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Muscle memory helps corpsmen save lives November 10, 2015 — Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 15, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, run out of an MV-22B Osprey tiltrotor aircraft and set up a perimeter around a simulated blast. Behind them they hear fellow Marines role-playing casualties yelling and screaming for help as the mass casualty team begins identifying patients who need immediate MORE

Rushmore medical, dental take care of business October 5, 2012 — USS RUSHMORE – Sailing across the high seas, a team of 21 corpsmen, one ER physician, an ER nurse and a dentist keep the Marines and sailors of the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit and Peleliu Amphibious Ready Group healthy as they continue their Western Pacific deployment.Although it’s much smaller than the PELARG’s flag ship, the USS Peleliu, MORE

Prior passion drives Devil Docs to make medical a better place October 5, 2011 — Two sailors with different backgrounds both have a similar passion, and they brought it with them to serve as hospital corpsman in the U.S. Navy.Petty Officers 2nd Class Devin L. Turner and Wendell Tabios are the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit Command Element’s hospital corpsman. There are no medical personnel organic to the Marine Corps. For these MORE