SGT Nicholas Lising and SPC Laura Fiske play guitar at the 2008 toy drop. The majority of the team was able to earn Irish Airborne Wings that they can wear on their dress uniforms.

Read about the annual toy drop and how paratroopers earn Foreign jump wings at http://www.army.mil/-news/2008/12/12/15072-operation-toy-drop-earns-paratroopers-foreign-wings/

Thanks to the Fayetteville Observer's online archive for the picture.

Rollover Training

These are more pictures from our Rollover training. This was mandatory training for us to survive a possible HMMWV (Hummer Rollover). It entailed a slight roll to the sides then a 360 rollover with evacuation from the upside down HMMWV then a 360 rollover with evacuation from the upside down HMMWV with blacked out goggles and only one door worked.

Training

We've been training hard for the upcoming deployment. This is part of how to survive a HMMWV (Hummer) roll over. The white specks are only rain not snow.

The Job

MISSION: To provide rapidly deployable, life saving, resuscitative surgical care for forward deployed coalition troops. Able to deploy within 18 hours of notification in support of airborne mission. Once on ground provides surgical life saving care within 1 hour. Self sufficient to recover up to 30 surgical patients in a 72-hour period depending on the cases; then re-supply as needed.

This Website

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