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BLT 1/1 corpsmen teach Marines enhanced combat lifesaving techniques during C2X

Story by Sgt. Christopher O'Quin | 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit | Date: 11.15.2010

“This training works,” said Petty Officer 2nd Class Ruben Levya, a CLS instructor and assistant leading petty officer for Battalion Landing Team 1/1’s corpsmen. “I’ve treated casualties in combat and a... Read More

13th MEU Corpsmen train to care for Marines in flight

Story by Sgt. Christopher O'Quin | 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit | Date: 09.29.2010

Whenever a wounded Marine needs dire medical attention inside a combat zone, helicopters provide the means to get them to the care they require. However, during this casualty evacuation, each passing minute in... Read More

Marines, corpsmen provide medical support so Afghans can help Afghans

Story by Sgt. Mark Fayloga | Regimental Combat Team-7, 1st Marine Division Public Affairs | Date: 08.01.2010

As squads of Marines and Afghan National Army soldiers marched their way past the line of small Afghan stores, shopkeeper Mohammad Wali wondered what was happening. Read More

1/1 Corpsmen keep Marines ready to train, ready to fight

Story by Sgt. Christopher O'Quin | 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit | Date: 07.16.2010

Late at night, all remains quiet inside a field tent except for the humming sounds of fluorescent lights and generators. Read More

Wasp Honors Corpsman's 112th Birthday

Courtesy Story | USS WASP | Date: 06.16.2010

One hundred twelve years after the establishment of the United States Navy Hospital Corps, Sailors aboard the Amphibious Assault Ship USS Wasp took pause from their busy underway schedules, June 16, to honor a... Read More