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From: "Shelton Chance" <>
Subject: Re: [GASCREVE] Casualties at Andrews AFB
Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2005 14:45:23 -0400
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Is this a political message board?
----- Original Message -----
From: "HD" <>
To: <>
Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2005 1:28 PM
Subject: Re: [GASCREVE] Casualties at Andrews AFB


> Scotty, Don't feel alone. I a retired Gunnery Sergeant USMC and my 27
year
> old son is an OH58 Jock attached to a Scout Platoon. He's at Bragg now,
but
> I talked to him Sunday and he said that he will more than likely get his
> orders to cross the pond in about two months. The last two 58 Jocks that
> were shot down were from his unit. All in all I'd rather see them fight
> over there than over here. I just wish I could take his place. I know
they
> have a job for me I was former EOD. Anyway enough flag waving. All we
can
> do is pray for the guys and hope for the best.
>
> HDM
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2005 8:54 AM
> Subject: [GASCREVE] Casualties at Andrews AFB
>
>
> > Hi, Everyone,
> >
> > I am pretty depressed right now. I've been doing my Annual Tour
with
> > the Air Force Reserve at Malcolm Grow Medical Center at Andrews AFB, Md
> > (Washington, DC) since 11 Jun 2005, and have personally seen and
offloaded
> > almost a hundred casualties coming by air from Iraq via Landstuhl,
Germany
> > to here. And that's only been for the past ten days. Most of these
> > casualties are from Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs), though some are
> > gunshot wounds. Also the average age of these guys are about 20. The
> > very first litter patient that I helped to take off of the airplane was
> > 21, comatose, and on a ventilator, and he was taken immediately to
> > Bethesda Naval Hospital (he was a Marine), and many of the others were
> > taken to Walter Reed Army Medical Center. We kept the ambulatory
patients
> > overnight at MGMC, then loaded them back up to go on to the closest Air
> > Force Base to their hometown. What really bothers me most about this is
> > that we're not seeing all of this on the news. A!
> > s a Senior Master Sergeant in the United States Air Force Reserve, I am
of
> > course supportive of our Commander-in-Chief and the military, but I feel
> > that this is a travesty. And as the father of a 24 year old Army
> > Blackhawk pilot about to go to Iraq/Afghanistan, I am becoming a tad bit
> > tentative. I would like to ask everyone to please pray for all of these
> > young (and old) soldiers and Marines. Thanks.
> >
> > Scottie
> >
> >
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