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    Paratroopers sharpen medical skills

    Spc. Brian Shimer (right), of Shelton, Conn., instructs a fellow Paratrooper how to properly apply a tourniquet during a during a combat life-saver qualification course, Aug. 21, at Forward Operating Base Hammer, Iraq, located outside eastern Baghdad. Shimer is a combat medic assigned to Company C, 82nd Brigade Support Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Multi-National Division – Baghdad. The company holds the courses weekly in order to ensure each trooper is prepare in case of a serious incident during a combat mission. Shimer said the most important quality Paratroopers should bring to the course is confidence in themselves.

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    Date Taken: 08.21.2009
    Date Posted: 08.22.2009 07:22
    Photo ID: 197465
    VIRIN: 090821-A-4698G-003
    Resolution: 2250x1436
    Size: 537.79 KB
    Location: BAGHDAD, IQ

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