NAVY HOSPITAL CORPSMAN HCB TEST SERIES
CERTIFICATION PAPER 2026 QUESTIONS WITH
SOLUTIONS
◉ Article 16. Answer: A convenient place shall be set apart for sick or
hurt men
◉ Ship's Surgeon. Answer: trained physician
◉ surgeon's mate. Answer: usually a physician but subordinate to
surgeon
◉ March 2, 1799. Answer: Congress mandated that newly
commissioned sailing warships contain a 'cockpit' or sickbay
◉ Loblolly Boys. Answer: Classified as a rate 1814
maintained cleanliness
provided water and containers to hold amputated limbs
filled containers of coal to heat tar used in hemorrhage control
filled sand buckets for blood soaked floors
◉ when did loblolly boys serve?. Answer: quasi-war with france 1797-
1800
, barbary war 1801-1805
◉ Loblolly Boys of Distinction. Answer: John Wall (first Loblolly boy)
John Domyn (first Loblolly POW)
Joseph Anderson (first African American Loblolly boy)
◉ The Surgeon Steward title was used from the age of ___________
______________ to the end of the Civil War (_____-______). Answer:
american expansion; 1820-1865
◉ Baymen (1870s-1898). Answer: Replaces nurse, one who manned the
sick bay in 1873
◉ Apothecaries of distinction. Answer: Cornelius O' Leary - father of
corspmans, 38 yrs
Robert Stanley - 1st medal of honor for hospital corps
◉ How many Medal of Honor Recipients (hospital corps)?. Answer: 22
◉ how many ships are named after hospital corpsman?. Answer: 20
◉ customer. Answer: someone who pays for goods or services from
business or a person who has a particular quality
CERTIFICATION PAPER 2026 QUESTIONS WITH
SOLUTIONS
◉ Article 16. Answer: A convenient place shall be set apart for sick or
hurt men
◉ Ship's Surgeon. Answer: trained physician
◉ surgeon's mate. Answer: usually a physician but subordinate to
surgeon
◉ March 2, 1799. Answer: Congress mandated that newly
commissioned sailing warships contain a 'cockpit' or sickbay
◉ Loblolly Boys. Answer: Classified as a rate 1814
maintained cleanliness
provided water and containers to hold amputated limbs
filled containers of coal to heat tar used in hemorrhage control
filled sand buckets for blood soaked floors
◉ when did loblolly boys serve?. Answer: quasi-war with france 1797-
1800
, barbary war 1801-1805
◉ Loblolly Boys of Distinction. Answer: John Wall (first Loblolly boy)
John Domyn (first Loblolly POW)
Joseph Anderson (first African American Loblolly boy)
◉ The Surgeon Steward title was used from the age of ___________
______________ to the end of the Civil War (_____-______). Answer:
american expansion; 1820-1865
◉ Baymen (1870s-1898). Answer: Replaces nurse, one who manned the
sick bay in 1873
◉ Apothecaries of distinction. Answer: Cornelius O' Leary - father of
corspmans, 38 yrs
Robert Stanley - 1st medal of honor for hospital corps
◉ How many Medal of Honor Recipients (hospital corps)?. Answer: 22
◉ how many ships are named after hospital corpsman?. Answer: 20
◉ customer. Answer: someone who pays for goods or services from
business or a person who has a particular quality
