United We Roll at Stardust Radio

We will talk about it again our United We Roll show today, August 17th of 2010, as we visit with two Medevac EMT's who have saved lives and assisted in bringing home wounded military members who may not have survived in past years. We have heard survival rates in other visits with deployed medical personnel of 98 to 99% - those are phenomenal rates for hospitals at home, let alone for medical facilities facing combat injuries and delays.

We also spoke with members of a security patrol who were on location when a little Iraqi girl was terribly injured by an IED. Using their Combat Lifesaver Skill training - a course of first aid to be used until a medical person is available - they were able to save the girl's life, as verified by the surgeon's who completed her care.

The US military deserves recognition from the civilian citizens in our great country for the incredible training that is provided in this and other critical areas. Training that brings our loved ones home. Training that fills our loved ones in uniform with the confidence to perform their duties and to reach out to help others around them.

Not only do we need to thank those who serve. We also need to pointedly thank those who train - for they enable more of our men and women in uniform to succeed and to survive when sent into harm's way.

The following article is about a medical training exercise that took place with a blend of forces, first responders and civilians totalling more than 3500 personnel involved. Another major training episode that could save lives.

Our thanks to all who are involved in training our military personnel and to all who serve.

Medical team trains for emergency response
http://www.af.mil/news/story.asp?storyID=123217948
by Linda Frost
59th Medical Wing Public Affairs

8/16/2010 - LACKLAND AIR FORCE BASE, Texas (AFNS) -- Air Force medical professionals participated in a massive joint forces field-training exercise recently simulating a terrorist attack in the U.S.

The 10-day exercise, held at Camp Atterbury, Ind., allowed servicemembers to participate in a war game scenario and know their specific duties in case a catastrophic event ever occurs in the U.S.

Nearly 125 Airmen from Lackland Air Force, Maxwell AFB, Ala., and Sheppard AFB, Texas, formed an Expeditionary Medical Support team to support the joint forces exercise of more than 3,500 Airmen, Soldiers, Sailors, and civilians from around the nation.

An EMEDS team is composed of medical, logistics, administrative and other staff members to quickly deploy and set up a field hospital.

In the exercise, dubbed Vibrant Response, a 10-kiloton nuclear device had been detonated, devastating the immediate area and creating a scenario that simulated a nuclear, biological and chemical attack in the Indianapolis vicinity.

Military members provided assistance to federal, state and local emergency responders during the exercise to save lives, prevent further injury and provide temporary critical support.

Led by U.S. Army North, U.S. Northern Command's Joint Force Land Component Command, the exercise included urban and aerial search and rescue missions, simulated decontamination operations, airlift and medical training.

The Air Force EMEDS team, commanded by Col. Janet Robinson, the 59th Dental Group commander, provided full-scale medical support for ground evacuation, treating patients, hospitalization, preventive medicine, veterinary, medical logistical support and blood distribution.

"It was a tremendous training experience ... this gave us the opportunity to train together in an environment that simulated a real world situation and helped develop us as a cohesive team," Colonel Robinson said.

Colonel Robinson said the exercise enabled the Airmen to work closely with their Army counterparts to learn each other's capabilities, ways of doing things and language differences.

"Some of the challenges we encountered were issues we should expect to meet if we were to deploy to an event, and were invaluable in forcing us to develop workarounds to get the mission accomplished," Colonel Robinson added.

"As expected, our Air Force personnel deployed with the right attitude, motivation and desire for excellence, and did an outstanding job working with other federal, state and local emergency responders," she said.

United We Roll World Tour Show
Stardust Radio www.stardustradio.com
Tuesday 8/17/10 2:00pm – 5:05pm Central (Live)
Wednesday 8/18/10 6:30pm – 9:35pm Central (Repeat)

Welcome Stardust Listeners and thank you for joining us on United We Roll this Tuesday, the 17th day of August, as we once again take time to honor those who serve our country and who protect our freedom!

Now on to our show for this week. We have five new visits with five of our deployed Heroes of Freedom. The show Today will actually end at 5:05pm CDT, approximately one hour beyond our normal two hour period. Remember, if you are not able to stay with us through the show this afternoon, it will repeat again tomorrow evening, Wednesday, August 11th at 6:30pm Central. In addition, after the shows have been broadcast, an MP3 copy will be placed on our show archive site for listening and downloading. You can reach our archive site at www.stardustradio.info or on the United We Roll page at www.stardustradio.com

(2:08pm) During our first visit, we will be talking with Air Force member SMSgt Anthony "Tony" Staut, who is currently deployed with the 332nd Expeditionary Operations Support Squadron as a Medevac EMT on fixed wing aircraft such as the C-130, C-17 and KC-135

(2:50pm) Our next visit is with Army Sgt Bonnie Clark, currently on duty in Iraq with the HHC, 1-3 AAB, 3rd ID. As a Human Resource member with the 1-3 Advise and Assist Brigade, Sgt Clark wears more hats and handles more tasks than most stateside personnel offices would ever hope to see and the draw down is adding to the work load.

(3:21pm) During our third visit, we will be speaking with Army Sgt Arttory Benson, who is on his second deployment and is serving with F Co, TF 2-7, 1-3 AAB, 3rd ID. Sgt Benson is assigned as a truck driver and is part of the unit that delivers supplies to the smaller FOB's(Forward Operating Bases) that are around them and/or belong to their brigade.

(3:46pm) For our fourth visit, we will be hearing from Army 1LT Rachel Adair who is deployed as the Company XO (Executive Officer) with G Co. TF 1, 41st FA (Field Artillery), 1st AAB (Advise & Assist Brigade), 3rd ID (Infantry Division).

(4:22pm) Our fifth and final visit for today is a unique treat as we visited with Army Sgt Troy Ruffin (Medevac/EMT) in April, during the early part of his one year deployment and we are catching up with him again to see how things are changing with his unit as the draw down is impacting more and more units in Iraq. (B Co. 2-7 IN, 3rd ID)

Before we wrap up, we want to acknowledge and thank Talking Communities, the Veteran owned service that brings us our Chat Star Teleconference Facility with state of the art private rooms and audio visual supports. If you need a place to host business seminars, display products or have a craft demo, or maybe you need to have a family celebration with members who are scattered around the US or the world. This is the place to see, hear, speak, show and text each other. For more information, contact the Stardust Radio business office at 319-648-3201.

Ladies & Gentlemen, we wish to thank all of you for joining us and we hope that you will be with us again next week when we will have more great visits from our Heroes of Freedom.

To all of our Veterans and all military family members who are listening, thank you for your service and for our freedom. To all of our First Responders and your family members, thank you for watching over our families, homes and communities.

Once again, we would like to remind any of our listeners who are interested in health and legislative issues that affect those who protect our freedom to tune in to our other broadcasts – OFFE with Gene Simes and Jere Berry at 8pm Central on Tuesday nights ...... and also with Rick Townsend and Firebase Network Sundays at 6:00pm Central.

Please remember, it is up to us at home to help our troops, not only with letters and care packages, but also by being aware of legislation in our states and in DC that will impact them and their families. We must do our part to insure that our Heroes of Freedom receive the benefits and health care that they deserve for keeping our country safe and free. It is the least that we can do for them and it is part of what we must do to help insure freedom for our children.

We wish you all a good, safe and healthy week.

May God Bless You All And May God Bless America!