Tag Archives: Camp Bastion

Then and Now: DoD Throughout History

Posted on November 10, 2014 by kobrien

On Veterans Day, the Department of Defense takes a look back at the contributions of our service members throughout history.
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Posted in DoD News, Rotator, Veterans Day | Tagged 1/5, 101st Airborne Division, 101st Airborne Division paratroopers, 1st Battalion 5th Marine Regiment, 455th Expeditionary Aerial Port Squadron, 9th Airlift Squadron, Afghanistan, C5m Super Galaxy, Camp Bastion, CENTCOM, Department of Defense, DoD, Ebola, F-15E, Holland, Iraq, ISIL, Liberia, Marine Corps, Marine Expeditionary Brigade, Marines, medical facility, Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 133, Navy, Operation Inherent Resolve, Operation Market, Operation United Assistance, paratroopers, retrograde operations, seabees, Syria, Then and Now, U.S Air Force, U.S. Army, U.S. Navy, USMC, Veteran's Day, veterans | Leave a comment

Medics Speed Wounded Off Battlefield

Posted on December 2, 2013 by Josiah Wilson

Within a time period called “the golden hour”, U.S. Army medics have to pick up, stabilize and air transport injured patients from the battlefield to the nearest hospital for emergency trauma surgery.
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Posted in DoD News, Medical Monday, Rotator | Tagged 168th General Support Aviation Battalion, Afghan National Army, Afghan National Army soldier, Afghanistan, Army, Army Medic, Army National Guard, Army Soldier, Camp Bastion, Charlie Company, Charlie Company soldier, deployed, deployment, DoD News, Flight Stabilize, flight surgeon, Flight Trauma, FOB Delaram II, Forward Operating Base Delaram II, Helmand province, Medical Monday, soldiers, trauma care, trauma flight medic, U.S. Army, U.S. Soldiers, United States Army, United States Soldiers | Leave a comment

Marine leaves 'no rock unturned' creating deployment art

Marine Passes Time with Deployment Art

Posted on December 1, 2013 by glenn.selby

Gunnery Sgt. Gregory Miller, a maintenance controller with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 165, spends his free time constructing rock sculptures while deployed.
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Posted in DoD News, Rotator | Tagged Afghanistan, Camp Bastion, Cpl. Paul Peterson, Gunnery Sgt. Gregory Miller, Helmand province, Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 165, Marines, President Abraham Lincoln, Regional Command Southwest, Starship Enterprise | Leave a comment

Photo: U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Michael C. Doucette inspects a KC-130J Hercules aircraft on Camp Bastion in Afghanistan's Helmand province, Aug. 15, 2013.Doucette is assigned to Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 252. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Ashley E. Santy/Released)

Worth A Thousand Words: Wing Watchman

Posted on August 29, 2013 by Erin Wittkop

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Michael C. Doucette inspects a KC-130J Hercules aircraft on Camp Bastion in Afghanistan’s Helmand province, Aug. 15, 2013.
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Posted in Rotator, Worth A Thousand Words | Tagged Afghanistan, Camp Bastion, Helmand province, KC-130 Hercules, Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 252, Marine Corps, Marine Corps Cpl. Ashley E. Santy, Marine Corps Sgt. Michael C. Doucette, Marines, U.S. Marine Corps, U.S. Marines, United States Marine Corps, United States Marines, Worth a Thousand Words | Leave a comment

Photo: (From left) U.S. Air Force Capt. Shaun Cullen, Capt. Tripp Zanetis, Tech. Sgt. Jim Denniston and Tech. Sgt. Erick Pound are all members of the 101st Rescue Squadron, New York Air National Guard, currently assigned to the 26th Expeditionary Rescue Squadron, take turns “busting each other’s chops,” following shift-change at Camp Bastion, Afghanistan Nov. 29. They are all firefighters when not activated. Cullen, the aircraft commander, is assigned to Engine 54, in Midtown Manhattan; Zanetis, the copilot, is assigned to Ladder 11 in Lower East Manhattan; Pound, the aerial gunner, is assigned to Engine 58 in Harlem; and Denniston, the flight engineer, is assigned to Engine 285 in Queens. Together at the 26th ERQS, the team makes-up Pedro 24, a quick-response HH-60 Pave Hawk medical evacuation crew. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Russell Martin)

From NY Streets To Afghan Skies, NYFD Crew Saves Lives

Posted on December 16, 2012 by bniegel

Four New York City Firefighters, four Airmen, four friends, one team, one HH-60 Pave Hawk, one crew deployed together, brought a flavor unique of New York Fire Departments with them.
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Posted in DoD News, Rotator | Tagged 101st Rescue Squadron, 26th ERQS, Air Force, airmen, Camp Bastion, Engine 285, Engine 54, Ladder 11, military, New York City Firefighters, U.S. Air Force, USAF | Leave a comment