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Siwsan

(27,595 posts)

7. I was in the Dental Corps

Reply to 3catwoman3 (Reply #5)

Sun Jun 8, 2025, 11:56 AM

Jun 8

Spent about 18 months as an instructor at the "A" school in San Diego. Also stationed in Iceland and Philadelphia. Also went through some triage and emergency medical training, should they ever need to supplement the medical corpsmen.

Funny thing is, the only active duty ships I was ever aboard were Australian and British (HMAS Yarrow and HMS Illustrious. That was Prince Andrew's ship. Got invited to a couple of amazing on board parties. They actually had pubs in the ships.