In a garrison environment, medics operate sick-call clinics for ill or injured Soldiers. On the frontlines, medics stabilize severely-wounded troops long enough for a medical evacuation to a field hospital. At Forward Operating Base Baylough, two medics of the 1st Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment use their medical skills for not only their fellow Soldiers but also local Afgha
Spc. Alexander J. Miller, 21, of Clermont, Florida, died July 31, 2009, in Nuristan Province, Afghanistan, from wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit with rocket-propelled grenades and small-arms fire. Spc. Miller was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry), Fort Drum. New York. </d
Lance Cpl. Jonathan F. Stroud, 20, of Cashion, Oklahoma, died July 30, 2009, of wounds suffered while supporting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan. Lance Cpl. Stroud was assigned to 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. </d
Lance Cpl. Gregory A. Posey, 22, of Knoxville, Tennessee, died July 30, 2009, of wounds suffered while supporting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan. Lance Cpl. Posey was assigned to 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. </d
Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said conditions in Iraq have improved to the extent that the U.S. combat brigade drawdown from the country may accelera
Chief Warrant Officer Douglas M. Vose III, 38, of Concrete, Washington, died July 29, 2009, in Kabul Province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit using small arms fire. Chief Warrant Officer Vose was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 10th Special Forces Group, Stuttgart, Germany. </d
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Sgt. Gerrick D. Smith, 19, of Sullivan, Illinois, died July 29, 2009, in Herat, Afghanistan, of injuries sustained from a non-combat related incident. Sgt. Smith was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 130th Infantry, Illinois Army National Guard, Marion, Illinois. </d
Police Transition Team 4 bids farewell to fallen comrade Cpl. Meg Murray CONTINGENCY OPERATING LOCATION UBAYDI, Iraq – Service members traveled from bases across Al Anbar province to join Marines and sailors of Police Transition Team 4 at a memorial service aboard Contingency Operating Location Ubaydi as they paid their respects to their fallen comrade, Lance Cpl. Brandon T. Lara, July 24, 2009. The 20-year-old gunner was killed July 19 when his convoy was attacked by insurgents...
