150 Years of the Navy Surgeon General: A Legacy of Service The U.S. Navy recognizes 3 March 1871 as the anniversary of the Navy Medical Corps, but this date does not represent the advent of uniformed physicians in the Navy nor the start of the Navy Medical Department. However, the passage of the Appropriations Act on 3 March 1871 gave Navy physicians a rank relative to their line counterparts, acknowledged their role as staff corps, and established the title of “surgeon general” for the Navy’s t

The Navy Medical Corps pattern is done & tested. Here I’m adding the second aluminum piece to the pattern. I’m going to try some new on this piece and try to hot tin the acorn for a silver finish. May or may not work… and no if it works I won’t do it to CPO anchors… why you ask $$$!!! | HT1 Metal Works