Even though he is not embedded with the SBCT, we'll probably carry all of the articles by Bill Nemitz. His articles still provide a good sense of what life is like for the soldiers of Task Force Olympia.
MOSUL, Iraq - They grimaced. They squirmed. Some looked down at the floor. Others interlocked their fingers behind their heads and squinted at the ceiling.
But not one of the 31 soldiers from the Maine Army National Guard's 133rd Engineer Battalion missed a word that Maj. John "Doc" Nelson said Thursday morning as he held an intravenous-needle kit high in the air.
"So everybody understands that now, right?" Nelson asked, in his southwestern Virginia drawl. "You gotta get into the (blood) vessel. . . . Then you gotta push it a little bit further. . . . Then you slide the catheter in. . . ."
More squirming. Nelson, a certified physician's assistant, cocked an eyebrow and scanned the room.
"Everybody's shaking their head 'yes,' " he finally said.
Long pause.
"We'll see."
Lessons in lifesaving
Even though he is not embedded with the SBCT, we'll probably carry all of the articles by Bill Nemitz. His articles still provide a good sense of what life is like for the soldiers of Task Force Olympia.
[Link to Full Article]by Bill Nemitz
MOSUL, Iraq - They grimaced. They squirmed. Some looked down at the floor. Others interlocked their fingers behind their heads and squinted at the ceiling.
But not one of the 31 soldiers from the Maine Army National Guard's 133rd Engineer Battalion missed a word that Maj. John "Doc" Nelson said Thursday morning as he held an intravenous-needle kit high in the air.
