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Marine Medical Officer

I'm most likely going to take medicine at uni and am really interested in being able to practice medicine and do the commando course (interested in marines for ages as well).

Can anyone give me any more info on how you would go about getting the position and exactly would you would bed doing? I've been on the navy site and carreers booklet etc but theres nothing but a brief unspecific mention of becoming a RMMO.
http://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/server/show/conWebDoc.117/changeNav/3533

You can expect to spend the next two and a half years in primary care naval medicine. The variety of experience available is amazing: gain the coveted Royal Marine green beret, perhaps your para wings too, and serve with 3 Commando Brigade; or perhaps you joined the Navy to go to sea aboard one of HM Frigates, a hydrographic vessel or to spend 6 months in Antarctica aboard the Ice Patrol Ship Endurance?

Royal Navy doctor - attached to the RM. You'd not do it forever, but that is where they get their med support from.
Reply 2
We had a Surgical Lt. Cdr attached to us in Norway, he looked at peoples' feet every so often and sat in a BV drinking tea all day. I suspect you'll be doing a lot of that.

On a serious note though, you would simply follow the Royal Marines around wherever they go and provide medical support to them, be this on training deployments in the UK and abroad or operations in hot and sandy places.

If medicine is your passion, you're greener than green and fitter than fit, it's an ideal choice for you.
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http://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/server/show/conWebDoc.117/changeNav/3533

You can expect to spend the next two and a half years in primary care naval medicine. The variety of experience available is amazing: gain the coveted Royal Marine green beret, perhaps your para wings too, and serve with 3 Commando Brigade; or perhaps you joined the Navy to go to sea aboard one of HM Frigates, a hydrographic vessel or to spend 6 months in Antarctica aboard the Ice Patrol Ship Endurance?

Royal Navy doctor - attached to the RM. You'd not do it forever, but that is where they get their med support from.


I did see that, I was just wondering whether anyone had anymore info. Thanks for the help.

Are you sent on patrols and missions or are you purely based in the HQ?
Reply 4
To be a doctor serving with the RM you need to join the Royal Navy as a medical officer. It is then one of the specialsiations open to you.

You could also join the Army as a medical officer and do the Commando Course and then serve with the Army units attached to 3 Commando Brigade such as the Artillery or Engineers.

If you are going to specialise then you are likely to get one job as a general medical officer where you could be attached to a RM Commando or serve on a ship etc. You would then go back into hospital training.

As a regimental MO your job is not really to go on patrol. Your post is generaly in the Regimental Aid Post which is some distance back from the front line. You certainly get to visit front line units and could be in a Forward Operating Base but generally casualties are bought to you not the other way round.


The Medical Emergency Response Teams which fly out in Chinooks to pick casualties up are staffed by specialist A & E doctors and Aneathetists not GPs

If you wanted to go down the GP route you could end up serving longer with the RM and being the MO at for example the Commando Training Centre.

Best to chat to the RN or RAMC recruiters and talk things through with them.
armyboy
The Medical Emergency Response Teams which fly out in Chinooks to pick casualties up are staffed by specialist A & E doctors and Aneathetists not GPs



I beg to differ :yep:

Read this! http://www.raf.mod.uk/news/archive.cfm?storyid=4A0FC16C-1143-EC82-2EDCF73301D5014C

:wink:
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Haha I just got back from medlink on Sunday and that guy gave us a talk. He was bloody insane but very inspiring.

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