I remember that evening in Aug 2007 when we got the message on the loudspeaker in Iraq that would recall all medical personell back to the medical clinic. We were told there would be a mascal coming. Just like time and time again of the months being in Iraq of treating the hurt and the wounded. It was almost time for us to leave Iraq in about 2 months. We were already in our 90 days of extension in Iraq. We should’ve been back home last month. A tragic thing happened that night. We didn’t know what to expect. Later on that evening after we set up all the liters, we were told what had happend. We were of course shocked. A Blackhawk went down on the outskirts of Kirkuk, Iraq. All 14 dead. 4 crew man to include the pilots. And the shocker…… a whole platoon of scouts…..all dead to include our very own medic………It was sad to hear and we all wanted to know what had happened. We thought it was downed by a rocket. We didn’t know that night….It was one of our saddest nights in Iraq………RIP fellow Soldiers….
