An administrative HM billet is in charge of maintaining the command’s files and Navy directives. Check out OPNAVINST 5215.17 series, Navy Directives Issuance System for more detail about their responsibilities. There are 2 types of directives and each has a purpose Permanent Regulate administration Establishes policies Delegate authority Assign mission functions or tasks Temporary Notice … Read more

The mission is to prevent, treat, and care for sailors. How it works is that the senior medical and dental officers the ones to report to the Health Services department and the Commanding Officer (CO) on all matters affecting the health of the crew. Medical readiness is based on IMR with 6 basic requirements Individual … Read more

What is 3-M? The Navy Maintenance and Material Management System (3-M) was created to record, report, and evaluate and organize maintenance requirements. 3-M is the main system for ships and shore equipment. What does the Maintenance and Material Management System (3-M) provide? It provides the means to: Plan Acquire Organize Direct Control Evaluate What is … Read more

Sick call treatment log This log is maintained and updated in SAMS for each ship or activity. It contains the patient’s reporting: Date Time Name Rate Division Chief complaint Diagnosis Treatment Disposition This report is forwarded to the CO every single day. Training log SAMS also has a training module that records the training that … Read more

The Senior Medical Department Representative (SMDR) is to report all important occurrences to the Officer of the Day (OOD) to the duty log. The SMDR can be either the senior medical or dental officer or the Independent Duty Corpsman (IDC). A few examples of important occurrences include things like severe injuries, dangerous conditions, damage, or … Read more

It shouldn’t be any surprise that the hospital core is one of the most decorated branches in the US Navy. They have bought in the front lines of every major battle in US history. And they have served alongside Marines in every aspect of most operations. How many awards did the Hospital Corpsmen receive thus … Read more

Most of the jobs of the Hospital Corpsman were actually within a clinical setting. However, a hospital corpsman had jobs all over the Navy. They were assigned to ships, Marines, battalions, as well as administrative work and reports. Corpsmen also took on responsibilities of logs, records, and directives Maintaining various logs, records, and directives were … Read more

There is a current call out to standardize all the treatment facilities in the hospital corp. For example, this is being implemented at the Bethesda National Naval Medical Center (NNMC) and even Walter Reed Army Medical Center (WRAMC). Origins of the Joint Service Medical Centers  The Bethesda Naval Hospital which was a flagship naval medicine … Read more

Towards the end of 2005, the Dental Technician, also listed as DT rating merged with the Hospital Corps. The dental technician ratings have always been a separated enlisted specialty until then. This merger impacted almost 3,000 dental techs. Today, enlisted no longer wear the dental ratings but serve as a sub-specialty in all fields of … Read more

Soft Power was the new focus for the US Towards the turning of the new century, America began a focus on a term known as Soft Power. Soft power was the idea that using goodwill and cooperation to influence the nations and the people of the world was what the US had adopted to be … Read more