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Hospital Corpsman

Provide medical care to Sailors and Marines.

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Job Overview

HMs provide medical care to sailors and Marines from primary care to combat trauma treatment.

Hospital Corpsmen deliver patient care, perform lab and pharmacy work, and provide combat medicine to Marines. FMF corpsmen deploy with Marine infantry as "Doc".

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Daily Responsibilities

  • Patient care
  • Trauma response
  • Administer medications
  • Support surgeons
  • Field medicine with Marines
Work schedule
Shift work in hospitals; field ops with Marines
Environment
Naval hospitals, ships, submarines, Marine units
Supports
Sailors, Marines, and their families

Training Pipeline

  1. 1
    Recruit Training
    Great Lakes, IL · 10 weeks
  2. 2
    HM A School
    Fort Sam Houston, TX · ~19 weeks

ASVAB & Qualification Requirements

ASVAB line-score minimums
  • VE+MK+GS149
Security clearance
Secret
Physical requirements
Good fitness. FMF corpsmen must meet Marine physical standards.
Required skills
Emergency MedicinePatient CareCombat Medicine
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Video Library

Official recruiting video for Hospital Corpsman coming soon.

Career Progression

E-1→
E-4→
E-5→
E-6→
E-7 Chief

Leading Petty Officer, Chief Corpsman, Master Chief.

Assignments & Special Schools

Duty stations
  • Naval Medical Center San Diego
  • Portsmouth
  • Bethesda
  • Camp Lejeune (FMF)
Special schools
FMF CorpsmanSARCIDCSOF Medic

Deployment: Ship, sub, or Marine deployments.

Advantages

  • Strong medical foundation
  • Direct civilian pathway
  • Fleet Marine Force option
  • GI Bill for nursing/PA

Disadvantages

  • Emotionally demanding
  • Long deployments
  • FMF is physically hard

Civilian Career Equivalents

Paramedic / EMT
Registered Nurse
Physician Assistant
Medical Assistant
Career Match Scores
Physical Demand75
Mental Demand88
Leadership72
Technical Level85
Travel85
Deployment Potential88
Civilian Transferability95
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