Our Best: Measuring Up Edition
Thursday, August 21st, 2008
TRAILER TOWN, Iraq (July 31, 2008) – Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Stephanie L. Minix, Headquarters and Service Company, 1st Supply Battalion (-) (REINFORCED), 1st Marine Logistics Group, checks the height of an Iraqi child at the triage section of a cooperative medical engagement here, July 31. The purpose of the CME was to increase the quality of life for residents in Trailer Town and to further develop and improve relationships with the locals. Chest pain, abdominal pain, headache and sore throat were some of the most common complaints at the engagement. Iraqi Police, along with Marines with Bravo Battery, 2nd LAAD Bn., provided security for the mission. Sixty-five Iraqis were seen during the visit, 55 percent of those patients were pediatric, 35 percent were adult males and 10 percent were adult females. This engagement was a continuation of a CME in Kabani which helped more than 130 Iraqis. In all, approximately 200 Iraqis were treated. (Photo by Lance Cpl. Robert C. Medina)

