this term is generally used as a sign of respect. The U.S. Navy deploys FMF Hospital Corpsman attached to U.S. Marine Corps units as part of the Fleet Marine Force. Since the U.S. Marine Corps is part of the Department of the Navy, it relies on Navy corpsmen and other Naval medical personnel for medical care. U.S. Air Force aerospace medical services technicians have frequently served attached to U.S. Army units in recent conflicts. Though all combat medical personnel are universally referred to as "medic", within different branches of the U.S. military, the skill level, quality of training and scope of work performed by medics varies from branch to branch and unit to unit. As a result of the 2005 BRAC, the U.S. Department of Defense has moved most medical training for all branches of the armed forces to Fort Sam Houston of Joint Base San Antonio. A new Medical Education and Training Campus was constructed and the Air Force's 937th Training Group and Naval Hospital Corps School were relocated to Fort Sam Houston, joining the Army's existing Army Medical Department Center & School. Although each service has some training particular to its branch, the bulk of the course material and instruction is shared between medical personnel of the different services. See also 68W – Healthcare Specialist (Combat Medic, U.S. Army) (Field Medic, U.S. Army). Ambulance – Military use Battlefield medicine Brain Trauma Foundation Combat Medical Technician – British Army Equivalent Combat support hospital Flight medic Medical assistant Medical evacuation Military medicine Polytrauma Royal Army Medical Corps Stretcher bearer United States Air Force Pararescue United States Navy Hospital Corpsman (U.S. Navy and Marine Corps) United States Navy Amphibious Reconnaissance Corpsman (U.S. Navy) References Citations Sources STP 8-91W15-SM-TG SOLDIER'S MANUAL AND TRAINER'S GUIDE, MOS 91W, HEALTH CARE SPECIALIST, SKILL LEVELS 1/2/3/4/5 Further reading Cowdrey, Albert E. United States Army in the Korean War: The Medics War (1987), full-scale scholarly official history; online free, covers 1950-53 External links Official U.S. Army Home of the 68W - Health Care Specialist Corpsman.com – a website run by Docs for Docs of all US military services 90th Infantry Division / 315th Medical Battalion webpage (90th Infantry Division Preservation Group website) – has links to other pages showing equipment of US, German and Japanese medics WW2 US Medical Research Centre - provides vast amounts of data relating to WW2 US Army Medics National Registry of Emergency