the Order of Orange-Nassau Silver (Netherlands) x 1 Silver Medal of Military Valor (Italy) x 1 Bronze Medal of Military Valor (Italy) x 2 Médaille militaire (French) x 6 Decoration Militaire (Belgium) x 1 Medal D'Honneur des Epidemies (Bronze) (French) x 1 Medal of Military Merit (Greece) x 1 An ongoing project is underway to find all honours and awards that have been recorded in the London Gazette for the Sick Berth/Medical Assistant ratings. Many more are being discovered. Training Basic training (10 weeks) is conducted at shore establishment in Torpoint, Cornwall. Medical training (39 weeks) is conducted at the Defence Medical Academy at Whittington Barracks in Lichfield. The first 13 weeks is called Common Core and is also completed with the medics from the British Army and RAF. This training includes: Anatomy and physiology Disorders and their treatments Basic pharmacology and dispensing Basic environmental health Preventative medicine Wounds and dressings Medical administration Geneva Convention First-Aid Military Acute Care Course, involving pre-hospital trauma and life support. An exam is taken on each week, those unable on the pass on their second attempt of each exam are 'back classed'. Once complete a clinical placement of 6 weeks is conducted in a Ministry of Defence Hospital Unit (MDHU) on various wards. Trainees then return to DMSTG Whittington barracks to complete 6 weeks of Single Service (SS) training. SS training involves learning all aspects of Royal Navy medical administration, medical care in the CBRN environment and the care of those suffering from CBRN causes. Included in this is a week spent on board the training ship, to practice casualty extraction, treatment, casualty simulation, organising of First-Aid exercises and the management of First-Aid Parties during peace and action stations. The final set of clinical placements covers a period of 12 weeks. The first 6 weeks are conducted at a Medical Centre at a shore establishment to put into practice clinical primary care and administrative skills. The next 6 weeks are spent once again at a MDHU, this time culminating in shifts at Emergency Rooms and Medical and Surgical Acute Care wards. On return from the final phase of clinical placements the trainees return to DMSTG for 2 weeks which involves final exams on everything learned and if successful, graduation. The final phase, called 'Part IV training' is then concluded by a consolidation period of 'on the job' supervised training (12 weeks) on board a