Next door to me was a man named David R. Juarez, a Navy "Green" corpsman. "Green corpsman" are the corpsman that are with the Marines. They go through 2 months of Marine-type training. He's been in for almost 3 years. Before Okinawa he worked in Balboa Hospital in San Diego, CA. His father was a former Marine staff sergeant and that was part of the reason he went green. Corpsman carry weapons just like regular Marines, usually an M4 carbine. He said there are 20,000 corpsman in the Navy and that they are trying to put all males through the green training because of the stresses of Iraq and Afghanistan. The schools for it are already filled at all times. In his 3 years he's never been on a ship either. He'll be with the 3rd Medical Battalion. He had been in Okinawa for about a week. His room originally didn't have air conditioning. He said the "walls were sweating". Thankfully he got that problem fixed. He said he'll either be at Camp Foster or Camp Kinser. He'll probably deploy sooner or later.
Monday, August 25, 2008
A Short Story of a Corpsman
When we came back and started cleaning I took a broom to my carpet. It wasn't bad for the most part. I then took the broom over the room I share the bathroom with. 
Next door to me was a man named David R. Juarez, a Navy "Green" corpsman. "Green corpsman" are the corpsman that are with the Marines. They go through 2 months of Marine-type training. He's been in for almost 3 years. Before Okinawa he worked in Balboa Hospital in San Diego, CA. His father was a former Marine staff sergeant and that was part of the reason he went green. Corpsman carry weapons just like regular Marines, usually an M4 carbine. He said there are 20,000 corpsman in the Navy and that they are trying to put all males through the green training because of the stresses of Iraq and Afghanistan. The schools for it are already filled at all times. In his 3 years he's never been on a ship either. He'll be with the 3rd Medical Battalion. He had been in Okinawa for about a week. His room originally didn't have air conditioning. He said the "walls were sweating". Thankfully he got that problem fixed. He said he'll either be at Camp Foster or Camp Kinser. He'll probably deploy sooner or later.
Next door to me was a man named David R. Juarez, a Navy "Green" corpsman. "Green corpsman" are the corpsman that are with the Marines. They go through 2 months of Marine-type training. He's been in for almost 3 years. Before Okinawa he worked in Balboa Hospital in San Diego, CA. His father was a former Marine staff sergeant and that was part of the reason he went green. Corpsman carry weapons just like regular Marines, usually an M4 carbine. He said there are 20,000 corpsman in the Navy and that they are trying to put all males through the green training because of the stresses of Iraq and Afghanistan. The schools for it are already filled at all times. In his 3 years he's never been on a ship either. He'll be with the 3rd Medical Battalion. He had been in Okinawa for about a week. His room originally didn't have air conditioning. He said the "walls were sweating". Thankfully he got that problem fixed. He said he'll either be at Camp Foster or Camp Kinser. He'll probably deploy sooner or later.
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Hey, Mike! It's Brittaney, by the way. Thanks for the e-mail, I will definetly bookmark this and keep up with your journey! Sorry we didn't get a chance to see one another before you left. Later.
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