Do you prefer other Social Networking to the website? Want to see when updates or items have been posted to the site? Want to share ideas and current trends with others? Looking for employment after you get out and want to flex those networking muscles?

Well the Navy IDC site is located on several Social Networking sites.

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Navy-Independent-Duty-Corpsman-Association-IDCA/48664212843  read more »

By MC3 Luciano Marano
COMSUBPAC Public Affairs

Release Date: 09/18/2009

PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii – It was completely unexpected when Chief (select) Aviation Ordnanceman (AW / SW) Tommy Thompson collapsed during a Chief Petty Officer Indoctrination run on Ford Island Friday, Sept. 11. read more »

- by André B. Sobocinski, Deputy Historian, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, Washington, DC.

Historians do not know exactly when or where the first call of “Corpsman Up!” was heard. It is a phrase that has echoed through battlefields and bunkers of several lifetimes. Recent memory tells us the call was shouted on a weary road in the city of Fallujah, Iraq, on 17 September 2004. On this particular day, a corpsman ran toward the fiery wreckage of an exploded humvee in search of survivors when a rocket propelled grenade entered the fray, severing the corpsman’s left leg. Fighting unimaginable pain and the shock of his lost limb, and despite being shot an additional six times, the corpsman summoned the force of will to apply a tourniquet to his stump and inject himself with morphine. He then answered the pleas for “Corpsman Up!” in this golden hour by crying out calls of his own: “Stay down! Stay down!” and “Put down the field of fire and evacuate!” This was the harrowing tale of HM3 Joe “Doc” Worley and a selfless moment that inspired a musical anthem of the ages called Corpsman Up! read more »

(KITSAP SUN 17 JUL 09) ... Ed Friedrich

Link to Article in KITSAP SUN

BREMERTON - The Navy's top independent duty corpsman works right here in Bremerton.

Stephanie Minix snagged the annual award last month at a conference in New Orleans, and last week shared it with co-workers during a ceremony at Naval Hospital Bremerton.  read more »

A new Memorial Pages section has been started on the IDCA website. It will allow us to post Memorials to IDC's and those who have had a significant impact on our community. If you wish to have information posted in the Memorial section of the site, please send a Bio and any pictures you'd like included to the Webmaster at admin [at] navyidc [dot] org. read more »

     I would like to take this time to thank everyone who participated in the 3rd Annual Armed Forces Operational Medical Symposium in New Orleans.  Our goal was to maximize as many attendees from both uniformed services (Navy & Air Force) along with providing robust didactic and practical training opportunities for you to utilize at your commands or forward deployed. read more »

The Navy Entomology Center of Excellence (NECE) completed a revision of the SBPM including substantial changes to the training program.

This is the first major revision in the program in several years. The revised program will benefit the Navy by no longer requiring annual certification for personnel that apply pesticides aboard ship. Instead, they will receive the training and certification at NECE or an NEPMU, and that certification will be valid during their entire afloat tour. This revision makes sense for the Fleet and is what they have requested. read more »

Representative of the National EMS Academy (NEMSA), a division of Acadian Ambulance Service, will be attending AFOMS 2009 to discuss their Military to Paramedic Bridge Course. The recently approved course will assist IDMTs/IDCs in bridging their NREMT-Basic to the NREMT-Paramedic level in 13-14 weeks.   read more »

The following courses are available online, free of charge, at the Texas Engineering Extension Service (TEEX) website. www.teexwmdcampus.com .

After reviewing the individual modules and completing the end of course assessment, participants will be able to view, download, and print their certificates of participation immediately upon completion. read more »

Below is a short Navy News clip about the IDC Program in San Diego. This portion is the TCCC course taught to the staff and students. Thank you to HMCM Bob Goodrich! read more »