Test 1 Questions and Answers- Navy
Corpsman
Caduceus - Answer-Rating insignia for the hospital corps
Sickbay - Answer-Where sick and injured were taken for care
Cockpit - Answer-Another name for sickbay
Surgeon Steward - Answer-First enlisted rate requiring specific qualification, First seen in pay charts in
1841
Medal of Honor - Answer-Highest military decoration that may be awarded
Distinguished service cross - Answer-Second highest military decoration for the army and previously the
air force
Navy Cross - Answer-Second highest military decoration for the navy or marines, coast guard when
under the navy
, Silver star - Answer-Third highest military decoration for the armed forces
Bronze star - Answer-Awarded to anyone serving after December 1941, being heroic
Article 16 (1775) - Answer-A sick bay will be established, a crew shall be appointed to serve those in the
bay
Medical Section - Answer-Ship's Surgeon, Surgeon's Mate, one enlisted man
2 March 1799 - Answer-All sailing warships must contain a cockpit.
Loblolly boys-1814 - Answer-Served porridge called loblolly to the sick, birthed the corpsman nickname
Loblolly boys served in... - Answer-Quasi war with France (1797-1800), First Barbary war (1801-1805)
John Wall - Answer-Navy's first loblolly boy
John Domyn - Answer-The first Loblolly POW
Joseph Anderson - Answer-The first African-American Loblolly
Nurse (1861-1873) - Answer-Junior enlisted medical personnel
Baymen (1870s-1898) - Answer-Replaces nurse, one who manned the sick bay in 1873
Corpsman
Caduceus - Answer-Rating insignia for the hospital corps
Sickbay - Answer-Where sick and injured were taken for care
Cockpit - Answer-Another name for sickbay
Surgeon Steward - Answer-First enlisted rate requiring specific qualification, First seen in pay charts in
1841
Medal of Honor - Answer-Highest military decoration that may be awarded
Distinguished service cross - Answer-Second highest military decoration for the army and previously the
air force
Navy Cross - Answer-Second highest military decoration for the navy or marines, coast guard when
under the navy
, Silver star - Answer-Third highest military decoration for the armed forces
Bronze star - Answer-Awarded to anyone serving after December 1941, being heroic
Article 16 (1775) - Answer-A sick bay will be established, a crew shall be appointed to serve those in the
bay
Medical Section - Answer-Ship's Surgeon, Surgeon's Mate, one enlisted man
2 March 1799 - Answer-All sailing warships must contain a cockpit.
Loblolly boys-1814 - Answer-Served porridge called loblolly to the sick, birthed the corpsman nickname
Loblolly boys served in... - Answer-Quasi war with France (1797-1800), First Barbary war (1801-1805)
John Wall - Answer-Navy's first loblolly boy
John Domyn - Answer-The first Loblolly POW
Joseph Anderson - Answer-The first African-American Loblolly
Nurse (1861-1873) - Answer-Junior enlisted medical personnel
Baymen (1870s-1898) - Answer-Replaces nurse, one who manned the sick bay in 1873