Thesiss

This research explores the lived experience of Navy Hospital Corpsmen (medics) who have served in combat with U.S. Marine Corps units in Iraq and/or Afghanistan. It uses interpretive phenomenological analysis (IPA) to examine both the lived experiences and the derived meaning of…

“Medics carried more responsibilities than dry feet, salt tablets, syphilis, and puncture wounds,” U.S. Army Medic Ben Sherman stated after reflecting on his tour in Vietnam. On the battlefields of North Africa, Italy, France, and Vietnam, the medics of the U.S. Army Medical Dep…