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Chapter 1: Heritage of the Hospital Corpsman
Exam Questions and Answers 100% Pass
What is the key to service with distinction? - ANSWER ✔✔-Professional ethics
The importance of having medical care onboard naval vessels was reinforced on - ANSWER ✔✔-March 2,
1799
The area called the sick bay today was originally referred to as what? - ANSWER ✔✔-Cockpit
The first member of the Hospital Corps to be awarded the Medal of Honor was? - ANSWER ✔✔-HA
Robert Stanley
The foundation for the current system of rank structure came in what year? - ANSWER ✔✔-1916
The first Hospital Corps School for Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service was
commissioned where? - ANSWER ✔✔-National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, MD
WAVES stands for... - ANSWER ✔✔-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? - ANSWER ✔✔-Secretary of the Navy
What was the original rating insignia of the HM? - ANSWER ✔✔-Red Cross
T or F: Shock Trauma Platoons were first deployed during the Afghanistan phase of the War on Terror. -
ANSWER ✔✔-False. - Iraqi Conflict
T or F: Soft power was first articulated as a possible military policy in 1911 by president Theodore
Roosevelt. - ANSWER ✔✔-True.
Created By Grace Amelia 2025: All Rights Reserved.
Chapter 1: Heritage of the Hospital Corpsman
Exam Questions and Answers 100% Pass
What is the key to service with distinction? - ANSWER ✔✔-Professional ethics
The importance of having medical care onboard naval vessels was reinforced on - ANSWER ✔✔-March 2,
1799
The area called the sick bay today was originally referred to as what? - ANSWER ✔✔-Cockpit
The first member of the Hospital Corps to be awarded the Medal of Honor was? - ANSWER ✔✔-HA
Robert Stanley
The foundation for the current system of rank structure came in what year? - ANSWER ✔✔-1916
The first Hospital Corps School for Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service was
commissioned where? - ANSWER ✔✔-National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, MD
WAVES stands for... - ANSWER ✔✔-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? - ANSWER ✔✔-Secretary of the Navy
What was the original rating insignia of the HM? - ANSWER ✔✔-Red Cross
T or F: Shock Trauma Platoons were first deployed during the Afghanistan phase of the War on Terror. -
ANSWER ✔✔-False. - Iraqi Conflict
T or F: Soft power was first articulated as a possible military policy in 1911 by president Theodore
Roosevelt. - ANSWER ✔✔-True.
Created By Grace Amelia 2025: All Rights Reserved.
