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Our Best: Teen Medic Spc. Amanda Cleveland
Spc. Amanda Cleveland describes herself as “a simple girl who is not into drama.” As an Army medic, sometimes she can’t avoid being in dramatic situations, but it is the ability to consistently help and aid people, not the drama, that drives this native of Williamsport, Pa., to excel at her job. Cleveland graduated from Williamsport High School in 2007 and, at age 17, immediately set off for basic combat training and Combat Medical School. “I really … Read entire article »
Filed under: Medicine, Military, Our Best: Military Women
Our Best: Renegade Medic Edition
Army Pfc. Serena Norman, a medic with Company C, 589th Brigade Support Battalion, 41st Fires Brigade, tends to Iraqi children during a mission in Kut, Iraq, Sept. 19, 2008. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Daniel Bishop Pfc. Serena Norman took some ribbing from her father and three older brothers — all combat-arms Army veterans — when she decided to follow their footsteps into the military. Her family expected her to be the one to go … Read entire article »
Filed under: Military, Our Best: Military Women
Medics Re-enlist in Nation’s Capital
A group of soldier-medics, whose duties adhere to the Hippocratic Oath to provide ethical medical treatment, pledged allegiance to another credo today — the oath of re-enlistment. Between the Lincoln Memorial and the reflecting pool here, nearly 80 troops stood at attention as Lt. Gen. (Dr.) Eric B. Schoomaker, Army surgeon general, recited a passage from Lincoln’s second inaugural address. “With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right,†he said, “let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation’s wounds, to care for him who shall have borne the battle and for his widow and his orphan, to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace among … Read entire article »
England’s Best, Female Warfighter Edition
On December 19, 2006 I did a post about “a wee slip of a gel”, Michelle “Chuck” Norris, late of C Company, 1 Bn the Princess of Wales Royal Regiment. She had been awarded the British Military Cross for her bravery in action in Iraq. That’s the equal of our Silver Star. Andrew Stuttaford notes a new story about this bonny lass. Citation: “At just 19 years of age and having only recently completed basic training, Private Michelle … Read entire article »
Filed under: Heroes, Iraq, Military, Our Allies, Our Best: Military Women, War on Terror, WOT Heroes
Private Michelle Norris
Michelle Suzanne Claire Norris – Military Cross, one of Britain’s highest awards for gallantry in combat Evening Standard An eighteen year-old Army medic has become the first woman ever to win the Military Cross, one of Britain’s highest awards for gallantry in combat. Private Michelle Norris braved heavy sniper and machine-gun fire from 200 insurgents during a fierce battle in southern Iraq earlier this year, clambering on top of an armoured vehicle to give life-saving treatment to a … Read entire article »
Filed under: Heroes, Iraq, Military, Our Allies, Our Best: Military Women, War on Terror, WOT Heroes
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