Lots of news about the 2nd SCR today...so much, I am not quite sure where to start. How about...
...a series of photos covering activities conducted by the 1st Squadron, 2nd SCR. Is your warrior part of the 1-2 SCR? If so, read on and catch-up on their activities...I will continue their story with my next blog.
These first photos deal with getting a medical helo into a combat zone to airlift wounded warriors out to the nearest medical facility. I don't know about you but I tend to forget the role our talented medical airlift teams play in this conflict. Every time they go wheels up they put their lives on the line...shoulder-launched missiles, small arms fire, RPGs...all are threats to these men and women and the wounded they carry out.
Put yourself on the ground with the 2nd SCR...your team has just been hit by a roadside bomb...chaos ensues...the area is secured...there are wounded that need immediate care...
A request is made for a helo-evac...ASAP!
I would imagine that for the team lead on the ground coordinating the evac...there is nothing like hearing the words from your radioman...
Bird is inbound...
Take a look at how it unfolds through the lens of a combat cameraman...can you hear that distinct sound of the helo as it approaches?...can you feel the sand, grit and dust in your face as the helo touches down? Maybe its just me but...I could...
Soldiers with the Vilseck, Germany-based 1st Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment, attached to the 82nd Airborne Division’s 2nd Brigade Combat Team, shield themselves from the dust kicked up by a medical evacuation helicopter as it arrives at a coalition outpost in Baghdad, Oct. 31. The helicopter was responding to medically evacuate a Soldier injured by a roadside bomb.
Soldiers with the 1st Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment prepare to transport a wounded comrade onto a medical evacuation helicopter as it arrives at a coalition outpost in Baghdad, Oct. 31.
Soldiers with the 1st Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment litter carry a wounded comrade onto a medical evacuation helicopter moments after it arrived at a coalition outpost in Baghdad.
Merrimack, N.H., native Spc. William McGregor, an infantryman with the 1st Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment shields himself from the dust kicked up by a medical evacuation helicopter as it takes off from a coalition outpost in Baghdad with a wounded Soldier inside.
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A tip of the hat to the 1-2 SCR, all of the men and women in Iraq who work in the medical profession - and to the pilots who fly those birds...well done!
More to come on the 1-2 SCR in my next blog...snipers and schools...do they go together?
v/r,
- Collabman
A tip of the hat to the 1-2 SCR, all of the men and women in Iraq who work in the medical profession - and to the pilots who fly those birds...well done!
More to come on the 1-2 SCR in my next blog...snipers and schools...do they go together?
v/r,
- Collabman
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Like you, I think we don't pay enough homage to the support groups that are on the battlefield for our boots to the ground soldiers. It's not that we forget about them, but we hear about the battles and rarely about the rescues. Certainly not because we don't care, but because we pay more attention to the area of operations that concern our own soldier. Thank you, Myron, for helping us to remember the support teams.
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