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Former Special Forces Medic Becomes Doctor

May-14-2004 » Filed Under: 3/2 SBCT

Defend America has a nice profile of U.S. Army Captain Dan Godbee.

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By U.S. Army Sgt. Jeremy Heckler / Task Force Olympia

MOSUL, Iraq, May 14, 2004 — To many, Capt. (Dr.) Dan Godbee, 351st Military Intelligence Company, is the image of the typical country doctor, mild mannered, quick with a handshake and a kind word.

What they may not know is that underneath all that is the experience and knowledge of a 26-year Special Forces veteran trained as a medic and combat engineer.

Godbee, who works as the assistant brigade surgeon for 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, in Mosul, Iraq, continues to show that one can't always judge a book by its cover. He’s been doing that ever since the day he walked into the recruiter's office after graduating from Georgia Tech in 1976 with a degree in engineering.

"I was a skinny, dorky, nerdy, geeky kid who didn't need to go to the Army and I went into the recruiter's office and they asked me what I wanted to do," said Godbee. "I said 'I want to be a Green Beret demolition specialist.'"

Godbee went through basic training at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo., as well as the Special Forces Qualification Course at Fort Bragg, N.C. After graduation, the newly minted Green Beret went off to the 5th Special Forces Group and learned the art of unconventional warfare during his first Southwest Asia deployment.

"We went to Iran and two days before we left the senior engineer on the team's wife had a baby so I ended up being the only engineer on the team," said Godbee. "So I stayed very close to his team sergeant."

After his first enlistment, Godbee became a Special Forces medic.

The article continues - be sure to read the rest.


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