Finding My Calling While Treating a Casualty Inside Friendly Lines
He saw gore and death, but he also saved lives. There are certain things a former corpsman will never forget or take for granted.
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DonateJosiah Koleosho served as a fleet medical service technician in Operation Iraqi Freedom from 2001 – 2003. He earned a combat action ribbon and two Navy Achievement Medals while in the 3rd Battalion, 1st Marines. Josiah was a hospital corpsman at the formerly known National Medical Center, Bethesda, for 10 years. After serving in the Navy, he obtained his bachelor’s degree in computer networking and security in 2016 and master’s degree in cybersecurity in 2018. He now lives in Maryland and works as a sleep technologist at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. Josiah is a 2019 War Horse Fellow.
He saw gore and death, but he also saved lives. There are certain things a former corpsman will never forget or take for granted.