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Spc. Terry Williams |
Previous... are among the most daring men and women in the armed forces, going where they are needed regardless of the danger. MEDEVAC units often fly into the face of the battle, risking their lives to get to injured comrads at arms to stablilize and evacuate these men and women to hospital units. While the UH-60 helicopters carry some armament, their primary mission is recovery and treatment of military personnel. They will protect their patients, but not proactively prosecute the enemy. The men and women deployed in MEDEVAC units |
receive medical training similar to domestic EMS technicians. The major differences being the nature of the wounds and that military MEDEVAC crews must be able to treat their patients under adverse and many times very perilous combat circumstances. Yet despite the personal danger, they head into the thick of the battle with little thought for their own safety. During his deployment, Terry's mom Judy will be forwarding letters from Terry and his unit for posting on this site. We will prepare and format these for viewing on the web but will keep edits to the very minimum so that you read the words as the writers composed them. Learn more in these stories about MEDEVAC crews: Medevac helicopter crews in Iraq... Demand for Medevac unit’s services... About the UH-60Q MEDEVAC Army Medevac Corpsman Navy Medevac Corpsman Marine Corps CH-46's vital to casevac... Letters from Iraq (clicking on the links will open the page in a new window): January 2005: Greetings from WITCHDOCTOR 06 - Erik G. Rude Maj, MS Why We Are Here - Erik G. Rude Maj, MS <<Previous How to become a contributor>> |
