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Medical Field
Through time, the past and the future, medicine has always been by our side no matter what. It
started years before us from Indians to curanderos and from nurses to doctors. Have you ever
had that one feeling when you were little and the question from parents, uncles, aunts or just
playing stranger come to mind? Like the question of, “What do you want to be when you grow
up?”Most of these responses we gave were fire fighters or dentist. This question was asked to me
and honestly I had no clue. I grew up in a very large family and as I grew I witnessed my uncle
studying to be a doctor. He worked day and night to get where he’s at right now. Watching his
career path has inspired me to go in that direction with Navy and follow my dream in Medical
Field. I think Medical Field is a very important role in history becauseit’s always been there for
us and for me to fallow my dream is very important. “Reaching your goal is not impossible but
reaching your dream is not easy. Medical Field is not what it seems like it takes courage, honor
and commitment.”(Interview).
There many different types of jobs in Medical Field such as Pedaratrition, Dentist, Nursing and
Doctors. Many of those are through health care which allows you to see behind the seen or on
the front line of health care. Life in the military is not easy. You have to give on some certain
important stuff such as family, friends, or just home. “A particular thing in Medicine is that we
never believe anything unless it can be proven or demonstrated”. We can’t really do something if
we really don’t do them for ourselves. Words such as Honor, Courage, and commitment make
you wonder do I have that. Honor can be defined as having faith with in you. Courage is being

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willing to lead someone by example becoming your own leader. Commitment is a strong word
that can’t really be defined by words but in my words its being able to say something you’re
going to do and do them. These three words mean a lot and they all have something in common.
They all have strong meaning and they all reach out something. They have meaning to life in a
way. It reaches out to say never give up in your dreams.
As we go back in the past we witness that Navy Medical Field has always been there to discover
until this very day. Even back in the wake of indifferent fortune on land against the French
attempted by British forces to succor Royalist counter revolutionaries. The outbreak in April
1797 of mutiny in British channel fleet based at Spithead, outside Portsmouth triggered off a
wave of disaffection in the Royal Navy Medical Field that ranked as perhaps. History to the
Navy Medical Field had been brought to the world of war. In the 1850 Legislation outlawed
flogging specifically, but did not outlaw all formal of Corporal punishments. On September 28,
1850 congress abolished flogging in the Navy Medical Field but failed to Substitute another
system of Discipline. “The congress provided a new system of discipline based on rewards and
punishments. As do to the fact that there were only little percentage of women and men in
Medical field in 1855”. (History today). Now a days Medical Field instruments and government
has change. We have better technology and better ways of doing processes required in the
military. Weather its past or future we know medicine will be always there to discover to be used
and to protect and help men kind in the military and in social life outside the military.
As a Doctor in the Navy Medical Field you will practice the most up to date procedures, such as
“Forward Surgery”, that link field Medicine with larger medical facilities for life saving

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consolation and care. There are many opportunities in the Medical Field. You can get from a
rank to a higher rank as you go through there depending on the years you service and depending
on your hard work and knowledge. “You might even contribute to medicine reliefefforts across
our country and around the globe, serving victims of everything from sickness to comb-out, from
disease to poverty and from hurricanes to earthquakes”. (U.S). There are many different types of
jobs in the Navy Medical Field. Some of these jobs are Aerospace medicine, Dermatology,
Emergency Medicine, Anesthesiology, nursing. When it comes to different jobs there comes
different medicine such as Internal Medicine, Tropical Medicine, and Nuclear Medicine. With
these jobs come responsibilities whether its checking vitals, treating wounds, manage triage, or
just lifting spirits and restoring hope for other who mentor there love ones. “It’s been a
mathematical fact that fifty percent of all doctors graduate in the bottom half of their classes”.
(Specific). As a physician in the Navy Medical Field Corps, you will attend to service members
and their families in much the same way a civilian Doctors Would. A Navy doctor will help lead
the highly respect Navy Health Care team would. Work with a team of talented colleagues
united by a common mission as yours”. (Navy). You may have the opportunities to educate, lead
and shape policy within Navy Medical Field and instruct Hospital Corpsmen on how to provide
quality patient care. Jobs in the military have more responsibilities then a regular Medical job.
“Your risking other peoples life’s and your also risking yourself but something you can never
replace is the feeling you get when you save some one’s and you get that gratitude from either
them or theirfamilies”. (Zapien Jesus). Nothing feels better then you having that feeling inside
knowing that you may have saved some one life. It had comes to conclusion that many Doctors
who have earned their career have been working for many years and had never gave up. To
become a Doctor you must start from high school taking many different types of courses such as

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Biology, math, physics, chemistry, Spanish, English, and laboratory. These classes are just a
little taste on what the real world is like in Medical Field. You must have a high school diploma,
go to College or go to the University. “Education is very important because we all grow and as
we grow our education grows as well”. (Zapien-Jesus). I had a very nice interview once and the
Doctor who I interview had said, “Education goes as far as u let it go and as far as u let it go is as
far you will ever get to where you want to be”. I think about that very much every day I see
someone important go by and I think of the requirements I need to get there.
Some advantages to these jobs in military are the college tuitions, better life in and out of the
military and better a character of you. Tuitions come with hard work and are only given to those
students that have earned their way into been a better hard working person and who actually
want to make something out of themselves. Students may get Medical School paid for them as
well a recruiter that can help you choose the programs that offers you some great advantages.
With hard work you may also get the privilege of a monthly spend of 2,088 to help cover living
expenses for up to 48 months and a sign on bonus for up to 20,000. Many have worked at the
highly acclaimed National Naval Medical Center in Bethsaida, Maryland, Portsmouth, Virginia,
and San Diego California. As a member and student of the Navy Medical Field Corps you may
serve at any of more than 250 Navy Medical Field facilities around the globe in some of the most
dynamic environments imaginable such as Hawaii to Japan,Germany to Guan, and Washington
D.C to Washington State. You may also have the privilege to provide support to develop troops
aboard one of two dedicated hospital ships in the USNS Comfort and USNS Mercy. Like all
enlisted positions, promotions will depend upon your performance and time in serve.To many of
these hard works there comes rewards. After the navy your extensive training continuing

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education and available experience as a Medical professional will offer superior career
advantages.
To many of this hard work and amazing things in the Navy Medical Field offersthere comes
disadvantages such as living far from your love ones or long hours of hard work and studying.
“Weakness is pain leaving the body”. (Marine). Thehardest ones are Personal challenges and
salary. “Most of these personal challenges can be the requirements you need to be eligible to go
to the Naval Medical Field. Some of them could be being U.S citizens, being a graduate of a
eligible Medical School, Being willing to serve a minimum of two years, also being between the
ages of 18- 59, most important being in good physical conditions”.(Navy). To first get here many
must work hard. Hard studying has to be involve. You must pass at least graduate from high
school and have a little knowledge of Medical needs. “Every first sailor in the Navy Medical
Field must attend at least a few classes of Medical Field”. (U.S). Medical professionals may
receive direct commissions as officers, but most Medical Officers enter through the Reserve
Officer Training Corps, the armed forced health professionals Scholarships Program. Most of
these disadvantages are also caused do to the fact that many do not want to leave there family
members or love ones. Saying good bye is not easy but to these sailors of Medical Field is never
easy. Just with the thought of maybe never coming home again runs through their minds every
day when there training starts. When first stepping into the Medical Field the salary of these
future Doctors is not very good due to that fact that their barely staring there new job and have
not had a fully good rank (position). They get paid by how much service you have gave and of
what rank you may be.
As to conclusion of Medical Field it’s not easy but it’s not impossible. With the hard work and
studying u do may take you some places you many never imagine. It gets you the proper

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Training and even pay for your school tuition. You can become a professional and even keep on
going with your career as a professional out of the Navy. The bad things about them are the
requirements and the fact that you must make sacrifices for yourselves and love ones. You must
go far away from them and be able to serve for almost 2 years. Being U.S citizens is sometimes
hard for many of us who really want to make something out of themselves because not many of
the people in the United States are U.S citizens. So the words Honor, Courage, and Commitment
come to mind. In which each of these words have a very strong meaning. So as I go on in life
and as people ask me what would I like to be or do in life I am proud to say that I want to fallow
my dream in the Navy Medical Field because I like helping people and because Medical Field
has had an important role in history.
Live, Laugh, Learn
Do you have what it takes to be in Medical Field?