Combat Medic

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: REFORGER '86 Base: Ramstein Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: Ssgt More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVOR Base: Steel Castle Base Camp, Tuzla Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH) Scene Camera Operator: SPC Emmanue More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Potsdam State: New York (NY) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Alan Reno Release Status: Released to Public Combine More

Health care specialists practice starting an IV and pushing medications that they determine will help a simulated patient during the Emergency Medical Technician-Advanced course at the Joint Base Lewis-McChord More

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Ellen Smith, (left), a health care specialist assigned to 2nd Battalion, 34th Armor Regiment, based out of Fort Riley, Kan., takes attendance of the service members at the Wounded Warrior C More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: GOLDEN MEDIC 2001 Base: Camp Dublin State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SS More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: GOLDEN MEDIC 2001 Base: Camp Dublin State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SS More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: Specialist Leah Barth (center), a combat medic from the 114th Combat Support Hospital, Fort Snelling, Minnesota, administers me More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: Under direct sunlight for most of the day, Specialist Shannon Warner a combat medic, 114th Combat Support Hospital, Fort Snelli More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: Specialist Shannon Warner a combat medic, for the 114th Combat Support Hospital, Fort Snelling, Minnesota, keeps a sharp eye on More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: GOLDEN MEDIC 2001 Base: Camp Dublin State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SS More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: GOLDEN MEDIC 2001 Base: Camp Dublin State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SS More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Khowst Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: SPC Eric E. Hughes, USA Release Status: Rele More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Khowst Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: SPC Eric E. Hughes, USA Release Status: Rele More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Aroki State: Kapisa Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Cherie A. Thurlby, USAF R More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Myles D. Cullen, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digita More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar Army Air Field Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: SSG Joseph P. Collins Jr, US More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Al Hillah State: Babil Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: SGT Jose M. Hernandez, USA Release Status: Released to Public Combined Militar More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Mcguire Air Force Base State: New Jersey (NJ) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: 82ND AIRBORNE Scene Camera Oper More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Mcguire Air Force Base State: New Jersey (NJ) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Kenn Mann, CIV, USA Release Status: More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: State: Louisiana (LA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: NGB Scene Camera Operator: SFC Chuck Joseph, (Wvarng) Release More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Bagram State: Parwan Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: NORTHEAST Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Jose L. Rodriguez, USA Release More

Pvt. Shawn M. Testa, combat medic, 3rd Platoon, Company B, 2nd Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, inspects an Afghan boy complaining of ear pain, Jan. More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fort Stewart State: Georgia (GA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SPC Shawn Cassatt, USA Release Status: Released More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fort Stewart State: Georgia (GA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SPC Shawn Cassatt, USA Release Status: Released More

BAGHDAD, Iraq (Jul. 07, 2007) U.S. Army Spc. Luciano Mada, a combat medic with Delta Company, 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division, applies burn cream and bandages to a baby that suffere More

Sgt. 1st Class Maurice Wells, right, combat medic, Joint Forces Headquarters, Arizona Army National Guard, demonstrates the proper technique of the head-tilt, chin-lift method of clearing an airway during a fir More

Crowds of more than 350 SoI and men from Arab Jabour gather outside of Patrol Base Hawks to participate in a Iraqi police recruitment drive hosted by Soldiers of the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Divisi More

Spc. Jakari Ford, with 1-229 Attack Reconnaissance Battalion, 16th Combat Aviation Brigade, competes for the Regional Health Command-Pacific Best Medic competition at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., August 7, More

Idaho Army National Guard Sgt. Mikki Fritz stands in front of a UH-60 Black Hawk prior to a mission with the 116th Calvary Brigade Combat Team's 2-116th Combined Arms Battalion and Soldiers from the Royal Thai More

Spc. Justin Stoltz, a native of Charleston, Ill., inserts a nasal pharyneal airway tube into the nostril of a Soldier to aid in his breathing during Expert Field Medical Badge training at Fort Hood, Texas, July More

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Jeffrey Marr from Ramstein Air Base, Germany, a Laghman Provincial Reconstruction Team medic, rolls up an abdominal dressing after conducting a combat lifesaver refresher course, Aug. 12.

U.S. Army Sgt. David Jansky, squad leader and company counter-insurgency team member of 3rd Squad, 3rd Platoon, Company C, 1st Battalion of the 506th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne D More

Soldiers assigned to the Afghan National Army 215th Corps respond to a simulated casualty during a combat medic course scenario at the Joint Security Academy Southwest in Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan. The inte More

Sgt. Kwame Hart, a combat medic section chief assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 5th Battalion, 82nd Field Artillery Regiment, 4th Advise and Assist Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, leads a combat More

Sgt. Kwame Hart (right), a combat medic section chief assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 5th Battalion, 82nd Field Artillery Regiment, 4th Advise and Assist Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, superv More

U.S. Army Spc. Ahren Blake, left, from Clinton, Iowa, U.S. Army Sgt. Elijah Wright, center, from Janesville, Iowa, and U.S. Army Sgt. Ben Rothman, right, from Independence, Iowa, all combat medics with Headquar More

Spc. James G. Johnston, an Oak Ridge, Tenn., native, now a company intelligence support team analyst with A Battery, 1st Battalion, 84th Field Artillery Regiment, 170th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, waits outs More

U.S. Army Spc. Michelle Lawrence, 35th Military Police Company combat medic currently serving as a unit public affairs representative for the 1st Battalion 161st Field Artillery, Kansas Army National Guard, adj More

Tech. Sgt. Tesha Bailey, a financial management specialist assigned to the Air Force Financial Management Detachment from Ohio and stationed at COS Marez inserts a nasopharyngeal airway into a medical "manikin."

Pfc. Alejandro Vidaurri, combat medic assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion, 2nd platoon, 4th Battalion, 27th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 1st Armored Division prepares to give an intrav More

U.S. Air Force Senior Airmen April DeLuna from San Antonio, and Gerret Cook, from Tracy City, Tenn., both Paktya Provincial Reconstruction Team medics work in the PRT aid station July 10. DeLuna and Cook are tw More

Sgt. Robert Stresnak (left) and Sgt. Aaron Burdash (right), Headquarters Support Company, 834th Aviation Support Battalion medical personnel, check for improvised explosive devises on the wall they are about to More

A combat medic assigned to the 25th Brigade Support Battalion, 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, cradles two Afghan children during a women's clinic in Kandahar, Afghanistan.

The The 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade held a memorial for Staff Sgt. Robert Cowdrey, a “Dustoff” combat medic who was killed in eastern Afghanistan on Oct. 13. Cowdrey died while rescuing wounded Coalition force More

U.S. Army Cpl. Michael Galletin, 1-24th Infantry Battalion combat medic, waits in a secure location for a dismounted patrol to begin in the district of Mizan, Afghanistan, Oct. 18. Galletin attached to a dismou More

Staff Sgt. Cathy Breedlove, a combat medic assigned to the 25th Brigade Support Battalion, 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, listens to the breathing of Pfc. Mayra Torres during a routine More

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Corey Eichler, cavalry scout with C Troop, 5th Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment, 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, provides security for a meeting between International More

Staff Sgt. William A. Whitecotton, leads Pvt. Ashley L. Fleury, both combat medics, assigned to Company C, 4th Brigade Support Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, in a reflexive fire and More

Spc. Trevor R. Shackleton, combat medic assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, “Regulars,” 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, sits in a chair as J More

Soldiers from 1st Cavalry Division Horse Detachment, dine in the Rockin' Rodeo Party Pavilion, at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo, Feb. 29. The Armed Forces Association Committee provided all service memb More

Three 1st Cavalry Division soldiers observe livestock in the Reliant Center during the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo, Feb. 29. All service members in uniform and their families were given free admission to R More

Spc. Michael Gonzales, an aid station medic with 2nd Battalion, 17th Field Artillery Regiment, a 2nd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division asset, provides aid to a simulated casualty, March 21, at the Medical Simulati More

Lance Cpl. Joshua Krusen, a logistics clerk with I Marine Headquarters Group (Forward), asks Petty Officer 2nd Class Isaiah Bowen, a hospital corpsman and the assistant lead petty officer for I MHG (Fwd), a que More

Medics with Company C, 702nd Brigade Support Battalion, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division treat a simulated casualty June 12 inside their aid station on the National Training Center at Fort More

Spc. Dean Buetikofer, a student in the Combat Medics Course at the Medical Battalion Training Site, removes body army to begin assessing the casualty during a hands on training exercise at Fort Indiantown Gap, More

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Warren Williamson Jr., a medic with the 18th Medical Operations Squadron, sits in his "office", an ambulance, at Kadena Air Base, Japan, July 24, 2012. Williamson was recently awarded More

Cpl. Eric Smith, a medic with the 1st Squadron, 89th Cavalry Regiment, leads a team of Soldiers transporting a “casualty” to a waiting helicopter during the best medic competition this week. The annual event pi More

Senior Airmen Anthony Montejo, a combat medic attached to the 10th Sustainment Brigade, works out before a convoy mission Aug. 23, 2012 at Bagram Air Field.

Spc. Traci Sturdevant and Spc. Christopher Sturdevant, who are married, appear together after their re-enlistment ceremony on the flight line at Forward Operating Base Spin Boldak, Afghanistan, Oct. 14, 2012. B More

Sgt. Eric Glowacki practices applying a field bandage on Sgt. Michael Makeever, a medic, both assigned to the 327th MP Battalion, based out of Arlington Heights, Ill., at the Medical Simulation Training Center More

Pvt. Travis Samate, from Colorado Springs, Colo., And a signal support systems specialist with HHT, 4th 'Dark Horse' Sqdn., 9th U.S. Cav. Regt., 2nd BCT, 1st Cav. Div., simulates applying a tourniquet to a sold More

Pfc. Heather Kennedy, a combat medic assigned to Company C, 801st Brigade Support Battalion, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, prepares to apply a combat application tourniquet to a role-player More

Petty Officer 1st Class Sarah Payton, master at arms with Navy Customs, having already been treated by her comrades for a simulated injury on the battlefield, continues to direct her fire team and simulated cas More

Spc. Michael Jones, combat medic, 1st Medical Brigade, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, poses for a photo in front of the brigade colors in the command suite April 12. Jones was selected as driver because More

U.S. Army Pvt. Philip Guidone, an infantryman with the 3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), applies a tourniquet to the leg of a simulated casu More

Sgt. Trevor Hogan prepares the UH-60 Black Hawk for a mock medevac scenario during a training exercise as a part of Beyond the Horizon - El Salvador 2013. Beyond the Horizon is a U.S. Southern Command-sponsore More

Spc. Christina Garcia from Union, Mo., a combat medic with Charlie Company, 15th "Gamblers" Brigade Support Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas, prepares a simulated casua More

Sgt. Rachel E. Piening, a Cincinnati, Ohio, native, and a combat medic with the 371st Sustainment Brigade, hands out anti-nausea medication to Spc. Miguel S. Rodriguez, a Tampa, Fla., native, and a watercraft e More

Sgt. Gregory Goodman, right, a combat medic with Headquarters Support Company, 638th Aviation Support Battalion, 38th Combat Aviation Brigade, guides Spc. Charles Roberson and Spc. Summer Ruf, on the procedures More

Spc. Samuel Barnett receives the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier Identification Badge, and is photographed with his mother, Ms. Carol Lackhard, at a badge ceremony inside the Memorial Amphitheater Chapel in Arlingt More

Soldiers with the 371st Sustainment Brigade and the Army Watercraft Company (Provisional) try and wrap a simulated wound during a medical exercise in the engine room of the James A. Loux, USAV LSV-6 Nov. 7, 201 More

Sgt. Jacob M. Lane, a combat medic with Detachment 1, 4224th U.S. Army Hospital in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, is competing in the Army Reserve Medical Command’s prestigious Best Warrior Competition” held here Feb. 24 More

Soldiers of the Army Reserve Medical Command participate in warm-up exercises before starting the Army Physical Fitness Test during the Best Warrior Competition in Helena, Mont., Feb 24, 2014. The Best Warrior More

A U.S. Army soldier mail handler drives a fork lift truck to move mail at Forward Operating Base Lightning, Paktia province, Afghanistan, Feb. 27, 2014. The mail is distributed to the soldiers using cargo boxes More

The 2014 Hawaii Army National Guard Best Warrior Competition competitors top row (l-r): Sgt. Brian Trukki, Spc. Cambron Kuloloio, Pfc. Cruser Barnes, Pfc. Christopher Castro, Spc. Jordan Van Hoogstraten. Bottom More

U.S. Army Alaska Commander, Maj. Gen. Michael Shields addresses the men and women of the 1st Battalion, 52d Aviation Regiment, U.S. Army Alaska Aviation Task Force prior to their deployment to Afghanistan at th More

Sgt. 1st Class Sierra Rafael, 4th Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 2-2 Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 7th Infantry Division Medical Platoon Sgt., calls in a nine-line medical evacuation request, March 28. A nin More

From left to right, Spc. Christopher Rasmussen, a tanker; Staff Sgt. Nith Keo, a cavalry scout; Sgt. DeAngelo Mohead, a mechanic; Spc. Charles Ayers, an infantryman; and Sgt. Rebecca Martinez and Sgt. Joshua Ch More

Philippine Marines and a U.S. Navy Corpsman prepare to bandage a patient during a simulated casualty exercise during combat lifesaver training at Crow Valley, Philippines, May 8, 2014, during Balikatan 2014. Th More

From the right, Maj. Sina Haeri, medical surgeon, San Antonio, and Lt. Col. Raymond Frost, Columbia, Mo., 320th Medical Company, 324th Combat Support Hospital, San Antonio, cut into the patient (wearing a "cut More

Maj. Gen. Bryan R. Kelly, a resident of East Sandwich, Mass., passes the Medical Readiness and Training Command colors to Brig. Gen. Michael C. O'Guinn, (back to camera) during the change of command ceremony he More

The Santa Ynez band of Chumash Indians once covered a huge swath of central California with a population of more than 100,000. Today, the band lives on a 137-acre reservation in Santa Barbara County.

Spc. Pamela Sandoval (center) and Spc. Keala Mamala (right), both combat medics assigned to the 115th Brigade Support Battalion “Muleskinner,” 1st Brigade Combat Team “Ironhorse,” 1st Cavalry Division, use a Ke More

Dennis Moran, station manager of the Camp Arifjan American Red Cross, left, and Col. Patricia Ten Haaf, commander of the 452nd Combat Support Hospital, participate in a ribbon cutting ceremony to celebrate the More

Attis, a 9-year-old rescue dog, visits U.S. Military Hospital-Kuwait to interact with soldiers and patients May 31, 2014. Attis is part of program to allow soldiers and patients to interact with animals while t More

Command Sgt. Maj. Harold P. Estabrooks (center) coins Spc. Felicia M. Noel (right) June 4, 2014, for her outstanding support toward the overall mission during the closing ceremony of Medical Task Force Shelby a More

Sgt. Paul Rava, a combat medic with 3rd Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, and a native of Huntington Beach, Calif., pulls a patient to his next objectiv More

Col. Peter Lehning, commander of Task Force 31, and Command Sgt. Maj. David Franco salute the colors during the change of responsibility ceremony for the NATO North Kabul International Airport hospital, June 30 More

Spc. Richard Heldenfels, a native of Akron, Ohio, and combat medic assigned to Brigade Support Battalion, 173rd Airborne Brigade, hides behind a door while playing as opposing force to paratroopers practicing e More

Spc. Samuel Kosgei, a combat medic assigned to HHT, 1st Sqdn., 4th Cav. Regt., 4th IBCT, 1st Inf. Div., crosses the finish line as he places first in the Prairie Run's 10-mile race July 19 at King Field House. More

Spc. Pamela Hendrix, a health care specialist and combat medic with the 256th Combat Support Hospital, 307th Medical Support Brigade, 807th Medical Command (Deployment Support), microscopically views a urine sa More

The 3rd Medical Command (Deployment Support) Operational Command Post (Forward) chief of operations, Col. Beth Salisbury, and Command Sgt. Maj. Leroy Benavidez congratulate Spc. Nam Kim, of the 21st Combat Supp More

Pfc. Wil Ledford is credited with saving the life of his rooommate after an accident in their apartment. Ledford, of Grapevine, Texas, is a newly trained Combat Medic in the 36th Infantry Division of the Texas More

Cpl. Jahvah Thompson, a Columbus, Ga., native, and combat medic with Company C, 215th Brigade Support Battalion, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, watches a C-130H fly overhead as a paratro More

Staff Sgt. Gordon Smith, senior Army Reserve medic for the 321st Engineer Battalion, teaches a class to a group of 24 Army medics during an 18-day Sapper Advanced Tactical Medical Course at Gowen Field Air Nati More

Spc. Corey Ford, from Bangor, Maine, assigned to the 97th Transportation Company (Heavy Boat), 10th Transportation Battalion, 7th Transportation Brigade (Expeditionary), prepares suction hoses used to pump ou More

The Maryland Army National Guard’s C Company, 1st Battalion, 169th Aviation Regiment collaborated with active duty combat medic instructors from Walter Reed National Military Medical Center during medic sustain More

During the USAREUR Expert Field Medical Badge competition on March 22, Pvt. Cara Corley starts communication tasks, Vilseck, Germany.

The Raymond W. Bliss Army Health Center at Fort Huachuca, Ariz., is hosting the 17th Annual Combat Medic 10k at the health center here May 9.