NAVY HOSPITAL CORPSMAN TEST PAPER 2025/2026
QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
✔✔Robert Stanley - ✔✔Became 1st Hospital Corpsman to be awarded MOH in 1900
✔✔Apothecary - ✔✔Pharmacist
(Originally 3 pay grades to replace Surgeon Steward)
✔✔Bethesda Naval Hospital - ✔✔Flagship of Navy Medicine since 11 Nov 1940
✔✔New Hospital Corps - ✔✔Signed by President William McKinley on 17 June 1898 to
establish Navy Hospital Corps
✔✔1st Hospital Corps School - ✔✔Established in Portsmouth, VA on 15 Dec 1902
✔✔In 1916, Congress - ✔✔Authorized expansion of Hospital Corps to 3.5% of all Navy
and Marine Corps
✔✔2nd Hospital Corps School - ✔✔Established in 1917 Great Lakes, IL
✔✔In 1921 - ✔✔Hospital Corps School closed, but reopened two decades later for
WW2
✔✔In 1928 - ✔✔Hospital Corps School established in San Diego, CA
✔✔WAVES (1944) - ✔✔(Women Appointed for Volunteer Emergency Service)
commissioned in Bethesda, Maryland on 12 Jan 1944
✔✔In 1948 - ✔✔WAVES were brought into the regular Navy by Congress
✔✔Dental Technician - ✔✔Establish on 12 Dec 1947
Became effective on 02 April 1948
Merged with the Hospital Corps on 01 Oct 2005
✔✔In 1997 - ✔✔All Corpsman A-School moved to Great Lakes, IL
✔✔In 2005 - ✔✔Congress moved Army, Navy and Air Force Medical training to Fort
Sam Houston TX
✔✔In 2011 - ✔✔Navy HM "A" course combined with Air Force Aerospace medical
assistant course
✔✔1916 - 1948 - ✔✔Congress mandate of 1916 generated a new rank structure
, ✔✔Pre-World War - ✔✔4 MOH
1 Navy Cross
✔✔World War 1 - ✔✔2 MOH
55 Navy cross
✔✔World War 2 - ✔✔7 MOH
55 Navy Cross
(97% casualty survival rate) 2.889 HM died in combat
✔✔Pharmacist's Mate John Bradley - ✔✔Proudly participated in the flag raising on
Mount Suribachi
✔✔Korea War (1950-1953) - ✔✔5 MOH
26 Navy Cross
113 Silver Stars
281 Bronze Stars
✔✔How many HM's were killed in action during Korean War? - ✔✔108
✔✔Vietnam War (1955-1975) - ✔✔4 MOH
33 Navy Crosses
✔✔Beirut - ✔✔23 Oct 1983, Marine Barracks attacked by suicide bomber
241 killed (15 of 22 HMs)
✔✔How many ships does the Navy own to support Humanitarian efforts? - ✔✔2
hospital ships
USNS Mercy (T- AH- 19) and USNS Comfort (T- AH- 20)
✔✔Total Awards given to Hospital Corps - ✔✔22 MOH
182 Navy Crosses
33 Distinguished Service medals
946 Silver Stars
1582 Bronze Stars
✔✔How many Naval Vessels are named after HM's? - ✔✔20
✔✔active listening - ✔✔Listening carefully to what they are saying and ask questions to
get to the root of their requests
✔✔Verbal communication - ✔✔speaking in a good tone, volume, and intensity will help
to clearly convey your message
QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
✔✔Robert Stanley - ✔✔Became 1st Hospital Corpsman to be awarded MOH in 1900
✔✔Apothecary - ✔✔Pharmacist
(Originally 3 pay grades to replace Surgeon Steward)
✔✔Bethesda Naval Hospital - ✔✔Flagship of Navy Medicine since 11 Nov 1940
✔✔New Hospital Corps - ✔✔Signed by President William McKinley on 17 June 1898 to
establish Navy Hospital Corps
✔✔1st Hospital Corps School - ✔✔Established in Portsmouth, VA on 15 Dec 1902
✔✔In 1916, Congress - ✔✔Authorized expansion of Hospital Corps to 3.5% of all Navy
and Marine Corps
✔✔2nd Hospital Corps School - ✔✔Established in 1917 Great Lakes, IL
✔✔In 1921 - ✔✔Hospital Corps School closed, but reopened two decades later for
WW2
✔✔In 1928 - ✔✔Hospital Corps School established in San Diego, CA
✔✔WAVES (1944) - ✔✔(Women Appointed for Volunteer Emergency Service)
commissioned in Bethesda, Maryland on 12 Jan 1944
✔✔In 1948 - ✔✔WAVES were brought into the regular Navy by Congress
✔✔Dental Technician - ✔✔Establish on 12 Dec 1947
Became effective on 02 April 1948
Merged with the Hospital Corps on 01 Oct 2005
✔✔In 1997 - ✔✔All Corpsman A-School moved to Great Lakes, IL
✔✔In 2005 - ✔✔Congress moved Army, Navy and Air Force Medical training to Fort
Sam Houston TX
✔✔In 2011 - ✔✔Navy HM "A" course combined with Air Force Aerospace medical
assistant course
✔✔1916 - 1948 - ✔✔Congress mandate of 1916 generated a new rank structure
, ✔✔Pre-World War - ✔✔4 MOH
1 Navy Cross
✔✔World War 1 - ✔✔2 MOH
55 Navy cross
✔✔World War 2 - ✔✔7 MOH
55 Navy Cross
(97% casualty survival rate) 2.889 HM died in combat
✔✔Pharmacist's Mate John Bradley - ✔✔Proudly participated in the flag raising on
Mount Suribachi
✔✔Korea War (1950-1953) - ✔✔5 MOH
26 Navy Cross
113 Silver Stars
281 Bronze Stars
✔✔How many HM's were killed in action during Korean War? - ✔✔108
✔✔Vietnam War (1955-1975) - ✔✔4 MOH
33 Navy Crosses
✔✔Beirut - ✔✔23 Oct 1983, Marine Barracks attacked by suicide bomber
241 killed (15 of 22 HMs)
✔✔How many ships does the Navy own to support Humanitarian efforts? - ✔✔2
hospital ships
USNS Mercy (T- AH- 19) and USNS Comfort (T- AH- 20)
✔✔Total Awards given to Hospital Corps - ✔✔22 MOH
182 Navy Crosses
33 Distinguished Service medals
946 Silver Stars
1582 Bronze Stars
✔✔How many Naval Vessels are named after HM's? - ✔✔20
✔✔active listening - ✔✔Listening carefully to what they are saying and ask questions to
get to the root of their requests
✔✔Verbal communication - ✔✔speaking in a good tone, volume, and intensity will help
to clearly convey your message
