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Medical Corps (United States Navy)

The Medical Corps of the United States Navy is a staff corps consisting of military physicians in a variety of specialties. It is the senior corps among all staff corps, second in precedence only to line officers. The corps of commissioned officers was founded on March 3, 1871.

Qualifications and designations
, a U.S. Navy hospital ship Members of the Medical Corps are eligible to pursue qualification programs that lead to breast insignia such as: • Flight Surgeon Insignia (USA, USN, USAF) • Astronaut Badge • Surface Warfare Medical Corps Insignia • Submarine Medical Insignia • Diving (Medical) Insignia • Fleet Marine Force Insignia • Master Parachutist Badge • Seabee combat warfare specialist insignia ==Ships named after physicians==
Ships named after physicians
Reference: Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships • USS Begor (DE-711) • USS J. Douglas Blackwood (DE-219) • USS Boone (FFG-28) • USS Bronstein (DE-189) • USS Bronstein (DE-1037) • USS Gendreau (DE-639) • USS Grayson (DD-435) • USS Heermann (DD-532) • USS Kane (DD-235) • USS Kane (AGS-27) • USS Longshaw (DD-559) • USS Samuel S. Miles (DE-183) • USS Pinkney (APH-2) • USS Pratt (DE-363) • USS Rall (DE-304) • USS Ringness (DE-590) • USS Rixey (APH-3) • USS Tryon (APH-1) • USS William M. Wood (DD-715) • USS Wood (DD-317) • USNS Charles Drew (T-AKE-10) ==Historic officer ranks==
Source: Wikipedia ↗
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