HCB 101- History of the Hospital Corps Questions and Answers
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HCB 101- History of the Hospital Corps Questions and Answers
Caduceus - Rating insginia for the Hostpital Corps (HC).
Congressional Mandate of 1948 changed the Red Cross to the Caduceus as the rating insingia for the HC.
Sickbay - Where sick and injured men were taken for care.
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HCB 101 - History of the Hospital Corps Questions and Answers Caduceus - Rating insginia for the Hostpita l Corps (HC). Congressional Mandate of 1948 changed the Red Cross to the Caduceus as the rating insingia for the HC. Sickbay - Where sick and injured men were taken for care. Article 16 in "Rules of the Navy of the United Colonies of North America" establ ished sickbays in 1775. Cockpit - Another name for sickbay. Surgeon Steward - First enlisted rate requiring specific qualification. 1.First seen in Navy pay charts in 1841. 2 Ranked second in seniority among shipboard POs. 3. Used through 1820 -1865. Medal of Honor - Highest military decoration. DIstinguished Service Cross - 2nd highest military decoration (Only US Army) Navy Cross - 2nd highest military decoration (Navy, Marines, Coast Guard) Silver Star - Third highest military combat decoration Bronze Star - A U.S. military decoration awarded for heroic or meritorious achievement or service in combat not involving aerial flight. 2 March 1799 Congress did what... - Mandated all newly commissioned sailing warships to contain a "cockpit". Unoffici aly reestablished need for enlisted medical personnel with no offficial title or job description. The loblolly boi - Classified as an official rate in 1814. The name came from porridge that they served to the sick and injured. Served in the Quasi -War and First Barbary War. Loblolly Bois of Distinction - John Wall (Navy's first Loblolly boi) John Domyn (First Loblolly POW) Joseph Anderson (First African -American Loblolly Boi) 17 June 1898 is important why? - President William McKinley signed the United St ates Navy Hospital Corps in to existence. Why is Robert Stanley important? - First Hospital Corps recepient of the Medal of Honor. (Boxer Rebellion) Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service (WAVES) - American women that broke down old barriers and proved themselves invaluable in service. Commisioned at the U.S. Naval Hospital, National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland. The first Hospital Corps School - Established in Portsmouth, VA. On 15 Dec 1902, graduated first 29 Hospital Apprentices. Hospital Corps School Great Lakes - Established 1917. Closed down in 1921, but reopened two decades later because of WW2. Hostpital Corps School San Diego - Established in 1928, in San Diego, CA The first Hospital Corps School for Women Accepted for Volun teer Emergency Service (WAVES) - Comissioned at the U.S. Naval Hospital, National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland in 12 Jan 1944.
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