HCB 101 - Hospital Corpsman Basic Program Introduction Questions with Correct Answers

Caduceus Correct Answer Rating insignia for the Hospital Corps Sickbay Correct Answer Where sick and injured men were taken for care Cockpit Correct Answer Another name for sickbay Surgeon Steward Correct Answer First enlisted rate requiring specific qualification Medal of Honor Correct Answer The Medal of Honor is the highest military decoration that may be awarded by the United States government. It is presented by the President of the United States, in the name of Congress, and is conferred only upon members of the United States Armed Forces who distinguish themselves through conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of life above and beyond the call of duty. Distinguished Service Cross Correct Answer The Distinguished Service Cross (DSC) is the second highest military decoration that can be awarded to a member of the United States Army (and previously, the United States Army Air Forces). It is awarded for extraordinary heroism. Navy Cross Correct Answer The Navy Cross is the second highest military decoration that may be awarded to a member of the United States Navy, U.S. Marine Corps, (and to members of the Coast Guard when operating under the authority of the Department of the Navy). It is awarded for extraordinary heroism. Silver Star Correct Answer The Silver Star is the third-highest military combat decoration that can be awarded to a member of the United States Armed Forces. It is awarded for gallantry in action. Bronze Star Correct Answer According to , "The Bronze Star Medal is awarded to any person who, while serving in any capacity in or with the military of the United States after 6 December 1941, distinguished himself or herself by heroic or meritorious achievement or service, not involving participation in aerial flight, while engaged in an action against an enemy of the United States; while engaged in military operations involving conflict with an opposing foreign force; or while serving with friendly forces engaged in an armed conflict against an opposing armed force in which the United States is not a belligerent party. When was the first direction given to the organization of Navy Medicine published? Correct Answer 1775 Rules for the Regulation of the Navy of the United Colonies of North America Correct Answer Article 16 A typical medical section is limited to - Correct Answer 2 or 3 men What is a ship's surgeon? Correct Answer Trained Physician What is a surgeon's mate? Correct Answer Usually a physician but subordinate to surgeon When did Congress mandate newly comissioned sailing warships to contain a "cockpit" for treatment of the sick and injured; unofficially reestablish need for enlisted medical personnel? Correct Answer March 2, 1799 What nickname was created for the Corpsman forerunners? Correct Answer Loblolly Boys How did the nickname "Loblolly Boys" came to be? Correct Answer They served a porridge called "loblolly" to the sick and injured Loblolly Boys became an official rate in what year? Correct Answer 1814 When did the Loblolly Boys serve during the Quasi-War with France? Correct Answer When did the Loblolly Boys serve during the first Barbary War? Correct Answer Who was the first Loblolly Boy? Correct Answer John Wall Who was the first Loblolly Boy POW? Correct Answer John Domyn Who was the first African-American Loblolly Boy? Correct Answer Joseph Anderson When was the title Surgeon Steward used? Correct Answer Age of American expansion to the end of the Civil War () Surgeon Steward was first seen in the Navy pay charts in what year? Correct Answer 1841 What is the first enlisted rating requiring specific qualifications? Correct Answer Surgeon Steward Nurse Correct Answer Who was applied to junior enlisted medical personnel and served concurrently with Surgeon Steward? Correct Answer Nurse Baymen Correct Answer Early 1870's - 1898 Which title replaced Nurse for junior medical enlisted? Correct Answer Baymen