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Medic Treats Himself After Being Shot by Sniper
“I was probably two feet from my door of my truck when I heard gun fire and it felt like someone just cracked me in the right shoulder blade with a hammer,” said Spc. Matthew Mortensen of Olathe, Kan. The combat medic with 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, was part of a presence patrol conducting a neighborhood search, Dec. 10, in an area historically known for weapons caches, rockets and mortars. As the patrol walked … Read entire article »
Filed under: Iraq, Tenth Mountain Division, War on Terror
Abu Amer residents receive medical treatment
Pfc. Takeysha Washington, a medic assigned to 4th Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 3rd Infantry Division, measures an infant’s vital signs—pulse, temperature and blood pressure—during a medical civil action program in Abu Amer, Iraq, March 28. (Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Tami Hillis) Residents of Abu Amer, a small village in the Wasit province of Iraq, received medical assistance March 28 from Coalition forces during a medical civil action program designed to provide basic primary care. Using a … Read entire article »
Filed under: Iraq, Rebuilding, Surge 2007, War on Terror
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