The Economy.. What a Mess, Our Making

So I am sure you all have been watching the news, as well as the election coverage for the last few weeks. I cannot believe the mess our elected officials as well as WALL Street have gotten us in. I don’t think the bill that was passed into Law on Friday will be enough, I […]

Corpsman.com Will never forget 9/11.. Where were you?

I was assigned with the Marine Corps with 1/14 in the Bay Area in CA as the BN Med Chief. I went from one minute just wearing Cammies on my way to work and in 30 minutes had full flak, Helmet, Locked and Loaded 9mm, M16 and we were preparing for war. We went from […]

Iraq: U.S. Fighters to be Disarmed???

WTF?? If this is what is going to happen, it is time to get our folks out of that god forsaken crap hole ASAP.  I don’t want any of our folks there if they cannot fire back or carry a weapon. From the AP, Read Below: BAGHDAD — Iraq’s government is grateful to U.S.-allied Sunni […]

New Retirement System Proposal From Quad Review.. My Head Hurts…

IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 660-08 August 05, 2008 Second Volume of Tenth Quadrennial Review of Military Compensation Released The Department of Defense released today the second volume of the report of the Tenth Quadrennial Review of Military Compensation (QRMC), which assesses the effectiveness of military pay and benefits in recruiting and retaining a high-quality force. Every […]

Reservists train first responders during two-week training requirement

6/28/2008 By Lance Cpl. Monica C. Erickson , Marine Corps Air Ground Task Force Training Center 29 Palms MARINE CORPS AIR GROUND COMBAT CENTER TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif. — MARINE CORPS AIR GROUND COMBAT CENTER TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif. —Marines and sailors from Combat Logistics Company West worked long hours at the Combat Center for a week […]

President Bush helps with New Walter Reed Hospital Groundbreaking.

Bush seeks new start for troubled hospital By Deb Riechmann – The Associated Press Posted : Thursday Jul 3, 2008 20:16:27 EDT BETHESDA, Md. — President Bush helped break ground Thursday for a new military medical center to replace Walter Reed hospital, whose reputation was soiled by allegations of shoddy care for war veterans. Bush […]

Teens claim they were duped into Navy

This article talks about what we, at corpsman.com have been advising all along. It is absolutely imperative that you, the enlistee, do the required homework, with regards to your Navy Enlistment Contract. Don’t sign incorrect official documents with the promise/plan to fix it later, simply because you are in a hurry. Slow down and do […]

Corpsman overcomes odds, achieves life-long goal

5/27/2008 By Pfc. Jerry Murphy , Regimental Combat Team 1 Habbaniyah, Iraq — Habbaniyah, Iraq (May 27, 2008) – When he first had thoughts of joining the military, 42-year-old Petty Officer Second Class 2nd Class Adam F. Kinney, a hospital corpsman with Company E, 2nd Battalion, 24th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 1, was laughed […]

IRAQ: A girl, a soldier, a dream

IRAQ: A girl, a soldier, a dream For months, Staff Sgt. Luis Falcon patrolled the downtrodden neighborhoods of Baqubah, where Sunni Muslim extremists had tried to create an Islamic caliphate. One day, he came upon a young girl sitting in an old, oversize wheelchair, blood crusting on the stumps where her legs had been. Her […]

Happy Mothers Day 2008

Happy Mothers Day 2008 to all you Mom’s out there. I realized quite a long time ago that the hardest job in the military was not the person who was serving in in the service, but the person at home keeping the home fires burning. Mothers! They bear our children, wipe runny noses, clean dirty […]

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