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Test 1 Navy Corpsman Exam Questions and
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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.
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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
Apothecary (1866-1898) - ANSWER ✔✔-Term for pharmacist, Cornelius O'Leary, Robert Stanley
17 June 1898 - ANSWER ✔✔-President William McKinley signed to give birth to the Navy Hospital Corps
Cornelius O'Leary - ANSWER ✔✔-38 Years of Apothecary experience when appointment
Robert Stanley - ANSWER ✔✔-Became the first Corpsman to be awarded the Medal of Honor in 1900
Waves - ANSWER ✔✔-Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service
Bethesda Naval Hospital - ANSWER ✔✔-Flagship of Navy medicine since 11 November 1940
15 Dec 1902 - ANSWER ✔✔-29 Hospital Apprentices graduated from Portsmouth VA
In 1916 Congress... - ANSWER ✔✔-did a expansion of hospital corps to 3.5% of all Navy and Marine
Corps forces
In 1917... - ANSWER ✔✔-Hospital Corps School established in Great Lakes IL
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Test 1 Navy Corpsman Exam Questions and
Answers 100% Pass
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.
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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
Apothecary (1866-1898) - ANSWER ✔✔-Term for pharmacist, Cornelius O'Leary, Robert Stanley
17 June 1898 - ANSWER ✔✔-President William McKinley signed to give birth to the Navy Hospital Corps
Cornelius O'Leary - ANSWER ✔✔-38 Years of Apothecary experience when appointment
Robert Stanley - ANSWER ✔✔-Became the first Corpsman to be awarded the Medal of Honor in 1900
Waves - ANSWER ✔✔-Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service
Bethesda Naval Hospital - ANSWER ✔✔-Flagship of Navy medicine since 11 November 1940
15 Dec 1902 - ANSWER ✔✔-29 Hospital Apprentices graduated from Portsmouth VA
In 1916 Congress... - ANSWER ✔✔-did a expansion of hospital corps to 3.5% of all Navy and Marine
Corps forces
In 1917... - ANSWER ✔✔-Hospital Corps School established in Great Lakes IL
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