To be designated an Enlisted FMF Warfare Specialist, a corpsman must serve a minimum of 12 months as a member of the Fleet Marine Force and must participate in designated forward field operations. Core and platform specific Personal Qualification Standards in a variety of subjects (Marine Corps history; weapons systems, tactics, aircraft, vehicles and vessels employed by the FMF; etc.) as well as an oral examination must be completed before the FMF Enlisted Warfare Specialist insignia is presented. Although this is a qualification for Navy enlisted personnel, it is unique in that only Commanding Generals or Commanding Officers of qualifying U.S. Marine Corps commands, Division or Group, can approve awarding of the designation.
"There are corpsmen and then there are 'docs,'" said Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Richard Lister, an advisor at FMSS East. "A doc is someone you can count on. He's someone in your platoon that when something happens to one of our fellow Marines, you can call on him and not have to worry. He's your buddy, a comrade in arms, a person who you count on to cover your back, to lay down fire, dig fighting holes or do whatever the hell Marines are doing. That's who a doc is."
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