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Topic: Combat MedicsWritten by Maria Yager
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» Sections: News | No Comments
101st Airborne Division Soldier finds calling in medicineWritten by Sgt. Sharifa Newton
“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» Sections: News | No Comments
7th annual Angels of the Battlefield set for September 13th
Serving as the keynote speaker this year is Noah Galloway, former soldier with 502nd Infantry of the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault). «Read the rest of this article» Sections: Events | No Comments
Angels of the Battlefield Honors Medics, Welcomes Noah Galloway
Serving as the keynote speaker this year is Noah Galloway, former soldier with 502nd Infantry of the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault). «Read the rest of this article» Sections: News | No Comments
Fort Campbell Currahees conduct Mass Casualty ExerciseWritten by Maj. Kamil Sztalkoper 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» Sections: News | No Comments
Fort Campbell’s 2nd Brigade Strike Force readies for Deployment with Stress ShootWritten by Sgt. Joe Padula 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» Sections: News | No Comments
Combat Medic in AfghanistanVideo by U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Mark Burrell
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Currahee medics train, mentor ANA soldiersWritten by U.S. Army Spc. Luther L. Boothe Jr.
“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» Sections: News | No Comments
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