Topic: Combat Medics

Fort Campbell to host 101st Airborne Division and Regional Health Command-Atlantic Best Medic Competition

July 26, 2018 |

Written by Maria Yager
Blanchfield Army Community Hospital Public Affairs

Fort Campbell, KY – About 30 competitors from the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) and Regional Health Command-Atlantic will compete in the Fort Campbell Best Medic Competition July 30th to August 2nd, 2018 here.

The winners will go on to represent the 101st and RHC-A in the Army-wide Command Sergeant Major Jack L. Clark, Jr. Army Best Medic Competition at Fort Sam Houston, Texas and Camp Bullis, Texas later this year.

BACH’s Soldiers, Maj. J. Tyler Garrett (rear) and Sgt. 1st Class Justin Cauthen (front), practice combat trauma assessment on a training dummy, July 26th, in preparation for next week’s 2018 Fort Campbell Best Medic Competition. Soldiers from RHC-A, which includes BACH, and Soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) will compete together in the 2018 Fort Campbell Best Medic Competition July 30th to August 2nd. (U.S. Army photo by Laura Boyd)

«Read the rest of this article»

101st Airborne Division Soldier finds calling in medicine

May 19, 2018 |

Written by Sgt. Sharifa Newton
40th Public Affairs Detachment

Fort Campbell, KY – Many people join the Army trying to figure out what to do with themselves and Spc. Anthony Gonzalez was no different.

“I enlisted because I didn’t want to stay home and do nothing,” said Gonzalez, a Fontana, California, native, and a combat medic specialist with Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion, 3rd Battalion, 320th Field Artillery Regiment, 101st Airborne Division Artillery Brigade, 101st Airborne Division. “I joined because I wanted to find out what I wanted to do with my life.”

Gonzalez joined at the age of 17 after completing high school. He originally wanted to be an AH-64 Apache repairer, but when he went to the recruiting office they did not have an opening.

Spc. Anthony Gonzalez, a Combat Medic Specialist and a Fontana, California, native, with 2nd platoon, Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion, 3rd Battalion, 320th Field Artillery Regiment, 101st Airborne Division Artillery Brigade, poses for a photo during the unit’s Table XV gunnery exercise 9th May at Fort Campbell, Kentucky. (Sgt. Sharifa Newton, 40th Public Affairs Detachment)

«Read the rest of this article»

7th annual Angels of the Battlefield set for September 13th

August 30, 2016 |

Clarksville, TN – On Tuesday, September 13th, 2016 the Armed Services YMCA of Fort Campbell will hold the 7th annual Angels of the Battlefield at Valor Hall Event Center at 6:00pm. Valor Hall Event Center is located at 105 Walter Garrett Lane, Oak Grove, KY.

Serving as the keynote speaker this year is Noah Galloway, former soldier with 502nd Infantry of the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault).

Noah Galloway

«Read the rest of this article»

Angels of the Battlefield Honors Medics, Welcomes Noah Galloway

August 18, 2016 |

Clarksville, TN – The Armed Services YMCA of Fort Campbell is pleased to announce the date for the 7th  Angels of the Battlefield is Tuesday, September 13th, 6:00pm at Valor Hall Event Center, 105 Walter Garrett Lane, Oak Grove, KY.

Serving as the keynote speaker this year is Noah Galloway, former soldier with 502nd Infantry of the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault).

Noah Galloway

«Read the rest of this article»

Fort Campbell Currahees conduct Mass Casualty Exercise

August 9, 2013 |

Written by Maj. Kamil Sztalkoper
4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division

Khowst Province, Afghanistan – With smoke billowing in the distance and loud speakers blaring instructions, soldiers with the 4th Brigade Combat Team “Currahee”, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), conducted a mass casualty exercise during the late afternoon hours on Forward Operation Base Salerno, August 6th.

“Today we are testing the functionality and the ability to react under the most austere situation possible on the FOB,” said Staff Sgt. Marcus Freeman, a combat medic, with Charlie Company, 801st Brigade Support Battalion, 4th BCT, 101st Abn. Div.

U.S. Soldiers with 2nd platoon, Whiskey Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment, attached to the 4th Brigade Special Troops Battalion, transport a simulated casualty to the casualty collection point during a mass casualty exercise at Forward Operating Base Salerno, Khowst province, Afghanistan, Aug. 6, 2013. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Todd A. Christopherson/Released)

«Read the rest of this article»

Fort Campbell’s 2nd Brigade Strike Force readies for Deployment with Stress Shoot

February 24, 2012 |

Written by Sgt. Joe Padula
2nd Brigade Combat Team PAO

Fort Campbell, KY – When the bullets are flying and the enemy is sight, a Soldier’s heart is beating fast, his adrenaline is pumping and his mind races, but he keeps his cool, maintains his composure and eliminates the enemy.

The only way he reaches that level of skill is by continuous training and the deploying Strike Force Security Force Assistance Teams from the 2nd Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), played out this heart racing scenario by conducting a stress shoot training exercise at Fort Campbell’s Range 40a, February 16th.

Capt. James Nardelli, part of a deploying Security Force Assistance Team with the 2nd Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), fires at a target during a stress shoot training exercise at Fort Campbell’s Range 40a, Feb. 16th. The stress shoot training exercise conditions Soldiers to effectively hit their targets in highly intense situations. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Joe Padula, 2nd BCT PAO, 101st Abn. Div.)

«Read the rest of this article»

Combat Medic in Afghanistan

February 16, 2011 |

Video by U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Mark Burrell
210th MPAD

Nuristan Province, Afghanistan – A day in the life of U.S. Army Spc. Brit ‘Doc’ B. Jacobs from Sarasota, FL, assigned to Company C, 2nd Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, doing his job as a combat medic in eastern Afghanistan’s Nuristan Province while under enemy fire.

Currahee medics train, mentor ANA soldiers

October 4, 2010 |

Written by U.S. Army Spc. Luther L. Boothe Jr.
Task Force Currahee Public Affairs Office, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division

Paktika Province, Afghanistan – Combat medics from Company I, 2nd Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division held a basic eagle first responder course with Afghan National Army soldiers at Combat Outpost Munoz September 27th.

“Any time we get new ANA in, we try to do some training with them to assess their knowledge of basic first aid and to help improve their current level of training,” said U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Adam J. Hendrickson, of Co. I, 2-506th, 101st Airborne Div., and native of Winter Park, FL.

U.S. Army Spc. David A. Bryan, a combat medic, checks an Afghan National Army combat medic’s aid bag during a class given to the ANA by U.S. Army medics Sept. 27th at Combat Outpost Munoz. Bryan took the time to go through each item in the bag, explained the importance of carrying only the items you need while on patrol and replenished the ANA medic’s bag with new supplies. (Photo by U.S. Army Spc. Luther L. Boothe Jr., Task Force Currahee Public Affairs Office)

«Read the rest of this article»

© 2006-2021 Clarksville, TN Online is owned and operated by residents of Clarksville Tennessee.
» We are Hosted by Compu-Net Enterprises; In Partnership with Discover Clarksville and Discover Paris