Chapter 1 Heritage of the Hospital
Corpsman Exam 2024.
What is the key to service with distinction?
Professional ethics
The importance of having medical care onboard naval vessels was reinforced on
March 2, 1799
The area called the sick bay today was originally referred to as what?
Cockpit
The first member of the Hospital Corps to be awarded the Medal of Honor was?
HA Robert Stanley
The foundation for the current system of rank structure came in what year?
1916
The first Hospital Corps School for Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service was
commissioned where?
National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, MD
WAVES stands for...
Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service
The Honorable James Forrestal was serving in what position when he publicly thanked the HM Corps
for its service and contributions during WWII?
Secretary of the Navy
What was the original rating insignia of the HM?
Red Cross
T or F: Shock Trauma Platoons were first deployed during the Afghanistan phase of the War on Terror.
False. - Iraqi Conflict
T or F: Soft power was first articulated as a possible military policy in 1911 by president Theodore
Roosevelt.
True.
The Dental Technician was established when?
Corpsman Exam 2024.
What is the key to service with distinction?
Professional ethics
The importance of having medical care onboard naval vessels was reinforced on
March 2, 1799
The area called the sick bay today was originally referred to as what?
Cockpit
The first member of the Hospital Corps to be awarded the Medal of Honor was?
HA Robert Stanley
The foundation for the current system of rank structure came in what year?
1916
The first Hospital Corps School for Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service was
commissioned where?
National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, MD
WAVES stands for...
Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service
The Honorable James Forrestal was serving in what position when he publicly thanked the HM Corps
for its service and contributions during WWII?
Secretary of the Navy
What was the original rating insignia of the HM?
Red Cross
T or F: Shock Trauma Platoons were first deployed during the Afghanistan phase of the War on Terror.
False. - Iraqi Conflict
T or F: Soft power was first articulated as a possible military policy in 1911 by president Theodore
Roosevelt.
True.
The Dental Technician was established when?
