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Raising Awareness About Traumatic Brain Injury

Posted on March 20, 2012 by jtozer

Sgt. Danny Woodruff, AFN Vicenza Usually people seek treatment for injuries within twenty-four hours. However, when people get a traumatic brain injury – or TBI – they don’t always know they have a TBI and it often goes untreated. This …
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Medical Monday: For the Love of the Job

Posted on March 19, 2012 by jtozer

Video from AFN Afghanistan Everyday Combat Medics do amazing things in Afghanistan, and according to SFC Andre Pegues it takes a certain amount of passion for the job. Pegues has been a medic for eighteen years and a flight medica …
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Worth a Thousand Words: 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing

Posted on March 18, 2012 by dmoss

The color guard for 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (Forward) practices drill movement prior to a transfer of authority ceremony at Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan, Feb. 29. 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing (Forward) was relieved by 3rd MAW (Fwd) after supporting combat operations …
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Afghan Soldiers Become Medics Under Guidance of ‘America’s Battalion’

Posted on March 17, 2012 by jtozer

Story by Cpl. Reece Lodder From: Regimental Combat Team-5, 1st Marine Division FORWARD OPERATING BASE DELHI, Afghanistan — Facing his student on the opposite side of a makeshift wooden trauma table, U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Maxwell McGill watches intently as …
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Worth a Thousand Words: Operational Readiness Exercise

Posted on March 17, 2012 by dmoss

HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. – A 7th Fighter Squadron pilot returns a salute to Senior Airman Simon Zemanek, a crew chief from the 7th Aircraft Maintenance Unit, during a Phase One Operational Readiness Exercise Feb. 29. Holloman performs large-scale …
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