No more Corpsmen with Marines?
Some Marine Corps Times Facebook page reports that Secretary of the Navy Ray Maybus announced on Friday some restructuring of USMC military occupational specialties to include a series of medical training that would eliminate Navy personnel as Fleet Marine Force Corpsmen.
The announcement has met some criticism from many Marines and Navy Corpsmen. Gunnery Sergeant (GySgt) Ryan Henryson, attached to 1st Marine Division, says that “Our docs are part of our culture. To try and get rid of them essentially is a disastrous change to the tradition of the Corps and the Navy as a whole. I can’t believe that anyone thinks that this is a good idea.” The Corpsmen had their say in the matter too, as Hospital Corpsman Second Class (HM2) Jessica Odhner claims, “Corpsmen have always been essential to mission accomplishment for Marines. We’ve always been by their sides for decades and there’s no reason to fix something that’s not broken.”
Yeah, well, that story is utter bullshit. It’s showed up quite a few times in my email and on Facebook, but that’s not the Military Times’ USMC publication. It says that “Marine Corps Times is your dependa’s voice for Marine Corps news.” The next story is about former Commandant of the Marine Corps James Amos being charged with sexual harassment. I’ll admit that it sounds like something Maybus would do, but he hasn’t done it yet.
Category: Dumbass Bullshit
In the words of Gunny from the Damn Few: “GAAAAWWWWDAMMIT.” Who the in the flying monkey f*** thinks this is good? Really? A two year surface warfare officer thinks that changing the entire tradition and structure of the Marine Corps, pissing all over the honored position that our Docs have, is a good idea? Kindly go f*** yourself in the face with a cactus.
It’s a fake story.
Someone needs to smack duffelblog around a bit for not thinking of this one first. They are slippin’ over there.
But damn, Jonn, I LOVED the salty language! Inspired!
Damn, this is the first time the Duffleblog has gotten me. Bastards.
Fake, but believable. Speaking of my experiences with the USAF and a son in law who is career Army, the military has a long tradition of fixing shit that ain’t broke.
Considering that this was officially considered between 2003 and 2006, it’s not too hard to believe it.
I think that the leadership should seriously examine this because the subordinates actually believed the article (a reflection of just how little the leadership is trusted).
In any case, the Navy Corpsmen are an integral part of the Marine Corps and should always be.
FMF Corpsmen are Hardcore ! oooorah !