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Navy Corpsman Earns Combat "V" for Heroism
Story Number: NNS120301-30 Release Date: 3/1/2012 4:45:00 PM
By Bill W. Love, Naval Health Clinic Corpus Christi Public Affairs
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (NNS) -- A hospital corpsman from Naval Health Clinic Corpus Christi was presented the Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal (with Combat Distinguishing Device) March 1, for his service in Afghanistan.
Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class (FMF) Steven P. Brown received the award from Capt. Gina M. Jaeger, Naval Health Clinic Corpus Christi commanding officer.
"I am honored and humbled to present this noteworthy award," said Jaeger about Brown's heroic achievement.
"HM3 Brown found himself in an extreme situation and he performed above and beyond. He responded in a way that is expected of one placed in that position, and I am very proud of him."
While taking part in combat operations with Embedded Transition Team, 3d Battalion, 7th Marines, Regimental Combat Team 2, 1st Marine Division Forward, May 21, 2010, in southern Musa Qala, Helmand Province, Afghanistan, Brown responded to an improvised explosive device strike on a civilian family.
With the threat of secondary devices and small arms fire, Brown initiated care for two women and three children, all critically or mortally wounded. He single-handedly lifted the still-burning vehicle hulk to allow a fellow team member to pull a trapped child out from beneath.
Over the course of the next two hours, Brown gave his entire water supply to his patients despite his own dehydration, and he sustained three of the five patients with rudimentary medical supplies until he personally delivered them to higher medical care.
According to the citation that accompanied Brown's award, "His unflinching resolve in the face of grave personal danger demonstrated his supreme devotion."
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Homie lifted a burning car off of a child? Holy crap.
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my guess is that had he lifted said car off Marines, he would've gotten a bronze star
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and all he got is a NAM?
really should have at least got a bronze star.
nam's where given out like cracker jack box prizes when I was active duty.
if you where e-5 and above you got one when you transferred usually as long as you had good evals, and wasnt hated by everybody.
hell I saw recruits in bootcamp that had nam's because they recruited 3 people for the navy.
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the V is only given in combat, if i remember correctly.
i think the fact that he performed heroicly upon civilians was the defining line between a NAM and a Bronze Star
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Wow, at the very least give him a COM! You give the guy in charge of cleaning the barracks a NAM at the end of his tour. The Skipper can give a COM on his own authority so why hand out the little league medal? The Combat V is certainly nice, but give him a better medal to stick it on!
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i think the combat v gets you 2 or 5 extra points on his advancement exam, i dont remember rightly
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i think the combat v gets you 2 or 5 extra points on his advancement exam, i dont remember rightly
its basically worth a extra medal but a Navy Com would have been more fitting award for this act like Tai mentioned.
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With the threat of secondary devices and small arms fire, Brown initiated care for two women and three children, all critically or mortally wounded. He single-handedly lifted the still-burning vehicle hulk to allow a fellow team member to pull a trapped child out from beneath.
HOLY CRAP!!
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I just think a NAM even with a V just doesn't seem like its a fitting award for the act of valor preformed..
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I just think a NAM even with a V just doesn't seem like its a fitting award for the act of valor preformed..
No, it really isn't.
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the V itself is pretty badass, and there is nothing in the article saying that he won't pull a bigger medal down the road after the prolonged vetting process that is normally required for those awards from bronze star and up.
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I got a NAM for teaching math.
Dude better get more than that.
Corpsmen in the Navy face more perilous situations than SEALS in many cases. The best of those guys are amazing. They are also almost universally insane and creepy.
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And if it would have been a Marine he would have gotten a Page 11 and NJP for taking his hands off his rifle.
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I'm pretty sure they are more medal of honor winners from navy corpsman then any other job rating. Shouldn't be surprised some have one the medal of valor.
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My dad's bronze star has a V. I asked him once if it was for "Valor" and he chuckled and said that they told him that it was for "Victory" (he was a SeaBee, so it wasn't for combat per se, but whatever cool thing he did while building stuff in country).
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heroism in war always seems like an act of stupidity
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heroism in war always seems like an act of stupidity
well sure but thank god people act stupid in war because that allows us to act stupid here.
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you mean someone putting themselves directly in danger, in a war purely for corporate interest, is allowing us to live our lives safely over here?
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it's what corpsmen do, you understand.
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oh i see
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fyi corpsmen are medics and are usually attached to marine units. Their job is more often then not to go in harms way and retrieve wounded and do their best to stabilize them.
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See those guys with guns and RPG's and stuff fighting those other guys with guns and RPG's and stuff....yeah, well those corpsmen run in between them and try to keep the wounded ones alive, don't carry guns.(for the most part), don't hide in holes till it's over, don't do anything but run into a profanity of metal and explosives with nothing but bandaids for armor....and keep them alive, all of them, any of them, you got a pulse when they get to you, you are probably going to live to tell your grandkids about it. They are GOOD.
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come on guys, don't fall bait to darkfire on this thread. His stance is whatever pisses the most people off. He just wants to get under your skin. As many of you have said on many other threads.
Obvious troll is obvious.
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i'm not trolling, its an observation.
whenever i hear of heroism its usually accompanied by stuff like, guy runs into burning building while being shot at and throwing gernades back. i'm not debating its brave, just that it seems stupid too.
some of you people think everything is black and white. your emotion makes it so you cannot analyze anything.
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Everything is black and white with corpsmen. They will die to save your ass even if you were the guy throwing grenades at them a few seconds earlier.
They help EVERYONE, no judgment, no reservations, just saving lives in the middle of hell. Eff yeah. Respect.
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then if its them simply doing their job, wouldn't it be more of a commendation than heroism?
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I'm pretty sure that when your job description is, "Run into hell with an ice cube and try to keep people from burning"....heroism is the more accurate and apt description.
You can disagree, but you can't change reality to fit what you want it to be.
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very good point - that changes my perspective a bit
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i'm not trolling, its an observation.
whenever i hear of heroism its usually accompanied by stuff like, guy runs into burning building while being shot at and throwing gernades back. i'm not debating its brave, just that it seems stupid too.
some of you people think everything is black and white. your emotion makes it so you cannot analyze anything.
People like you will never understand, and that is perfectly ok. The military goes where they are directed but they fight for each other, not for the cause. When you live in combat situations, you develop a bond with your fellow troops that inspires these acts of "stupidity'. You simply do what needs doing to protect your fellow troops. You don't need to understand, just go on making fun of people that you simply can't understand. Trust me, they won't mind.
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do you know how to read?
i'm not making fun of them. i could argue that people like you are reasons bigotry exists.
its interesting how the argument goes from 'they're protecting our country' to 'they're not fighting for the cause anymore, and for their fellow troops.'
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