Photo By Sgt. 1st Class Seth Barham | Spc. Ronnie Gonzalez, a combat medic with Troop B, 1st Squadron, 10th Cavalry...... read more read more
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FARAH, Afghanistan – A medic’s job is to render aid to those who need it. Spc. Ronnie Gonzalez knows just how important his role as a medic is.
“My job is to save people’s lives regardless who they are,” said Gonzalez, the medic for Troop B, 1st Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment attached to Task Force Lonestar.
Preparation and training are a huge part of a medic’s job in combat, he said.
Gonzalez began giving combat life saver refresher courses to soldiers of Troop B after arriving to theatre in June. Recently however, he has included all of the troop’s linguists into the course.
“Last month we had an incident where we took some casualties and one of the wounded soldiers happened to be the platoon medic,” Gonzalez said. “The closest person who could render aid to him was a linguist.”
The incident made Gonzalez and his fellow troopers realize anything can happen to anyone on the battlefield and they needed to prepare for that.
“I think including our linguists into our CLS training just makes sense,” said Spc. Dustin Peterson, a cavalry scout with Troop B. “No matter what our mission is outside the wire, they’re with us; they’re part of the team.”
Gonzalez begins every class with a refresher on items included in every soldier’s personal first aid kit. He then runs through a few vignettes which may happen on the battlefield and has everyone provide input to the situation.
“Anything can happen while we’re on mission and everyone who’s out there needs to be able to react and contribute,” said Gonzalez.
| Date Taken: | 12.05.2011 |
| Date Posted: | 12.11.2011 11:33 |
| Story ID: | 81203 |
| Location: | FARAH, AF |
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