What Matters…
Got this via Kriste Gerhard on FB. Spending some time with our commenter Doc Bailey had reminded me about some non-trivial stuff.
Screw politics – the rubber does meet the road!
Category: Geezer Alert!, Real Soldiers
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So happy to see it here Pons. I stumbled on it today after I went out for a walk to clear my head of the foul stench of some stolen valor that popped up in Facebook land today.
“The Minstrel Boy” is the final “cool down” track on every one of my workout playlists. That’s when I plop down on my front porch, watch my neighbors’ flags fluttering and bask in some serious gratitude.
Like most folks, I’ve seen the “Black Hawk Down” video version, but this one is just such a gem. So glad I found it. If you watch it at Youtube, you’ll find the following info:
“This is a video presentation that went along with a combat zone bereavement project that my partner and myself did for a graduate level Palliative Care course. It uses “Minstrel Boy” by Joe Strummer, video clips from “Baghdad ER”, “Life and Death In the War Zone” and “Desert Sky”, as well as pictures off the web and my own personal collection. I hope you enjoy!” End credits are for Maj Paul Labrador and Cpt Jennifer Soper.
Don’t forget to credit 1st Air Cavalry, 227th AVB…And the brave men & women of the “Dust Off” squadron’s.
This reminds me of my time with Charlie 225 FSB. Better times, with the best Medics the Army had.
Guys,
No disrespect meant but there is nothing like a Navy Corpsman! Our corpsman, “Doc” Lee was armed only with his medic’s bag but he would NEVER leave one “his boys” behind. If any Jarhead from 2nd Platoon, Charlie co., 3rd Amtracs needed care Doc Lee would smack you in the jaw before he would leave any of us without him being there with us. They live our motto, “Semper Fi”, I guess that’s why he’s my brother-in-law!?
#4 Yat Yas,
I love all of our Docs! My Grandfather was a retired Corpsman who survived, among other things, Guadalcanal. Pretty sure I don’t need to explain the significance of that to the majority of the folks here.
If you’d like to read a bit of his story, I wrote a blog piece titled, “The Corpsmen of Guadalcanal”
http://patriotichippiechick.blogspot.com/2011/04/corpsmen-of-guadalcanal.html