Combat medic
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A combat medic is responsible for providing emergency medical treatment at a point of wounding in a combat or training environment, as well as primary care and health protection and evacuation from a
A U.S. Army Medical Corps team at work during the Battle of Normandy
U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman providing treatment to a wounded Iraqi soldier during the invasion of Iraq.
Israel Defense Forces field doctors training in Israel
Capsarii depicted tending to injured soldiers on Trajan's Column
Hospital corpsman
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A hospital corpsman or corpsman is an enlisted medical specialist of the United States Navy, who may also serve in a U.S. Marine Corps unit. The corresponding rating within the United States Coast Gua
Combat medic
…medics to be used as medically trained soldiers, fighting aggressively rather than just in self-defence. Combat Medics in the United States Army and United States Navy Hospital Corpsmen are virtually indistinguishable from regular combat troops, except for the extra medical equipment they carry. The modern-day interpretation of the…
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A corpsman aboard an aircraft carrier in 1999
A hospital corpsman draws blood from a patient as part of his duties as an independent duty corpsman
A corpsman takes a patient's temperature in 2006