 Strider Buck on the butt.

Ya know Goose, a Desert Ironwood Kalinga would be good riding attire too.
Did you pick up one of those $30 650/890s? I had one but had to buy another.
I do like the knife.

 

[wackafew]

I was attached to the Dental Corps, with an oral surgeon. The people who finished that school, who are NOT Corpsman, were classified as Field Medics. At that time, the people who finished this course, the back of their ID says "Medic". I was called "Doc"; I wasn't called "Corpsman". I hope this can kind of clear this up for you guys.

Perhaps you guys never had to visit an oral surgeon while you were in the service, but they were there. You Marines were pretty good at knocking the teeth out of each other.

I don't feel I should have to defend my military service to this degree. I know where I was, and what I was doing.

http://www.lejeune.usmc.mil/mcb/units.asp
Field Medical Training Battalion (East)
The mission of FMTB is to train Navy Medical Department and Religious Ministry personnel in preparation for their initial assignment to ground, aviation, and combat service support units of the Fleet Marine Force (FMF). Although the largest numbers of personnel trained are Hospital Corpsmen, the school also trains Religious Program Specialists, Chaplains, and Medical Department officers including Medical Corps, Dental Corps, Medical Service Corps and Nurse Corps Officers.

 

[wackafew]

Although this refers to a Dental Officer, the dentists, oral surgeons, etc., have Dental Technicians (as I was) assigned to them.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Navy_Dental_Corps
There is a possibility He / She may spend two of every five years assigned to a ship that goes to sea as much as eighteen out of twenty four months. He is often deployed with a Fleet Marine Force to set up field dental units in war zones and act as a triage officer for mass casualties.

 

[wackafew]

Yet another reference that Dental Technicians DO serve with the Marines in field situations!

http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=15909

Corpsmen, Dental Technicians Rivals in Battle Skills Competition
Story Number: NNS041112-12
Release Date: 11/12/2004 6:12:00 PM

OKINAWA, Japan (NNS) -- More than 40 hospital corpsmen and dental technicians crawled through mud and climbed over obstacles to earn honors as champions of the III Marine Expeditionary Force (III MEF) Navy Battle Skills Competition held in Camp Schwab, Okinawa, Oct. 24-29.

The 3rd Force Service Support Group teams included Sailors from 3rd Medical Battalion 3rd Dental Battalion, and the 3rd Materiel Readiness Battalion. The other four teams included Sailors from 3rd Marine Division, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, the U.S. Naval Hospital and III MEF Headquarters Group/7th Communications Battalion. The 3rd Medical Battalion team was the overall winner.