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A question for the Navy and the Marines

ltcdotyltcdoty Member Posts: 4,184 ✭✭✭
edited July 2015 in General Discussion
Does anybody know if Navy Corpsman assigned to the Marines are still allowed the option of wearing Marine Greens with the Naval rating?

I just answered my own question...

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  • Spider7115Spider7115 Member Posts: 29,704 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Yes, that's the FMF (Fleet Marine Force) insignia he's wearing.

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  • MN HunterMN Hunter Member Posts: 2,299 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    The Corpsman are the finest part of the Navy, in my opinion. Have lots of respect for those guys
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  • Ray BRay B Member Posts: 11,822
    edited November -1
    The bravest Marines I ever met weren't Marines- they were corpsmen.
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  • kimikimi Member Posts: 44,719 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by Spider7115
    Yes, that's the FMF (Fleet Marine Force) insignia he's wearing.

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    That must be something relatively new.
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  • cce1302cce1302 Member Posts: 9,555 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Yep.

    Corpsmen, Medical Officers, Chaplains, and RPs assigned to Marines can go "Marine Regs": haircut, physical training standards, and uniform standards, except for the dress uniform.


    According to Wikipedia, the FMF pin was adopted in 2001.
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  • M1A762M1A762 Member Posts: 3,426 ✭
    edited November -1
    According to the muslime-in-chief that is a "corpse-man". He must have learned that at harvard.
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  • Sam06Sam06 Member Posts: 21,244 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    My Dad was a Navy Corpsman assigned to the 1st Marine Regt. from 1950-54.
    RLTW

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  • NavybatNavybat Member Posts: 6,849 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Not just Corpsmen, but all Naval personnel attached to Marine fleet units are eligible to wear MARPATs (Marine Pattern Camouflage) uniforms.

    When I was teaching at the Marine Corps War College, I wore MARPATs, with "U.S. Navy" on the front, opposite my name tape, and a Navy Officer Crest on the cover (hat). But cce1302 is right, not the dress uniforms, or anything other than camouflage.
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  • guntech59guntech59 Member Posts: 23,188 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by Sam06
    My Dad was a Navy Corpsman assigned to the 1st Marine Regt. from 1950-54.


    Korea?
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  • grumpygygrumpygy Member Posts: 48,464 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Just throw in another yes.
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  • kimikimi Member Posts: 44,719 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by cce1302
    Yep.

    Corpsmen, Medical Officers, Chaplains, and RPs assigned to Marines can go "Marine Regs": haircut, physical training standards, and uniform standards, except for the dress uniform.


    According to Wikipedia, the FMF pin was adopted in 2001.


    Thanks for the info!!!
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