Paying tribute to the Navy Corpsman
You’ll notice I haven’t pounded on President Obama’s mispronunciation of “corpsman.”
I guess I’m all gaffetastic-ked out this week.
Instead, let’s use the opportunity to spread the word about the great work the Navy Corpsmen do.
Milblogger Herschel Smith at Captain’s Journal pays tribute here. Read the whole thing. He concludes:
“Navy Corpsmen are worth their weight in gold, and even if the Commander in Chief isn’t smart enough to know how to pronounce their billet, we have the utmost respect for them.”
Amen.
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Lets see:
57 States
Mother and Father met in Selma a couple of years after he was born
Corpse Man — Corpse Man??
Where are all the books about the Empty Suits stupidity?
With an administration that is rotten to the core, corp, corpse!
An intellectual fraud…BHO
Obowmao: TOTUS made me say it!
Hmmmmmm
That’s Graves Registration in the Army.
He’s our Commander in Chief. Truly an inspiration.
We Marines are very protective towards our Corpsman. Anyone who threatens them quickly learns that the doc has a LOT of big brothers that will stomp the offender into the ground so hard that they will find fossils.
As for the latest gaffe…I really wish I could be surprised or amused. One would think that a man with his alleged towering intellect would know how to pronounce a simple word.
Whatsa matta Ziggy, need more context?
Can’t bash MM, because she didn’t pile on?!
Pronouncing the “s” in “corpsman” makes his Mussolini head tilt look even more absurd than usual. This guy is way worse than the worst Dan Quayle caricature that anyone could imagine.
…Should’ve been “ps.”
Damn, this guy is STUPID!!!
That’s Zyg’s brain on idle, vainly searching for a thought.
Did he do that little whistle at the end of “corpse”? I refuse to watch the video. I’m sick of the man.
That should have been annoying little whistle.
just goes to show how out of touch he is and where and how he was supposedly educated. Maybe we should chip in for a netflix account and send his a bunch of war flicks??
ooops his=him…not feeling well this morning…
I wonder if he does these things on purpose, like when Rush does a “media tweak.”
Is he trying to make us focus on something stupid, while doing something else?
It makes me think of Glenn Beck saying “No, don’t focus on this! Watch what the OTHER hand is doing!”
But you’ll NEVER see an Obama caricature. Personally, I’d like to see Homey The Clown do an Obama caricature.
Nope.
MM is only one person and she cannot blog on every single subject in the news. However, it is curious that this subject was chosen when a single Senator has put a hold on some 70-odd executive nominees because his earmarks are in jeopardy. (Yep, more spending, more budget overload, adding to debt, etc.)
Which will have a greater impact on us? The mis-pronunciation of a word, or the lack of acting on these nominations. The blanket hold on all nominees is an extortion and sets a terrible precedent. Earmarks over getting people put in place to make our Government work.
This ups the ante on how business is done, or not done, in our Government. What happens when the Republicans are in power? Will some knucklehead Democrat Senator bring the process of nominations to a halt?
But hey, there is an obvious priority in discussing gaffes vice discussing extortion over earmarks.
Nope, it is not about having more context or taking MM to task, it is about understanding what someone believes is important enough to blog about, and not blog about.
Hmmmm, what do you think is more important?
On smaller warships, like frigates and some guided missile cruisers, there is no medical doctor onboard. An E-6 or E-7 (Corpsman First Class or Chief Corpsman) is the senior medical person onboard, and handles all the more routine injuries and ilnesses.
Crew are transferred off to see a doctor only for major injuries or illness.
Wonder if he calls them the United States Marine Corpse…
The Whie House Press Corpse….
The Peace Corpse…
Here is to all our beloved Doc’s as we like to call our corpsman. SEMPER FI, this Marine will always have your back! Many have given their lives saving Marines.
What else can we expect from a President who considers soldiers to be just “a good photo op”?
Nope, I was waiting for the bait to be taken. I was not dissapointed. Thank you Rogue Cheddar.
What do you think is more important, discussing a gaffe, or discussing a Senator holding the Government hostage over his jeopardized earmarks? Yep, those earmarks speak to the rampant spending, debt and deficit. It speaks to the hypocrisy of our elected officials and the fragility of our system because one Senator has his shorts in a bunch. And, the priority is to discuss the mis-pronunciation of a word?
The next time I mention ODS, think back to this thread.
It seems that BHO didn’t do a “read through” with TOTUS prior to the public speech.
Or maybe TOTUS is mad because of having to be downgraded to a sixth grade class level recently.
I always thought third times a charm, this video proves it. Harvard Law School grad , Law Professor. My God pray for us!
Here we have an ineloquent hack who speaks someone else’s words without having them understood by a brain.
How narrow is one’s educational range as to never learn the correct pronunciation of “corpsman”?
Y’know, it was retarded when the Left was piling on President Bush for saying (supposedly) “nuke-u-lar”.
There are better reasons to criticize BroBama than “Corpse Man”.
…but hey, I guess everybody can dogpile on zyzzyg. BANDWAGON, HO!
Corpsman! Corpsman!
I need one after banging my head on my desk. Where has this guy been living all his life? Has he ever seen a John Wayne movie? Does he even know who John Wayne was?
*sigh*
zyzzyg said:
What the jist here is, an individual who is supposedly this towering intellect, constitutional genius and CIC of the Military that cannot pronounce corpsman and probably does not know what that is. This individual is the President of the United States and cannot pronounce what he reads!
To be fair, in Chicago “corpse” is pronounced “voter”.
Please, Rogue – as Imus used to say, Jesus God Almighty, I’m begging you not to encourage the issue of endless, meaningless words, replete with the obligatory, never varied, phony, faux-folksy “Yeps” & “Nopes”.
I got one!
I got one!
This president is a presidon’t.
I know. Lame.
It’s a Harvard thing – none of you Gun and Bible-clinging Rubes would understand…
Did this clown not criticize Americans because they were not bilingual, and even joked about it? He doesn’t even have a clear grasp of his OWN LANGUAGE, let alone anyone else’s.
I am SO sick of people (like Charles Krauthammer) who continue talking about how “brilliant” Obama is. This man is NOT as smart as folks think he is BY HALF. He is nothing but a mindless voice clothed in a skin whose hue is more highly regarded than any other. In most eyes, his skin color is the ONLY issue that matters to them.
What matters to me is his mind, and everything I’ve seen and heard so far is that Obama is an ignorant dolt. I’d LOVE to see him try to score 50% on an exam to test one’s knowledge of American social studies and history. Give this moron an SAT at any given moment, and see him sweat a puddle.
The most infuriating part of this video is the look of arrogance and superiority when he’s making these speeches. I can’t wait for the moment when this man is laid low, because he can’t put up this act forever. Someday someone is going to properly humiliate this idiot.
Just further confirms my impression that he is not one of us.
OOH-RAH!
This Marine, too!
In fighter squadrons (Yes, some Marines knew how to fly), we were fortunate enough to have both a Corpsman and a Flight Surgeon. While we respected and appreciated both, the title “Doc” was always given to the Corpsman. The Flight Surgeon was simply called “Sir.”
Semper Fi, Doc!
Andy Hefty
Former Sergeant
USMC
1982-1990
No, the reason that at least some of us are piling on this is because we remember what happened to Dan Quayle when he happened to end up with a grade school flash card that had a mis-spelling of potato – which he dutifully repeated, albeit with the caveat that he wasn’t sure that the spelling was correct. The media used it to hound him for the rest of his political career. I’m making fun of the media and pointing up their blatant double standard, not just making fun of the Obamessiah – although it doesn’t make him look too smart.
ODS?
Obama may not be familiar with Hospital Corpsman, but if he had ever heard of the Peace Corps or the USMC, he should have known how to pronounce it.
He has no business being commander in chief. While military service may not be a constitutional requirement for serving as CinC, any lifetime civilian should get himself a thorough understanding of the military before assuming command of the Armed forces.
Based upon ‘Teh Won’s’ stellar appointments so far, I’m glad someone is holding up the process! We don’t another 70 appointed communists who haven’t a clue about their frickin jobs. Also, this is not just an earmark battle but serious security concerns have been raised.
Here’s a test that a majority of our so-called “public servants” fail miserably. I’d love to see how well our current president would do on it. (when I took it a couple of years ago, I got a 94%).
S/b We don’t need another…
Here’s the LINK for the findings of the public servants who cannot pass a simple civics test.
zyg #19
To us former and active Navy and Marine Corps pukes, the mispronunciation is much more important. It tells all of us that the CINC is a dunce! When you couple his misfires on just about every military decision he’s made, all the faux pas’, we are in trouble, as a nation. From Gitmo to “don’t ask don’t tell,” during a time while our nation is sending it’s best to war, we have amatures directing how they fight! We need an overhaul of our top leadership, starting in the WH and Pentagon, including the Joint Chiefs.
Recommend the POTUS take a very short road-trip. He needs to simply drive south out of DC a few miles down Shirley Highway (I-395) and take the Seminary Road East exit. Shortly after getting on Seminary Road is a Middle School on the right. It is the high school from which I graduated — now converted to a middle school. The school is named Francis C. Hammond Middle School in honor of a United States Navy Hospital Corpsman who served with a United States Marine Corps unit during the Korean War. A native of Alexandria, VA, Hammond was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions during the night of March 26–27, 1953.
Citation for the Medal of Honor:
POTUS should humbly ask some of those students at Francis C. Hammond Middle School how to prononuce “corpsman.”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_C._Hammond
It’s not even proof that you’d be able to measure up to being less than a below average president. Jimmy Carter graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1946. Now, Carter’s second term is here to haunt us.
What a Commander in Chief.
How can this man have reached the age of 50 without even knowing what a corpsman is?
We could tell Barry how to pronounce “corpsman,” but he might think we were talking about the guy from the Carol Burnett Show. (“Ohhh! Eunice’s husband!”)
Not surprising. In May 2008 he had no clue what Memorial Day was.
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2008/05/obamas_memorial_day_gaffe_para.html
And liberals keep talking about how intelligent he is. The guy is dumb as a box of hair. How does he or his staff not know how to pronounce Corpsman. You would think all his Harvard buddies would have figured that out.
obama is nothing but an illusion, an empty shell created by liberals to control like a robot.
Corpse-man is just another indication that O’Bambi is a fraud. Everything about the clown is a lie.
That’s funny, thanks……….
Obama is a fraud and if the media was not refusing to look into his past, the fraud would be reveiled and he would no longer be president.
It’s a crying shame there is no courage or will to demand the truth.
Stuck on stupid, to the corpse.
Hey,misterbee241, Dear Leader’s annoying sibilant snake whistle when words end in ‘s’ irritates me,too…along with the way he jogs up and down Air Force One’s stairs (with his arms bent at the elbow). He is just so cool and athletic,articulate,intelligent and phonetically correct. No wonder Chris Matthew’s leg tingles.
OK. A mis-pronuciation is more important than getting someone in office to handle Veterans Affairs.
I disagree.
Maybe there are no silent letters in Indonesian.
Great comment and very astute of Mr. Beck.
I heard that yesterday too.
So I’ll not further this discussion other than offering my thanks to the Navy and all our military – service, past and present.
Thanks—NAIL49 for your post #48! That was a beautiful post to Corpsman (Doc) Hammond. I’d like to see some of our former/retired military members run for office (not me…I’m too conservatively radical). They’re familiar with duty, honor, and country..something sorely lacking in our current batch of corruptocrats.
If the CINC is so clueless he cannot pronounce the word “corpsmen,” what are the odds that he will appoint someone to head Veterans Affairs who has a clue about what they are doing?
You know, like his choice to head the CIA.
Better that it stay vacant and let a veteran civil service employee hold the line until we get some adult leadership back in the White House.
I’ll try to restrain myself, but, in my defense , I can only point to my childhood fondness of poking at snakes and snapping turtles.
FirstSkirt: One I would vote for with no questions asked is Col (USAF, Retired) Bud Day.
Although I had long known who he is, I first met Col Day in Oct of 08 at a memorial dedication for Vietnam Forward Air Controllers (FACs) in Colorado Springs, CO.
I ran into him again last month in San Antonio and, at the time, happened to be reading John Corum’s excellent biography — American Patriot: The Life and Wars of Colonel Bud Day. I was humbled that he remembered our first meeting and was even moreso when he agreed to my request that he autograph the book. He closed his signature with three simple letters “MOH” (Medal of Honor).
I consider those three letters to also stand for “Man of Honor” and, if you read the book, you would understand.
Mom Nail49 as well as Mrs. Nail49 have both asked if I would run for office — I answer (and they both acknowledge) I am too much of a Boy Scout, am too honest and, anyways, I can’t lie with a straight face!
Sure he does.
“John Wayne? Oh, isn’t he that actor fellow that rode all those horses and killed all those people with his handgun? Shame on him. Rahm, get PETA, or is that PITA, on the job. See to it that this Wayne fellow is fired. Take over Republic Pictures and Batjack Films. Oh, and get the IRS, or whomever it is that handles this sort of thing, on him too. Make sure he pays all his taxes and has all of his guns registered.”
Harvard man. HA!
The mis-pronunciation of ‘Corpsman’ is an insult to those who ran into hell to save lives. No greater cry on the battle field than ‘Corpsman Up’ and no greater compassion and bravery than when that Corpsman arrived at your side. To those who don’t know, a Corpsman carries a lot of friends with him wherever he/she goes, the entire Fleet Marine Force.
Semper Fi Doc
My co-worker’s son is a corpsman (3 tours in Iraq attached to Marines)and the stories I could tell. WOW! He won’t let his mom put any of it in the local newspaper though-his COs told her the info-too modest.
One of the greatest honors I ever had was when I was working with some secret service and FBI guys for a month at the Olympics. I was EMS. An ex-marine called me “Doc”. These corpsmen should be honored much, much more. Would be nice if our POTUS knew how to pronounce the word of course….
This event clearly demonstates that Barack Obama is a superficial pop-Marxist construct. Handsome with a sonorous voice, chiclet smile, he is the male equivalent of a Playboy centerfold. An image crafted on Madison Avenue and Rodeo Drive. Despite the fact that he is the perfect dilettente Marxist suiting the aims of his political handlers, he is neither smart enough nor skilled enough to pull it off. He is in so far over his head I fear that this man will die in office – of a stroke or heart attack or a strees-induced cancer. Really very sad.
The silver lining with this President and Congress is that the American people have seen, in a very harsh way, the unmasking of the horrific destructive Marxist intent of the Democrat Party – no longer the party of your granddad. Thankfully, all national elections in the forseeable future will be poisoned for the Democrats.
Obama is whistling past the graveyard politically…
He (or at least his political career) is a corpse…man…
Nail#49 (and all the nailettes) – it would be soooo great to have someone like you take on the political establishment. In the movie, “Clear and Present Danger”, Jack Ryan was called a Boy Scout by some CIA weenie. We all know who the good guy is in this film. We need all the Boy Scouts we can get!! I know who Colonel Day is, and also LTCol West in Florida, who is running for office there. If you get a chance, you can check him out on a search of YouTube. Thanks so much to you and your family for your service! I miss my Air Force days and buddies.
Ya’know, it doesn’t surprise me that this man can’t pronounce something military related. Not going to comment on what others have already covered in that regard.
But I will say this about the Corpsmen I knew while I was in the Marine Corps. These were some of the most dedicated men I knew. Dedicated to regs and procedures? No. Dedicated to the Marines entrusted to their care. No matter where we were or what we were doing, in the field or out on the town, they took care of us. Without hesitation or regret they were there for their Marines, always.
Most of our Corpsman were so dedicated to their Marines they lived to our standards. As such, they wore our uniform. Protective of our Corpsmen? D@mn right we were! But more than that, they earned our respect as brothers!
I can’t speak much about blue side Corpsmen, my experience with them is limited to making a couple of trips to Navy hospitals. But when it comes to our green side Corpsmen, they were gods among men. Willing to risk injury to look after us in the field. Willing to cut short a night on the town to escort one of us back to base when they found one of us had had a bit to much to drink.
Friends, colleagues, brothers. Our Corpsmen were Marines! That’s how we saw them. Once a Marine, always a Marine. Same for our docs. Once a Corpsman of Marines, always a Corpsman of Marines. They are family these men.
Is this the same President that vowed to allow gaze in the military to serve in an opine manner?
Apologies for a rambling post. On narcotic painkillers at the moment. So if it makes no sense, sorry. Perhaps I should have just left it at, I love our docs.
zyg #58
Our lone submarine Corpsman was many times the only medical professional for thousands of miles.
I’ve seen them do everything from an emergency appendectomy to prescribing Tylenol.
I’ve also seen one (a 2nd Class PO) threaten a four-striper and get him to rendezvous with a chopper in order to Medivac one of my men. We were on a Polaris patrol and CO’s did not like to surface one bit!
FirstSkirt: Thanks for the endorsement, although I would love to shake up the current mess, I am not only a Boy Scout, I trust others too much. Guess that comes from my flying days when you had a wingman who, when he said, “Your six is clear!” meant it.
I once had the opportunity to address a squadron of cadets at the Air Force Academy on why cheating was something they shouldn’t tolerate. I told them they wore the uniform of every Air Force officer and that the integrity of those who came before them was a part of that uniform — men like Lance Sijan the first, and only, AF Academy graduate to be awarded the Medal of Honor, and that posthumously, (we happened to be in Sijan Hall @ the Academy as I was talking with these young men and women). So, when they wore the AF uniform, they wore Lance Sijan’s honor as well, so they had better be prepared to defend that honor at all costs.
I was honored to have served and although I miss it, I keep up with recent AFA grads as well as some OTs I have had the opportunity to mentor and who honored me by asking me to give them their oath of commission. Also got to re-enlist a MSgt earlier this week!
You’re kidding, right? Because of a mis-pronunciation, you are equating it with an ability to make an appointment?
You are far more aware than I am about Mr Panetta’s capabilites. I’ll reserve comment until you are more specific.
Nope. There is something called signature authority, and yes a civil servant can hold the line up to a point. However, there are documents that require the signature of an appointed and approved office holder.
It is the law. It is statutory.
Regardless of whether you like or dislike the nominee or who is in the White House, what needs to get done grinds to a halt.
Does a disabled Veteran need their appeal addressed? Ain’t gonna happen because there is no one to sign off on it at the level required, Deputy Under Secretary for Veterans Affairs, for instance.
Yep, let’s talk about the mis-pronunciation and not the hold on appointments while a disabled Vet is left by the wayside.
Zy Post 26:
Get it right, at least the basics right. His hold is not based on an earmark. Not hardly. Not even close.
It has to do the with USAF Tanker RFP, as the SSA issued the draft and EADS said change it, the USAF said “no, we know what we want.” EADS decided to threaten to pull out of the bid, thinking that would bully the Air Force into changing requirements as vetted by SAF/AQ and OSD. Air Force didn’t budge and now EADS HAS to no-bid, and that, my ill-informed lefty friend, is why the Senator is railing on, trying to force the military into changing their requirements in order to ensure EADS will bid. . .requirements be darned, the professionals in the Air force be darned, the users who established the requirements be darned.
Wrong again. It is not because of a “mis-pronunciation,” it is because he is ignorant that he doesn’t know enough to know he spoke wrongly, and that indicates he knows next to nothing about the troops. A mis-pronunciation may be excused. Ignorance cannot.
Navy Corpsmen, nun better!
You go Hulka!
Living up to your namesake … “Don’t make me angry. You wouldn’t like me when I’m angry.”
Agreed.
Just further clarifying it a bit.
Has this tool never watched a war movie, or the History channel. May God save us all.
zyg #58
So you disagree! Are you impressed with BHO’s executive abilities, his leadership skills, or is it his oratory skills? He’s a putz and that’s it!
Thanks, all.
Really?
It’s not curious at all that MM decided to dedicate a priority post to Navy Corpsmen.
I’m curious why you think it’s curious. Don’t think think Navy Corpsmen deserve a dedication?
Not at all. This slip is one of many. Look at his other appointments; his dithering on Afghanistan, etc. etc.
I think Leon Panetta is a very good man, intelligent, and organized. Putting him in this job is like asking a concert pianist to play the harp. There are dozens of places Panetta could have gone that would have been good choices, but not the CIA.
I give him high marks for doing an adequate job in spite of his lack of experience, but his appointment says much about Obama’s judgement.
I have delegated signature authority in the DOD many times.
This administration respects the law? That’s news.
They are being addressed and will be tomorrow. As a Vietnam era veteran, I would not recommend any course of action that would harm one.
One thing that would help is to fire the head of the VA. Shinseki’s an idiot.
On behalf of myself and other “Docs”, I’d just like to say thanks to Michelle for her kind words – and for highlighting the fear & hope in every Marine’s call of “Corpsman Up!”, and the bravery and sacrifice of the men and women who answer that call.
Semper Fidelis,
“Doc” Urban
“Doc” Urban and all the “Docs” who have or are now serving: During the year I spent at the USMC C&SC in Quantico I can say that, to a man, the Marines hold their “Docs” in the highest regard — and, coming from Marines, that counts for a LOT.
Semper Fi, Marine! I know, I know, you are navy corpsmen serving with the Marines, but try telling that to your Marines!
Very well.
What is more important? A Senator placing 70-some nominees on hold for his personal reasons, supporting a defense contractor who is trying to bully the Airforce, or discussing a mis-pronunciation?
zyzzyg found a new religion!
All of a sudden talking about priorities?
The lead of this thread speaks to Pres Obama’s gaffe, which is a mis-pronunciation.
How do you know, that he does not know he spoke wrongly? Do you have a magic talent that allows you to know what other people know without them telling you?
And, a mis-pronunciation equals ignorance? You are kidding, right?
Yep, I disagree that a mis-pronunciation is more important than the care and well being of our Veterans.
I’ll bite on your tangent.
His executive abilities and leadership abilities can be better. His oratory skills are fine.
I’ve demonstrated how easy it is to answer questions. Your turn.
Should Pres Obama be impeached for the mis-pronunciation of ‘corpsman’?
Navy corpsmen are superb but allow me to also give a “shout out” to Army medics. We love them the same way the Marines love their corpsmen.
All are a special breed.
zyzzyg: Just which Senator is holding up the process based SOLELY on the POTUS’ mispronunciation? Name names and provide valid links and maybe someone other than you will pay attention to your undies being in a wad.
If you are unwilling to answer the question say so, you don’t have to take a tangent.
From post #77 -
You’re kidding, right? Because of a mis-pronunciation, you are equating it with an ability to make an appointment?
Yes, or no?
Ummm, you raised the issue of who Pres Obama appointed as CIA Chief and I deferrred to your judgenment, pending something specific. Pianos and harps aren’t specific concerns with regard to heading the CIA.
You mean like having the President delegate to the Vice President signing a bill into law? Good grief. There are some things that can be delegated and other things that cannot be delegated. You do understand this, don’t you?
I am going to have to say yes. To date no one has been arrested, therefore no onw has broken the law. Agreed? Yes, as with most Administrations they attempt to dance along the edges.
Unless of course, an action is required by someone with lawful signature authority. Not having someone in place to do the required job will ultimately hurt Veterans.
OK, why is Shinseki an idiot?
Nope; he should simply become the object of ridicule by the media and the intelligentsia in exactly the way that Dan Quayle was over the spelling of potato.
Yes, I am reluctant to point out what others are not discussing. In my original post to this thread I made it a point to mention that MM is but one person and cannot write about everything.
Moreover, I would hardly call it a religion. And yes, there are absolutely priorities. Ask any Corpsman would they first deal with a hangnail, or a wound that required a tourniquet?
zigzag is stealing the post again. You can always tell when one of Michelle’s posts really steams him.
Do not feed the trolls.
Fair enough. Below is a link. But, the Senator is not holding up the process based on Pres Obama’s mis-pronunciation.
My question is, what is more important, discussing a mis-pronunciation or discussing a blanket hold on nominees? Please see my post #19.
http://www.nationaljournal.com/congressdaily/coa_20100205_3373.php
What are your thoughts? Which is more important?
Hey zig-zag–if you are going to poke a wil bear in the a$$–get a longer stick. Odumbo was reading the TOTUS and doesn’t even have any idea what it says, so he pronounced the “s”. There is sufficient evidence that if his TOTUS has a brain fart, he is clueless.
OK.
What is more important, discussing his mis-pronunciation or having 70-odd nominees on hold?