For Craig Humes, life is all about about service. A Navy hospital corpsman 1st class, Humes has deployed around the world with Marine combat units. Yet these days, he is teaching new sailors and ...

Did you join the military or were you drafted? I was drafted in November of 1967, then decided to join to assure that I would be a medical corpsman. Dates of Service: Deployments / Bases: Eight weeks ...

Raul Avina’s Hospital Corpsman Combat Monument was re-dedicated Friday during a ceremony at Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton. The 17-foot-high sculpture was originally built by Raul Avina, a Marine ...

RODRIGUEZ LIVE FIRE COMPLEX, South Korea - Amid the towering trees and dense brush of the Korean forest, U.S. Army combat medics and U.S. Navy corpsmen united to sharpen their skills and enhance their ...

A former Navy corpsman has been awarded a Silver Star for saving the life of a wounded Marine from Camp Pendleton during an enemy ambush in Afghanistan. Jonathan Kong, 25, was assigned to the 1st ...

Veterans Day is just days away and it’s important to recognize local heroes. One of those is the Commander of the American Legion in Marion, Tom Johnston. The Navy veteran enlisted in April 1997 when ...

COMBAT OUTPOST SHIR GHAZAY, Afghanistan – As a senior in high school, Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Ricky Lattimore decided to serve his country. One month after his May 2008 graduation, he was on his ...

The Navy and Marine Corps Medal was presented to Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class (NAC) Brent McIntyre, right, for non-combat valor for his role in saving four lives after a massive mudslide in Oso, ...

You see them often here, aging veterans in reunion hats, still wondering if anyone cares about their nightmares in the bush of bloody Vietnam. They’re senior citizens now, limping a little yet ...

Editor’s note: This is the sixth in a seven-part series about student veteran issues. Please check this page on Fridays for more guest columns from student veterans and their supporters. Life in the ...

CAMP PENDLETON – A 23-year-old corpsman taking part in a large-scale training exercise known as Steel Knight was killed in a vehicle crash, base officials said. Petty Officer 3rd Class Wilson Won Lee ...