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Passing the Medical Screening Torch

Aug- 2-2006 » Filed Under: 3/2 SBCT

by Sgt. 1st Class Steven B. Petibone
138th MPAD

MOSUL, Iraq – Stryker brigade combat teams and civil affairs teams are conducting medical screenings in Mosul, Iraq.

Members of the 2nd Battalion, 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team from Fort Lewis, Wash., are ‘learning the ropes’ from their departing comrades, the 172nd SBCT from Fort Wainwright, Alaska.

“Today’s medical screening went a little slower than expected,” said Sgt. 1st Class Gary Olson, team leader, Company A, 403rd CA Bn., “because of the transition between the two Stryker units.” Olson is an Army reservist from Mosinee, Wis.

The medical screening took place at the Al Shoda School for Boys in a suburb of Mosul. Medical screenings originated as a Coalition Forces civil affairs mission during Operation Iraqi Freedom III, but presently, are transitioning over to the control of the Iraqi Army.

The intent of medical screenings is two-fold; to provide basic examinations of Iraqi citizens of all ages and to encourage them to use the emerging Iraqi health care system.

“The short time I’ve been in Mosul, I have seen good cooperation between CF and the IA,” said Staff Sgt. Donald Dennis, Co. A, 403rd CA Bn., and native of Charleston S.C. “I’m confident they will do well on their own in the future.”


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