Navy Vs. Army Nursing?

Dan,

Ease up! I have a lil time in the Army; specifically the SOF community.

Nurses are assigned to combat "support" NOT directly with the frontline guys.

The possibility of a nurse being assigned to the frontline is there HOWEVER; they usually bring additional skillsets besides nursing.

Take care,

BTW...I just went into the IRR to attend nursing school after 18+ years of AD.

I can't believe how un-informed the general public is about how Navy Medicine takes care of and works with the Marine Corps. The Marine Corps falls under the Dept of the Navy. Hospital Corpsman, Nurses, Doctors, and Dental techs ALL go to war and work with Marines. The Fleet Hospital gets deployed with the Marines to set up shop and take care of the initial injuries. Go look it up. Also, there is a new book out called Ruffs War, by a retired Navy Nurse Corps officer who was deployed with FH as the start of the Iraq war.
www.dcmilitary.com/navy/journal/8_14/features/

Special forces use Hospital Corpsmen. They do the duty of nurse, doctor, and dentist all in one because they aren't limited by a license. (But it still doesnt pay as well as a Nurse...)

One the note of "to join Army or Navy..." you have to also look at the service and their traditions and attitudes and what you find appealing and important. I for one have a very hard time being around the Army due to their lack of pride in how they wear their uniform. They look sloppy, wear their Cammies out in public like its shorts and a t-shirt and they use any excuse to not wear their cover. Listen to the news and 9/10 people who say they don't believe in the war or President Bush, or anything else for that matter, and they are usually Army. Listen to the Marines and Navy, and you get a much more positive comment. Makes you wonder... And, there is just something about the Navy that is smart, proud, and clean. I don't doubt that there are some great things going on in Army medicine and great people, but for a job, I think you get a much more well-rounded experience as a Navy Nurse. I am getting doen with school as fast as I can to get back into that uniform and back around the people I miss. I adore the Navy. I wouldn't trade my job for anything.

FYI, me thinks an O-3 out ranks a SNCO. IMHO, you may want to stand down yourself, on the side of military courtesy.

No, an Army Nurse will most likely not go out on point with the Grunts [term of respect, btw]. However, a CSH Unit in the Sandbox is certainly not out of harms way. BTW, what about Medics at Batallion Aid Stations coming under fire?

Good copy!

Take a look at this training that was put on...http://strategicoperationsonline.com/



Take care,

I can't believe how un-informed the general public is about how Navy Medicine takes care of and works with the Marine Corps. The Marine Corps falls under the Dept of the Navy. Hospital Corpsman, Nurses, Doctors, and Dental techs ALL go to war and work with Marines. The Fleet Hospital gets deployed with the Marines to set up shop and take care of the initial injuries. Go look it up. Also, there is a new book out called Ruffs War, by a retired Navy Nurse Corps officer who was deployed with FH as the start of the Iraq war.
www.dcmilitary.com/navy/journal/8_14/features/

Special forces use Hospital Corpsmen. They do the duty of nurse, doctor, and dentist all in one because they aren't limited by a license. (But it still doesnt pay as well as a Nurse...)

One the note of "to join Army or Navy..." you have to also look at the service and their traditions and attitudes and what you find appealing and important. I for one have a very hard time being around the Army due to their lack of pride in how they wear their uniform. They look sloppy, wear their Cammies out in public like its shorts and a t-shirt and they use any excuse to not wear their cover. Listen to the news and 9/10 people who say they don't believe in the war or President Bush, or anything else for that matter, and they are usually Army. Listen to the Marines and Navy, and you get a much more positive comment. Makes you wonder... And, there is just something about the Navy that is smart, proud, and clean. I don't doubt that there are some great things going on in Army medicine and great people, but for a job, I think you get a much more well-rounded experience as a Navy Nurse. I am getting doen with school as fast as I can to get back into that uniform and back around the people I miss. I adore the Navy. I wouldn't trade my job for anything.

I was hoping to read this thread for information. Now, I'm a little put off by all the chest thumping and in-your-face rhetoric flying around.

It's wonderful to be proud of your branch of the service, but geez, could you save a little of the snarky attitude for the enemy. And I don't mean someone from another branch of the miltary.

Tell us what you like about your branch without tearing down someone else. Correct misinformation without making derogatory comments. Please.

Those changes will make the thread a whole lot more user-friendly. And they'll make you all look a lot cooler than the sniping going on now.

IMHO, just a little intense rivalry among military guys. I don't think any disrespect was intended. Often times I'll hear Soldiers in casual conversation talking down the Marine Corps, but I love the look on their faces when I inform them I'm a Marine Vet.