Iraqi hero medic receives medevac training [Image 2 of 2]

CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE BASRA, IRAQ

02.24.2010

Courtesy Photo

17th Field Artillery Brigade

Clockwise from left, Sgt. Maj. Hatef Abas and Master Sgt. Raid Abid Ali Hay, members of the Iraqi army's 14th Division, with the help of 2nd Lt. Karim Elyamani, operations officer, Surgeon Cell, and Capt. Susan M. Mosier, brigade surgeon, both 17th Fires Brigade, practice evacuating a litter casualty to a helicopter Feb. 24, 2010, at the Contingency Operating Base Basra flight line. Second Lt. Muhamad Hussam, a medical officer with the Iraqi army's 52nd Brigade, 14th Div., who was severely wounded as a medic during the 2008 "Charge of the Knights," battle for Basra, was instrumental in getting the program started, Mosier. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Richard Simmons, 5214 MiTT)

• Date Taken: 02.24.2010
• Date Posted: 03.04.2010 08:44
• Photo ID: 256877
• VIRIN: 100224-A-1234S-031
• Resolution: 1500x1007
• Size: 943.21 KB
• Location: CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE BASRA, IQ