Photo by Pfc. Zackary Root | 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division Public Affairs | 12.09.2011
Army Spc. Antony Villa, of San Antonio, a health care specialist and licensed practical nurse with the 681st Forward Surgical Team, collects information from the flight team after receiving a medical evacuation patient on Dec. 9....
Photo by Pfc. Zackary Root | 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division Public Affairs | 12.09.2011
Army Spc. Anthony Villa, of San Antonio, a health care specialist and licensed practical nurse for the 681st Forward Surgical Team, takes off his gloves after a practice session on Dec. 9. Villa grew up in Pontiac, Mich., where he had aspirations of becoming a pro boxer before joining the Army....
Photo by Pfc. Zackary Root | 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division Public Affairs | 12.09.2011
A medical evacuation patient lands at Forward Operating Base Shank on Dec. 9, and is taken to the Forward Surgical Team. The FST has five general surgeons and one orthopedic surgeon, ready to operate 24 hours a day....
Photo by Pfc. Zackary Root | 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division Public Affairs | 12.09.2011
Army Spc. Andy Sivilaything, of San Antonio, holds practice pads while Army Spc. Anthony Villa, of San Antonio, practices combinations on Dec. 9. Both soldiers are health care specialists and licensed practical nurses with the 681st Forward Surgical Team....