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{{Disambig header|the UNSC rating|other uses of "medic"|Medic (disambiguation)}}

A '''Hospital Corpsman''',{{Ref/Anthology|HE|The Mona Lisa|Quote=Around her: Hospital Corpsman Ngoc Benti, Technical Officer Raj Singh, his helpers, the ever-silent, inscrutable Clarence, and a crack pilot named Burgundy who'd just come back from a recon mission.}} often shortened as '''Corpsman''', or sometimes known as a '''combat medic''' in the [[UNSC Marine Corps]] or simply '''medic''' in both the [[UNSC Army]] and Marine Corps,{{Ref/Game|Id=PL|HW2|Phoenix Logs|Detail=[[Phoenix Logs/UNSC Units/Corpsman Gruss|Corpsman Gruss]]}}{{Ref/Site|Id=CFFrosty|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/stay-frosty|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Canon Fodder - Stay Frosty|D=17|M=06|Y=2018}}{{Ref/Note|The terms "corpsman" and "combat medic" have been conflated in the ''Halo'' series. See this article's [[#Production notes|production notes]] section.}} is a rating within the [[UNSC Navy]].{{Ref/Novel|Id=ch4|CH|Chapter=4|Quote="Healy. Petty Officer First Class. Corpsman." All of which meant Healy was navy—not a marine.}}

In the [[UNSC Army]], a command team is typically comprised of an officer, a radio operator, and a medic.{{Ref/Tabletop|HGC|Detail=Officer - UNSC Army Command Unit|Quote=A UNSC Command Team is comprised of an Officer, Radio Operator and Medic. The team's presence can improve a unit's ability to react to deadly situations and harden their resolve in the heat of battle.}} In the [[UNSC Marine Corps]], Corpsmen are assigned to units of various sizes, ranging from smaller units like squads,{{Ref/Reuse|PL}}{{Ref/Reuse|CFFrosty}} to larger units like platoons.{{Ref/Novel|TF|Chapter=1}} They treat troops' field injuries in any hostile environments; as such, they are often referred to as "docs".{{Ref/Novel|TRP|Chapter=5}} They are also trained for any combat scenario in a light infantry role.{{Ref/Book|Id=enc11p56|Enc11|Page=56}} Outside of combat, while it is recommended a doctor administers [[cytoprethaline]] to personnel before they enter [[Cryonics|cryo-sleep]] on starships, medics often perform the cytoprethaline injections.{{Ref/Book|Id=enc11p226|Enc11|Page=226}}

Corpsmen typically adopt the same [[UNSC Marine Corps Battle Dress Uniform|Battle Dress Uniform]] as the UNSC Marines;{{Ref/Level|Id=arrival|H3|Arrival}} those wearing the [[M52B body armor]] are sometimes either distinguished by a red cross on a white background on their chest plates and pauldrons,{{Ref/Film|Halo: Landfall|Story=Halo: Last One Standing|Timestamp=2:22}} or adopt dark gray combat utilities with white armor and red details.{{Ref/Film|Id=tml|The Mona Lisa|Detail=motion comic}} The post-war Marine BDU use red and white color motifs on body armor, along with the asklepian emblem on the back, to denote medics.{{Ref/Book|Id=h4evg|H4EVG|Page=32}} Corpsmen assigned to ODST units also employ ODST armors, featuring white and red decals on the helmets and shoulder pad, the latter of which also has the asklepian emblem printed on its surface.{{Ref/Generic|[[:File:Sunray1-1.png|''Halo Wars 2: Operation: SPEARBREAKER'' concept art]]}} Similarly, medics attached to the UNSC Army wear the same [[UNSC Army Battle Dress Uniform|battle dress uniform]] as UNSC Army troopers, albeit with an asklepian emblem on their helmet and shoulder pads.{{Ref/Reuse|enc11p56}} In more recent years, the [[SUTURE-class Mjolnir]] has been approved for testing aboard [[ANVIL Station]]—intended for use by [[SPARTAN-IV program|SPARTAN-IV]] combat medics.{{Ref/Game|Id=Desc|MCC|Armor customization (Halo 3)|''Halo 3'' armor customisation|Detail=[[SUTURE-class Mjolnir|Suture armor]] description|Quote=Spartan combat medics and specialized Mjolnir are a new experiment series approved for ANVIL testing.}}

File:TML_Corpsman_BDU.png|[[Ngoc Benti]] in a Corpsman variant of the [[M52B body armor]].

File:HW2 Gruss Artwork.png|[[Helena Gruss]] in a Corpsman variant of the [[ODST armor]].

==Known Corpsmen==

*[[Helena Gruss]] - [[Petty Officer]] assigned to [[Sunray 1-1]] of [[Boomerang Company]], an [[Orbital Drop Shock Trooper]] unit onboard {{UNSCShip|Spirit of Fire}} and participated in [[Operation: SPEARBREAKER]] in 2559.

*The [[UNSC rank structure]] is largely derived from [[Wikipedia:Template:United States uniformed services comparative ranks|the system]] employed by the 21st century [[wikipedia:United States Armed Forces|United States military]], in which a [[Wikipedia:Hospital corpsman|hospital corpsman]] is an enlisted [[Wikipedia:List of United States Navy ratings|rating within the navy]]; corpsmen sometimes serve in a US Marine Corps unit, whereas [[Wikipedia:Combat medic|combat medics]] serve within the US Army instead. The name "corpsman" is short for "hospital corpsman", which refers to members of US Navy Hospital Corps. Although there has yet to be an official mention of a Navy Hospital Corps within the UNSC, ''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]'' established that corpsmen are naval personnel; additionally, it was implied that UNSC Navy's corpsmen, while explicitly not marines, are sometimes attached to UNSC Marine Corps units, as exemplified by corpsman [[Healy]] being assigned to [[Avery Johnson]]'s [[First Platoon]].{{Ref/Reuse|ch4}} However, in ''[[Halo 3]]'', Sergeant Johnson referred to a corpsman as a [[Corporal]];{{Ref/Reuse|arrival}} likewise, in ''[[The Mona Lisa]]'', [[Ngoc Benti]] was addressed as a [[Private]] several times. Both Corporal and Private are enlistment ranks within the [[Unified Ground Command]] subordinates (UNSC Army, [[UNSC Air Force|Air Force]], and Marine Corps), but not in the UNSC Navy.{{Ref/Book|OSFM|Page=140}} As members of the UNSC Navy, the two characters should hold [[UNSC rank structure#NAVCOM ranks|NAVCOM ranks]]. Furthermore, the terms "corpsman" and "combat medic" have also been used interchangeably, or medical personnel in the UNSC Marine Corps were called "combat medics". In ''[[Halo Wars]]'', marine squads are granted the passive ability to heal outside of combat with the "Medic" upgrade, which "adds a combat medic to the squad". In the ''[[Halo Wars 2]]'' [[Phoenix Logs]], Corpsman Gruss was referred to as a "Navy combat medic" rather than a "Navy corpsman".{{Ref/Reuse|PL}} Similarly, in ''[[Halo: The Rubicon Protocol]]'', [[Lucas Browning]] identified himself as "Marine Combat Medic",{{Ref/Novel|TRP|Chapter=3}} and later, a "combat medic for the UNSC Marine Corps",{{Ref/Novel|TRP|Chapter=33}} seemingly implying that the role of a combat medic exists within the UNSC Marine Corps.  

File:HWunit ODST.png|A squad of ODSTs, including a medic, in ''[[Halo Wars]]''.

File:HW MarineMedicBack.png|A medic's backpack in ''Halo Wars''.