Bragg, NC. After that, he completed the Special Forces Medical Sergeant Course and was shipped to Vietnam. Beikirch deployed to Kontum Province, Vietnam, in July 1969. During his deployment, he was the medic for Detachment B-24 of the 5th Special Forces Group, assigned to the remote ...
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The Contractor Medic by Victor A. Hundahl The Contractor Medic Excerpt SOAR 2024 SFA Chapter 78 2025 Meeting Schedule “Raider” Subscribe to the Sentinel The award-winning SFA Chapter 78Sentinelis a free monthly publication distributed to all members of the Special Forces Association, but is also...
Within seconds, Cashe ran back to the flames and crawled into the vehicle to haul out the platoon’s critically burned medic. SFC Cashe kept going back into that vehicle even after his uniform had ignited, and flames had severely burned most of his body. He got all of ...
Sergeant Matthew O. Williams – Medal of Honor President Trump awarded the Medal of Honor to MSG Matthew O. Williams in the White House for actions in Afghanistan. (White House) Williams was a Special Forces Weapons Sergeant (18B) with ODA-3336, Special Operations Task Force 11, Combined Joi...
During World War II, Master Sergeant (MSG/E-7) Robert W. Downey was a medic in the artillery. He was assigned to the 1st PIR in March 1952. “We received our medical supplies through the FEC supply system. We had Dr. Claman [1LT Maurice A. Claman, a surgeon] who covered all the...
Whatever you may choose, the situation is always fluid, as enemy forces will react to your choices in an attempt to foil your plans. They may deploy more soldiers via helicopters or even bring in a Juggernaut or two to wipe out your Armistice fireteam. ...
Beavers was discharged as a staff sergeant, and the battalion was incorporated into the 82nd Airborne Division. In 1948, President Harry S. Truman banned racial discrimination in the military under an executive order that led to full desegregation of the armed forces. Mr. Beavers later worked ...
Well, there I was, attending the Special Operations Combat Medic Course (SOCM), the Army’s elite combat medic course in Fort Bragg, NC. I had recently graduated SWCC training and I thought I was hot shit thinking that all of the Special Forces students at SOCM had just begun their tra...
Bragg, NC. After that, he completed the Special Forces Medical Sergeant Course and was shipped to Vietnam. Beikirch deployed to Kontum Province, Vietnam, in July 1969. During his deployment, he was the medic for Detachment B-24 of the 5th Special Forces Group, assigned to the remote ...