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Walter Reed National Military's Medical Center (WRNMMC) Troop Command U.S. Army Command Sergeant Major (CSM) Scott Pierce U.S. Army Col. Sabrina Thweatt pose with Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Weston Moore following the Expert Field Medical Badge (EFMB) award ceremony held at Fort A.P. Hill, VA, Mar. 17.

Moore earned the U.S. Army Expert Field Medical Badge (EFMB) and earned “Top Doc” by finishing with the highest score.

The EFMB is a special skill award that recognizes exceptional competence and outstanding performance by Army field medical personnel.

(Photo courtesy Walter Reed National Military Medical Center)

SAN DIEGO (March 8, 2023) – Chief Hospital Corpsman Daniel Jimenez, a native of Riverside, California, assesses the tactical combat casualty care card of a simulated casualty during a mass casualty drill aboard USS Boxer (LHD 4). Boxer, Fleet Surgical Team Five and Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command San Diego Sailors participated in a two-day mass casualty drill simulating Boxer as a casualty receiving treatment ship. Boxer is a Wasp-class amphibious assault ship homeported in San Diego. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Kelsey J. Hockenberger)

SAN DIEGO (March 8, 2023) – Capt. Matthew Cieslukowski, commanding officer of USS Boxer (LHD 4), and Capt. Kimberly Davis, commander, Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command San Diego (NMRTCSD), observe and discuss a mass casualty drill in the medical department aboard Boxer. Boxer, Fleet Surgical Team Five and NMRTCSD Sailors participated in a two-day mass casualty drill simulating Boxer as a casualty receiving treatment ship. Boxer is a Wasp-class amphibious assault ship homeported in San Diego. (U.S. Navy photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist John Scorza)

SAN DIEGO (March 8, 2023) – Sailors assigned to USS Boxer (LHD 4) respond to a mass casualty drill on the flight deck. Boxer, Fleet Surgical Team Five and Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command San Diego Sailors participated in a two-day mass casualty drill simulating Boxer as a casualty receiving treatment ship. Boxer is a Wasp-class amphibious assault ship homeported in San Diego. (U.S. Navy photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist John Scorza)

SAN DIEGO (March 8, 2023) – Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Lacee Peel, assigned to USS Boxer (LHD 4) and a native of Atlanta, Georgia, applies an eye shield to Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Gregzon Fontanilla, assigned to Fleet Surgical Team 9 and a native of Tamuning, Guam, during a mass casualty drill aboard Boxer. Boxer, Fleet Surgical Team Five and Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command San Diego Sailors participated in a two-day mass casualty drill simulating Boxer as a casualty receiving treatment ship. Boxer is a Wasp-class amphibious assault ship homeported in San Diego. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Kelsey J. Hockenberger)

SAN DIEGO (March 8, 2023) – Cmdr. Jesse Bandle, assigned to Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command San Diego (NMRTCSD) and native of Colorado Springs, Colorado, performs exploratory surgery on a simulated trauma patient during a mass casualty drill aboard USS Boxer (LHD 4). Boxer, Fleet Surgical Team Five and NMRTCSD Sailors participated in a two-day mass casualty drill simulating Boxer as a casualty receiving treatment ship. Boxer is a Wasp-class amphibious assault ship homeported in San Diego. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Kelsey J. Hockenberger)

HA1c Katherine Horton (1920-2023) enlisted in the Navy in 1944. She graduated from the WAVES Hospital Corps School in April 1945, becoming one of the first three African American women in the Hospital Corps. After the war she studied physical therapy. She passed away in January 2023 at the age of 102.

HM1 Ruth Flora (1918-1995) was one of the pioneering WAVES in World War II. She remained in the service after World War II and in 1948 was selected to become the first woman corpsman on active duty.

Chief Pharmacist's Mate Stella Cerra (1918-1981) was one of the pioneering WAVES and on of the first female Hospital Corpsmen. In 1945, Cerra became the first female hospital corpsmen promoted to the grade of Chief Petty Officer.

New graduates of WAVES Hospital Corps School, NNMC Bethesda, MD, ca. 1945. For every two weeks, between February 7, 1944 and January 8, 1946, the school received up to 240 prospective CorpsWAVES. BUMED Archives.

When Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Richard Vaughn was assigned to 1st Marine Division, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine with Kilo Company, 2nd Platoon, 3rd Squadron, he was involved in Operation Phantom Fury, a two-month battle - considered by many to be the bloodiest of the Iraq War - fought in the ravaged cityscape of Al Fallujah, 2004, against a determined enemy. He was presented the Purple Heart afterwards for his action during that time (Official Navy photo by Douglas H Stutz, NHB/NMRTC Bremerton public affairs officer).

Legalman 2nd Class Debra Crawford (second from left) found herself stationed with those she went through training with while deployed to Task Force 134, Detainee Operations with the Magistrate Cell at Camp Cropper, a coalition forces Theater Interment Facility in western Baghdad in 2006 (Courtesy photo).

Senior Chief Hospital Corpsman (Fleet Marine Force) Cameron Wink (then as a hospital corpsman first class) was assigned to the Marines 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion on the opening days of Operation Iraqi Freedom, which took him from the Kuwaiti/Iraq border on the initial push north up to Saddam Hussein's home town of Tikrit. During that time he dealt with battlefield wounds and injuries, along with rendering first aid to civilians (Courtesy photo)

Command Master Chief Tom Countryman takes a pause for the cause circa 2010 outside Expeditionary Medical Facility Kuwait. Countryman deployed as an Individual Augmentee (IA) primarily helping provide urgent and emergent expeditionary medicine, primary care and combat force health sustainment for Navy Central Command ground missions into Iraq. There were still approximately 90,000 American troops at that time serving just north in Iraq before an expected draw down to nearly 50,000 by the end of August of that year. (Official Navy photo By MC1 (AW) Christopher D. Blachly, EMF-K Public Affairs).

230308-N-MK318-1174 PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (March 11, 2023) Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Seo Song, a native of Los Angeles, serves aboard Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Mobile (LCS 26) Blue Crew as an Independent Duty Corpsman (IDC) serving the health and welfare of the entire crew. Littoral Combat Ships are fast, optimally-manned, mission-tailored surface combatants that operate in near-shore and open-ocean environments, winning against 21st-century coastal threats. Mobile is currently underway conducting routine operations in U.S. 3rd Fleet. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Victoria Granado)

SAN DIEGO (March 8, 2023) – Sailors assigned to USS Boxer (LHD 4) respond to a mass casualty drill on the flight deck. Boxer, Fleet Surgical Team Five and Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command San Diego Sailors participated in a two-day mass casualty drill simulating Boxer as a casualty receiving treatment ship. Boxer is a Wasp-class amphibious assault ship homeported in San Diego. (U.S. Navy photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist John Scorza)

SAN DIEGO (March 8, 2023) – Sailors assigned to USS Boxer (LHD 4) respond to a mass casualty drill on the flight deck. Boxer, Fleet Surgical Team Five and Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command San Diego Sailors participated in a two-day mass casualty drill simulating Boxer as a casualty receiving treatment ship. Boxer is a Wasp-class amphibious assault ship homeported in San Diego. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Kelsey J. Hockenberger)

SAN DIEGO (March 8, 2023) – Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Jazmine Strain, assigned to Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command San Diego (NMRTCSD) and a native of Claxton, Georgia, inserts a tracheal tube into the mouth of a simulated trauma patient during a mass casualty drill aboard USS Boxer (LHD 4). Boxer, Fleet Surgical Team Five and NMRTCSD Sailors participated in a two-day mass casualty drill simulating Boxer as a casualty receiving treatment ship. Boxer is a Wasp-class amphibious assault ship homeported in San Diego. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Kelsey J. Hockenberger)

SAN DIEGO (March 8, 2023) – Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Amanda Eldridge inserts an IV into the arm of a simulated trauma patient during a mass casualty drill aboard USS Boxer (LHD 4). Boxer, Fleet Surgical Team Five and Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command San Diego Sailors participated in a two-day mass casualty drill simulating Boxer as a casualty receiving treatment ship. Boxer is a Wasp-class amphibious assault ship homeported in San Diego. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Kelsey J. Hockenberger)

SAN DIEGO (March 8, 2023) – Sailors assigned to multiple commands assess the injuries of a simulated casualty during a mass casualty drill aboard USS Boxer (LHD 4). Boxer, Fleet Surgical Team Five and Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command San Diego Sailors participated in a two-day mass casualty drill simulating Boxer as a casualty receiving treatment ship. Boxer is a Wasp-class amphibious assault ship homeported in San Diego. (U.S. Navy photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist John Scorza)

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