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Swooshing Arrow Answer-Return to good situational awareness
Caduceus Answer-Rating insignia for the Hospital Corps
Sickbay Answer-Where sick and inured men were taken for care
Cockpit Answer-Another name for sickbay
Surgeon Steward Answer-1st enlisted rate requiring specific qualification
Medal of Honor Answer-Highest military decoration
Distinguished Service Cross Answer-2nd highest military decoration (Army and previously
the Air force)
Navy Cross Answer-2nd highest military decoration (Navy, Marines, Coast Guard)
Silver Star Answer-3rd highest military decoration
Bronze Star Answer-Heroic/meritorious achievement (6 DEC 1941)
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Article 16 Answer-1st direction given to Navy Medicine published in 1775
(established sickbay along with a crew to attend/serve injured and sick)
on 2 March 1799, Congress Answer-Mandated all newly commissioned sailing warships
to contain a "cockpit" for treatment of the sick and injured
Ship's Surgeon Answer-Trained physician (official rate in 1814)
Surgeon's Mate Answer-Usually a physician but subordinate to surgeon
Loblolly Boys Answer-Served porridge called Loblolly to the sick
birthed the corpsman nickname
Loblolly Boys served Answer-During Quasi-War with France (1797-1800)
During the first Barbary War (1801-1805)
John Wall Answer-Navy's first Loblolly Boy
John Domyn Answer-First Loblolly POW
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Joseph Anderson Answer-1st African American Loblolly Boy
Baymen Answer-Replaced title of "Nurse" for junior medical enlisted
Defined as "one who manned the sick bay" in 1873
Nurse (1861 - 1873) Answer-Junior Enlisted Medical personnel
Cornelius O'Leary Answer-Had 38 years Apothecary experience at the time of his
appointment
Robert Stanley Answer-Became 1st Hospital Corpsman to be awarded MOH in 1900
Apothecary Answer-Pharmacist
(Originally 3 pay grades to replace Surgeon Steward)
Bethesda Naval Hospital Answer-Flagship of Navy Medicine since 11 Nov 1940
New Hospital Corps Answer-Signed by President William McKinley on 17 June 1898 to
establish Navy Hospital Corps