The Surface Force IDC Program is designed to prepare Hospital Corpsman to become Independent Duty Practitioners, focusing on Primary Care, Preventive Care, Emergency Treatment, Occupational Medicine, Preventive Medicine Programs, Shipboard Medical Administration, Aviation Medicine, Tactical Medicine, Shipboard Medical Training, and the management of a medical department and all associated tasks in accordance with Navy Medicine standards of care, performed under the indirect supervision of a medical officer on surface vessels, FMF, NECC, NSW, shore commands, and Military Treatment Facilities.