Corpsman
Corpsman is a naval medical rating referring to a medical corpsman, a service member trained to provide medical care and preventive health services within a navy organization. In the United States, the term most often designates the Hospital Corpsman (HM), a member of the Navy Medical Corps who delivers frontline and clinical care to sailors and Marines. Hospital corpsmen serve across the fleet, aboard ships, at shore facilities, and often with Marine Corps units as Fleet Marine Force (FMF) corpsmen, where they provide initial care in combat or field environments, triage, casualty stabilization, and medevac support, as well as routine medical and dental assistance.
Duties vary with assignment and include urgent care, wound management, basic surgical assistance, preventive medicine, laboratory
Training typically begins with Navy boot camp, followed by Hospital Corpsman A-school to learn clinical fundamentals.
Historically, the Hospital Corps was established in the late 19th century as the Navy built more systematic