This morning I opened the online copy of the Gazette and on page seven, there is an article from The Associated Press, “U.S. combat hospital saving more wounded Iraqis.” I am currently on deployment in Iraq with the 402nd Army Field Support Brigade serving as a Lean Six Sigma Specialist, and on a six-month tour.

Several nights a week several of my friends and I volunteer at the hospital and on the pad where the Blackhawk med evac helicopters land bringing in wounded soldiers and civilians. We have received training in order to approach the helicopters after they land in order to r...