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"Yes, there are even Navy Corpsmen that have been temp assigned to jobs such as snipers. I read about one that did at the main OIF section on the Marine Corps web site.
YOU WROTE:
Pure unadulterated BS (unless you can provide a link).

GO TO FOLLOWING ARTICLE AT Marine Corps. News
http://www.usmc.mil/marinelink/mcn2000.nsf/main5/045E59833787AA2985256F370043480D?opendocument

If you cannot get the article to pop up, send me email and I will give you sequence of instructions to located the article. I first go to the MC OIF site, then in this case, had to wade back to October 17 range articles where it talks about
"Petty Officer 2nd Class Dwayne McBryde, the platoon corpsman for scout sniper platoon, 1st Battalion, 23rd Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 7, is more than just a medical aide for his sniper teammates. He spent 10 years as a machine gunner for the Marine Corps, and then eights years as a civilian paramedic before reenlisting in the Navy."
Further on in the article..........
McBryde spent six months with Company A, 1/23, RCT-7, where his reputation as a knowledgeable corpsman led to his reassignment to the scout sniper platoon. He has been with the snipers ever since.

"I have attended all of their training to ensure I know how to do all of the things that they do, like spotting, range estimation and marksmanship skills, so that I could blend in with them."

NOW as I re-read the article I am wondering if I have mis-interpreted what the article was saying. At the time I was sure it implied that this ex-Marine now Corpsmen was performing a dual rule as required. Remember it was just one of a number of articles I would read each day at this site amoung others, each day for the past 8 months or so............... no excuse..... but it appears my old brain is getting quite soft.

Point I was trying to make is that Corpsmen are highly trained and courages and work closely with those Marine platoons they serve, as you are very aware. I probably should not have made the reference I did, it is an isolated case.

IW: "Do be aware, that the Marines are a sub branch of the Navy."
YW:
"More BS. The Marine Corps is part of the DEPARTMENT of the Navy. Semper Fi ..."

Sorry, your wording is correct. I choice my words badly. What you correct here, is what I meant to say.

Semper Fi to you sir.