U.S. Navy

"Thank you for your interest in Navy Medicine. Since the establishment of the Navy Medical Corps in 1871, Navy Medical Officers have served alongside the Sailors and Marines who put themselves in harm’s way to defend the Constitution and protect our Nation and the American way of life. The often repeated statement ’thank you for your service’ is a common way of expressing gratitude to our Nation’s warfighters, but also has a subtle connotation that separates military service from civilian life. While there are certainly aspects of service that differ from civilian life, we all come from the same neighborhoods with similar hopes, dreams, and aspirations. The transformation from student to physician is analogous in many ways to the transformation from civilian to Naval Officer. It begins with a deliberate choice of who you want to be and what you want your life’s work to represent. Navy Medicine helps protect the highest ideals that unite us all as Americans by promoting the health and readiness of those who also serve in uniform.

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Serving as part of an integrated healthcare team with missions as diverse as its patients, Navy Physicians have the opportunity to provide life-saving healthcare around the world, work on cutting-edge research in state-of-the-art facilities, and teach in health programs with exponential effects around the globe. I encourage you to use this booklet as a starting point to begin conversations with others about Naval Service as a physician. The decision to serve your country is admirable, especially during a time of war. Our Sailors and Marines deserve expertise, quality and compassion in their doctors and should you choose to be one of us, you will truly understand the special calling of service. I wish you the best of luck in your personal pursuit of medicine."

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Quoted from,

Rear Admiral James L. Hancock MD Medical Corps, US Navy Chief of the Medical Corps Medical Officer of the Marine Corps

“Navy Health Professions Scholarship Program (HPSP).” Health Professions Scholarship Program, 12 July 2019, www.navy.com/sites/default/files/2021-06/navy-health-professions-scholarship-program-hpsp-brochure.pdf.