FMSS 07010 1st Platoon

Field Med School, Navy Docs training to save Marines

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[hotshotob]

how long is FMSS?

[firemanjoe39]

Two months. Something like 28 or 32 training days. Camp Pendleton and Camp LeJune vary by about a week. So really depends on which one you go to.

[silverboy52]

is fleet marine force school hard? im joining the reserves, going off to boot camp in november, later hm school, and then i dont know what to do? the fleet, a hospital or take care of marines in the field?

[firemanjoe39]

There is nothing better than taking care of Marines!!Go green side and you will never regret it. I have been in for tweleve years and went green about four years ago and regret I didn't earlier in my career. FMST is a blast. There are some tough days but nothing you can't get through. Those days in school are some of my best memories. Go green guy!

[liquidsnake916]

corpsman r the shit im a army guy an id rather have a corpsman with me than a army medic the corpsman are on a whole different level than our medics good shit guys!!

[colinxmurphy]

You should have picked worse music.

[StevenJZagaris]

@TardMan158 FMSS is the School (Field Medical Service School) and FMF is (Fleet Marine Force) which is your destination. Once you pass FMSS, you're eligible to become FMF at which point you can be assigned to serve with the USMC.

[twinportsjester]

docs hooyah

[rctman12]

Navy docs

[TardMan158]

What is the differance between FMF and FMSS Corpsman? Which one will get you deployed with Marines?

[CharlesHenke]

firemanjoe39, great job on the FMSS video. Darn, its hard to believe that in Jan 1992 I was @ Camp Johnson learning to be a FMF Corpsman. The Barracks look the same, and I remember FREEZING in the water for the Litter O course. Thanks for a good video.

[navydoctrinidad]

@navydoctrinidad I want to correct what I wrote yesterday. It was October, 1950. Sorry about that. The CO was CDR Armington, MC, USN I believe. We had a cold winter and the barracks had only coal stoves. (We had a 10 inch snow there If you can believe it) Have they put any heat in them yet? Place was closed from WWII until Korea flared up. At least we ate good with the Cooks and Bakers School also there at Montford. Have a good tour.

[navydoctrinidad]

I was in the first FMSS class for the Korean Conflict. October, 1949. Built the Sanitation Trail. HMC William Sibley was the big enlisted dog. I was an HM3 at the time. Great experience. Left the school and went to 2ndMarDiv at mainside. If you're a student, have a good tour.

[NAVYCORPSMAN09]

You can't enlist until you 18 but doesn't hurt for you to get the info that you need now. Plus getting an EMT License will help you alot! Sence the main job of the FMF Corpsman is to do all the jobs that a marine can do plus practice emergancy medicine!

[ryang50]

i have always wanted to be a fmf corpsman im a highschool sophmore should i go to a recruiter now or wait any positive responses would be kindly appreciated

[Serphintin]

9:32 , there's a pair of porta potties next to the battlefield. but with all honesty, i wish i could be able to do something like this. my cousin is going off to boot camp this fall, and joining the marines. and a friend of mine is planning on going out for the navy and be a corpsman. good luck to them both, and all the rest who go into America's military.