Master Sgt. Mindy Patrick (left) and
Maj. Darrin Ott of the 86th Contingency Response Group's
environmental medicine flight take water samples for testing
near an airfield in northern Iraq on April 1. Based
at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, the group's mission is
to secure an airfield and prepare it for flight operations.
(U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Rich Puckett)
"It
was a mixture of feelings for me. There is the officer
and the nurse in me, who treated a young man (who) was
badly hurt and (who) was very touch and go. The
other part is the mom, thinking Tom is two years older
than my son."
--
Lt. Col. Wendy Tomczak
Senior Clinical Adviser in OEF
Upgrades
make system a more powerful tool The Medical
Readiness Decision Support System has given the
Air Force Medical Service unparalleled visibility
of its wartime personnel and materiel capability.
