A Sad Day

Sorry to say that the insurgents have again inflected injuries to my mates. Without going into specific locations, early in the morning while making a needed fuel run to an FOB, one of our teams was hit by an land mine. The fuel truck hit the mine and the security team extracted the local national driver and beat feet back to the camp. Called in the Army to check the area so we could recover the truck later that day.

The Army cleared the area and the team returned to recover the truck, Army EOD did find a 155mm IED under the fuel truck, but gave directions to move the truck away from the blast area. Our team had just left the immediate area and one of our Ford F350's hit another landmine. Army Caseevac was requested and transported all three of the guys to FOB Speicher hospital.

The two mates in the front seats had been injured, one with a broken leg and the other with two broken legs and shrapnel injuries. The third man was taken as a precaution for shock and possible hearing injuries. I am happy to say that they are recovering at the hospital and in fairly good spirits. It could have been a lot worse, but the Up-Armored Fords have again done their job.

The 101st had just finished up their operation and were dispatched just West of that location on the report of insurgents attacking an ING patrol. Word has it that one of the ING was killed. While returning to their FOB, they themselves were attacked by the insurgents by our main camp, losing the life of their Medic that had stabilized our guys. A sad day indeed, perhaps someday down the road we may have the opportunity for some PAYBACK.

Our thoughts and prayers go out to my mates, US Army and to the Medic for putting it on the line!!!

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Ooooops!

Well, it was brought to my attention that I have overlooked mentioning a important part of our family here at Mustang... This person you are guaranteed to run into during your deployment. This guy listens to all the complaints, from belly aches, muscle strains, the runs, no runs (MRE caused) and colds. The Medic...

Not only do they put up with the same living conditions as us, they tend to be called on morning, noon and night. I wish medical treatment in the States was this cheap. Our current Medic is on loan to us from another company, he's an American, but calls his home England. Perhaps he couldn't find a good pub within staggering distance in the states. He brags about the great single malts and his fondness of good expensive scotch. The camp befriends him like most would a girlfriend, after all, when the crap hits the fan, you're laying there bleeding and busted...The second thing you hear after "CONTACT" is "MEDIC"!!!!!!!

Since my short time here, this is our fourth medic. Troy, has moved on to a position with Blackwater as a Shooter/Combat Medic, Doc Fraser who just recently left for an extended period of time in the states and Pat, finally getting some quality time with family. All great Docs, willing to put their lives on the line to aid the wounded.

Our PSD teams don't have full time medics assigned, all the shooters are trained to basic paramedic standards and do a great job when the medical side of the job requires it.

So doc "Tom", my apologies for forgetting!!! Crack on and enjoy the new job in Afghanistan

Hugs and Kisses to Shelby, Megs and the rest of the clan. Rebecca, I can't wait to see you in a couple of weeks, vacation is in the horizon. I Love you