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MARINE CORPS BASE, CAMP H.M. SMITH, Hawaii, June 15, 2007 — Born on the land, bred in the water and now a lethal and effective hybrid of both – one hospital corpsman has worked through and trained in the trenches to become the dedicated, life saving “Devil Doc” he is today. Petty Officer 2nd Class Angelo Catindig, a native of the Philippines, has tasted three different branches of military service. His military career began on the ground side as an infantryman in the Army. However, it was the events at the outset of his next experience – a naval career...

U.S. Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class John Fralish’s rank insignia is pinned to a letter to his family from Army 1st Sgt. David Schneider, who served with Fralish in eastern Afghanistan. Fralish, a corpsman from New Kingstown, Pa., gave his rank insignia to the family of an Afghan girl who required urgent medical care so that the girl and her family could receive safe passage to a coalition medical facility. After he was killed in a firefight Feb. 6, the insignia was returned. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Joe Lindsay Navy Corpsman’s Good Works Live On U.S. Navy...