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May 19, 2004
No Better Friend
| Our Marines are no better friend on the homefront too. Here, Petty Officer 3rd Class Nathan Silvers, a hospital corpsman assigned to the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, evaluates a young girl who was injured while playing outside her school.
Silvers was part of a Marine vehicle convoy that stopped to aid the girl while driving though the area during the MEU's Training in an Urban Environment Exercise (TRUEX) May 9. |
My own son spent the last two weeks training at March AFB. If you saw a FOX news clip of a tall handsome Marine dressed in Iraqi garb (he calls it a "mandress") and carrying a spear - that was my son. And simulated battlefield injuries are taken seriously. At one point, he was hit by a simulated morter and rescued from the field of battle by his brother Marines. The Navy Corpsmen diagnosed him with a "protruding bone from the face" and sent him off to be fixed. Preparing for war is serious business with these men, and they do not take it lightly.
Posted by Deb at May 19, 2004 06:46 AM
Comments
Just to clarify a point on your "No Better Friend" picture: Petty Officer 3rd Class Nathan Silvers, a hospital corpsman assigned to the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, is a Sailor, not a Marine. Navy Hospital Corpsmen are assigned to Marine units.
How do I know? My son is a Petty Officer 3rd Class Hospital Corpsman with the 3/7 Marines, currently deployed with 1 MARDIV, proudly serving with his Marine buddies.
Posted by: Corpsman's Mom at May 20, 2004 01:52 PM
Great Job "Nate" You make me and mom proud !
Posted by: Dennis Silvers at May 21, 2004 12:12 AM
I was impressed when I read this article. Wow.
Good job "Devil Doc" ! It never ceases to bring
tears to the eyes with the stories from Iraq.
From HM's to RP's to Chaplains. Wow. Trully impressive. Keep up the awesome care and work that you and all do everyday.
God bless you and keep you....forever.
AR.
Posted by: Albert Romero at February 4, 2005 02:52 PM