On Jthe school was re-established as Field Medical Training Battalion. The course of instruction was finally designated as a Marine Corps Formal School, on 12 April, 1963. In July of 1955, the Secretary of the Navy designated Field Medical Service School as a Naval Shore Establishment Command under the management and control of the Commanding General, Marine Corps Base, Camp Pendleton. In January of 1951, the School was formally designated as the Field Medical Training Battalion, Training and Replacement Command. In October of that year, the School was relocated to Camp Del Mar, where it has remained since. The first class convened on 4 September 1950 and was composed of 80 Hospital Corpsmen who had been recalled to active duty with organized Marine Corps Reserve units. In the latter part of August of 1950, the School’s headquarters was established near the main dispensary in the 13 Area of Camp Pendleton. For all practical purposes, training of Hospital Corpsmen for duty with the Fleet Marine Force had ceased after the end of World War II. Marine Corps Detachment Fort Gregg-Adamsįield Medical Training Battalion originated during mobilization at the beginning of the Korean War.Marine Corps Civil-Military Operations School.Light Armored Reconnaissance Vehicle Commander Course.Light Armored Reconnaissance Master Gunner Course.Light Armored Reconnaissance Marine Course.Light Armored Reconnaissance Leaders Course.Light Armored Reconnaissance Training Company.Marine Corps Detachment Fort Leonard Wood.Marine Corps Communications-Electronics School.Marine Corps Combat Service Support Schools.Enlisted Aviation Maintenance Trainee Management Unit.Marine Aviation Training Support Squadron - 1.Marine Aviation Training Support Group - 23.Marine Aviation Training Support Group - 22.Marine Corps Representative Hurlburt Field.Marine Aviation Training Support Group - 21.Field Medical Training Battalion - West.Field Medical Training Battalion - East.Expeditionary Warfare Training Group-Atlantic.Expeditionary Warfare Training Group-Pacific.Center for Learning and Faculty Development.My IBA was so heavily laden that I attempted a pushup in full rattle and couldn't break the plane because the add-on equipment prevented me from going "all the way down. The primary bag in '05-06 weighed at 63#. Tossed the '03-04 bag on a scale at one point for 56#. In my primary vehicle, there was also an EMS style oxygen bag including an intubation kit, as well as backup dressings and fluids, and a 80s Era MOLLE aid bag for a Pharm Bag for things that didn't need to be in the Aid Bag. Plus of course my aid bag, a Blackhawk backpack as was normal in that Era. IIRC, I carried 12 magazines 27 rounds each (Old-school tip learned reading LRRP autobiographies from Nam vets during my formative years) plus 3 full mags in reserve plus one in my M-9 for 60 9mm rounds. Personal & professional philosophy was to scrounge every available magazine for both it and the M9 on my thigh. By OIF 3, our organic engineer company had enough carbines for the line & equipment platoons, but the mechanics, cooks, medics, etc., were issued A4 model M-16s, which are a few inches longer (and therefore heavier) than the normal M-16 (slick thru A-2 models) lol.įirst, 3d ACR didn't have enough M4s to go around by the time they moved the colors back to Hood. All these folks talking about rolling with a basic load for their M4 & M9.
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