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Petty Officer 1st Class Benny Flores, a proud native of Guam, has been in the Navy for more than 10 years. Flores, a seasoned corpsman, is on his third tour to the Middle East and is studying sports management. Flores, a husband of his high school sweetheart and father of his 4-year-old daughter, is involved with many activities outside of work including teaching leadership courses and volunteer work. - Petty Officer 1st Class Benny Flores, a proud native of Guam, has been in the Navy for more than 10 years. Flores, a seasoned corpsman, is on his third tour to the Middle East and is studying sports management. Flores, a husband of his high school sweetheart and father of his 4-year-old daughter, is involved with many activities outside of work including teaching leadership courses and volunteer work.

Petty Officer 2nd Class David Cergol, a corpsman with the battalion aid station, 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, organizes a box of medical supplies, Sept. 25. Cergol spent his first enlistment as a Seabee and deployed during the initial push into Iraq. - Petty Officer 2nd Class David Cergol, a corpsman with the battalion aid station, 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, organizes a box of medical supplies, Sept. 25. Cergol spent his first enlistment as a Seabee and deployed during the initial push into Iraq.

The hospital corpsman emblem. Corpsmen are the Navy and Marine Corps' enlisted medical specialists. Battlefield corpsmen are largely responsible for the decreased number of casualties dying from combat wounds in the Long War, a ratio lower than that of recent 20th-century wars, including Operation Desert Storm. - The hospital corpsman emblem. Corpsmen are the Navy and Marine Corps' enlisted medical specialists. Battlefield corpsmen are largely responsible for the decreased number of casualties dying from combat wounds in the Long War, a ratio lower than that of recent 20th-century wars, including Operation Desert Storm.