I think you lost the whole point of my post. And by the way, My name is Chris, Chief, or HSC NOT Fly.
Thanks,
Chris

Chris-
My post wasn't intended as offensive, just my opinion on the matter. My apologies for inappropriate reference to your screen name.
Cheers! Phil

No worries!

Despite everything that was stated above, it seems as if it will be awarded upon GRADUATION from the course


Paulmedic- It WILL NOT be awarded upon graduation. You MUST have a successful tour as an IDHS, SUCCESSFUL tour. This pin will be awarded from the HS Force Master Chief with the appropriate paperwork sent by you to them.

HSC Bob Kulbeth
Course Chief
IDHS "C" School
TRACEN Petaluma
707-765-7056

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Originally posted by CGBoatDocTrainer:
Despite everything that was stated above, it seems as if it will be awarded upon GRADUATION from the course


Paulmedic- It WILL NOT be awarded upon graduation. You MUST have a successful tour as an IDHS, SUCCESSFUL tour. This pin will be awarded from the HS Force Master Chief with the appropriate paperwork sent by you to them.

HSC Bob Kulbeth
Course Chief
IDHS "C" School
TRACEN Petaluma
707-765-7056

That about sums it up in a 'nutshell'..."Thhhhats allll folks"!!!![Bugs Bunny]

quote:

Originally posted by Paulmedic:
Here it is:

Unfortunately, I have known several people to pass the course and fail big time(relieved) in the field. Hopefully this is a typo and the badge is not awarded until the corpsman has met all of the criteria as originally written.

I would like to know those names, units and dates. Please send those if you prefer to my work e-mail. robert.t.kulbeth@uscg.mil. I would like to do some f/u on this.

HSC Kulbeth
Course Chief
IDHS School

I spoke with HSC and cleared up the confusion. He thought that I was talking about alumni of the new Coast Guard IDHS school failing in the field... This is not the case.

When I stated that I knew of personnel who passed "the" course and failed in the field, I was referring to personnel who passed AN independent duty corpsman course. There have been two other different services administering Independent Corpsmen courses... The Navy and the Air Force. The members I am thinking of took one of these two, as the Coast Guard course was not even a concept at the time.

Per the topic title of the thread, my previous comments were in reference to the proposed eligibility for the new IDHS badge, not the success rate of the various individual Independent Duty schools themselves.

Again, The topic of the thread is the actual pin and the eligibility requirements thereof, NOT track records and success statistics of graduates of certain schools. I know nothing about the Coast Guard C-school or its success rate. I attended the Air Force IDMT school back in 1997.

Now, I back up my original statement... I, for a fact, know of several Independent duty corpsmen relieved for cause since the start of my time in the Coast Guard in 1992.

Sorry for any confusion.

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Thank you. I will be looking forward to your e-mail.

HSC

The true measure of a corpsman is not held in what we wear on our uniforms, it is the trust that is held in the thoughts of our crewmembers..

That is the test and that is the graduation..regardless of what schools you may have attended, that means nothing if your crew does not respect you.

That was deep

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Originally posted by Doc_Hinson:
The true measure of a corpsman is not held in what we wear on our uniforms, it is the trust that is held in the thoughts of our crewmembers..

That is the test and that is the graduation..regardless of what schools you may have attended, that means nothing if your crew does not respect you.

That was a pretty good summation coming from a 'dwarf' who loves to eat up all of my tomatoes