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Fort Wainwright medic's family campaigns for new packs

Nov-22-2005 » Filed Under: 172nd SBCT

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By Dermot Cole, The News-Miner

HELPING MEDICS: A Fort Wainwright medic's family is raising money to buy more accessible packs for the medics carrying emergency medical supplies in Iraq.

Ohio resident Nancy Jordan, whose son Kyle is serving in Iraq as a medic with the 172nd Brigade Combat Team, has been collecting funds for several months, mostly from relatives around the country.

Through this campaign they've managed to buy and ship 39 of the vests with more than $8,000 donated by the extended family and other supporters, she wrote in an e-mail. The vests are custom made and cost $210 each.

The medics in her son's unit had been using the old-style backpacks to carry emergency medical supplies. The packs are cumbersome in tight quarters, he has written to her.

The new vests are not as bulky as the old ones and are designed so that the medics can carry their life-saving supplies on their chest, making the equipment more accessible.

Nancy Jordan was quick to point out in an e-mail that she is not doing this to criticize the military in any way.

She said the old style of pack carried by the medics is sufficient, but there is some better equipment available that is not yet standard issue. [...]

Editor's Note: See this web page for information on how to contribute to this effort.


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