PATRIOT PROFILES
GHAZNI PROVINCE, Afghanistan– Ghazni Provincial Reconstruction Team members carry an injured soldier to the helicopter for further medical evaluation in Ghazni Province, Afghanistan, Aug. 3. The PRT was in route to a mission when they experienced a vehicle rollover. Medical treatment was provided by Ghazni PRT corpsmen, and combat life saving actions were applied by PRT members. The injured were stabilized, and everyone walked away with no life threatening injuries due to training and experience, and above all, teamwork. (Photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. J.T. May III, Ghazni Provincial Reconstruction Team Public Affairs) ()
Petty Officer 1st Class Tarren Windham, hospital corpsman, checks a sailor\'s ear for an ear infection during sick call hours aboard the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson. Carl Vinson and Carrier Air Wing 17 are currently on a deployment to the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Rosa A. Arzola/Released) ()
PACIFIC OCEAN (Sept. 13, 2013) Chief Hospital Corpsman Tarren Windham stands at attention as her combination cover is placed on her head by Senior Chief Mass Communication Specialist Monica Nelson during a pinning ceremony in the hangar bay aboard the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70). Carl Vinson is underway conducting unit-level training off the coast of Southern California. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Timothy A. Hazel/Released) ()
U.S. Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Benjamin Knauth (blue), a 29-year-old native of Centennial, Colo., and Petty Officer 2nd Class Dustin Koch, a 26-year-old native of Las Cruces, N.M., corpsmen with 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, place reassuring hands on the shoulder of an Afghan National Policeman while examining his injuries in the battalion aid station here following an attack by a suicide bomber in Helmand province\'s Garmsir district, April 19, 2012. The 3/3 corpsmen treated eight injured Afghan policemen after being faced with a mass casualty situation following the attack on an ANP precinct headquarters in Garmsir\'s Lakari region. After initially being stabilized by three 3/3 corpsmen at Combat Outpost Sharp, eight casualties were transported to FOB Delhi and treated by a team of 28 Navy personnel. Medical evacuation helicopters later transported six ANP casualties to Camp Dwyer\'s Casualty Support Hospital for further treatment, while the remaining two were treated and released. ()