Please open https://hotaudiobook.com ONLY on your standard browser Safari, Chrome, Microsoft or Firefox to download full audiobooks of your choice for free.

Title: Combat Corpsman

Subtitle: The Al Anbar Chronicles: First Marine Expeditionary Force - Iraq, Volume 2

Author: Jonathan P. Brazee

Narrator: Seth Paul

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 24 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-15-16

Publisher: Jonathan Brazee

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 6 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Zachary Cannon joined the Navy to get trained as a radiology tech, a skill he could use to get a job and support his family after his enlistment. But the needs of the Navy take priority, and much to his surprise, he was given orders to the Fleet Marine Force as a corpsman to an infantry battalion deploying to Iraq. As part of a rifle squad in Ramadi, Zach joins the Marines on patrol, in assaults, and on security duty, facing the same dangers and hardships. Ramadi is a hotbed of insurgent activity in 2006, and Zach's medical skills are put to the test as he witnesses death and injuries. Faced with snipers, full insurgent attacks, IEDs, rockets and mortars, and the never-ending heat, he cannot be a simple observer, there to treat his Marines. Navy or not, he quickly realizes that he is expected to be a full member of his squad, a combat corpsman.

Members Reviews:

Quick Read

Perhaps I didn't read closely enough, but for some reason this was listed in with other non-fiction titles when I bought it. It is a work of fiction, and believable, but the characters are fleshed out enough for the reader to find any real attachment to them as people. Good exposition of the role of Navy Corpsmen who serve with the Marines and the trials they face on a daily basis.

Combat Corpsman

I thought that the story of our corpsman was outstanding. Having been in the Military for almost 30 years I could

see how real the story was.

Good Read...

I enjoyed the book. I am a Paramedic that served in Afghanistan as a civilian, and my son is a FMF Corpsman that served in Iraq and is now a Paramedic and an Infantry Officer in the NG. I especially enjoyed the reference to the "Hospitalers" and their history as healing warriors. Good read.

One combat medic to another

I've read a few books on combat the last few years, but never read of a combat medic. My war was 45 years ago, things kind of popped as I read this. Good or bad we made the right choice, for all we served. God rest those who didn't make it home.

Heroes of the battlefield

As a former Marine, too little has been written about our combat corpsmen. Every one of them (Corpsmen) are heroes. The book gives us insight into how Marines instantly take to bringing in Naval Corpsmen to their brotherhood. The bond is cemented when bullets fly and their is someone out there who does everything in their power and training to save lives.

Army medics are of course in the same category.