corpsman

Noun

Meaning

(US, military, nautical) A hospital corpsman.
The corpsman prescribed Motrin to the sick marine for his symptoms.

(deprecated, US, military) An enlisted person in the U.S. Army who works as a field medic.

(medicine, military, nonstandard) A military medic.

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Bayles hoped to be a Hospital Corpsman, but with the rate sitting at 130% manned at the time, the Navy decided he would be a Yeoman instead, despite his lack of typing skills. Source: Internet

Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Adrian Noceda, from Ridgecrest, Calif., takes a sample for testing aboard the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71), March 27, 2020. Source: Internet

Petty Officer Third Class Maxim Cravet, Health Promotions Hospital Corpsman at Navy Medical Readiness and Training Command Pearl Harbor (NMRTC PH), developed a workout program with space and movement restrictions in mind. Source: Internet

In the background a corpsman methodically fills out casualty tags, Haktong-ni area, Korea.: 08/28/1950. Source: Internet

The experience of combat, putting our Corpsman in a body bag and seeing civilians gunned down, numbed me emotionally. Source: Internet

He was a member of First St. Paul Baptist Church, attended Carver High School and entered the United States Army in 1961, serving as a Medica Corpsman and a Sharpshooter. Source: Internet

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