Red Cross Team deployed to Iraq, Afghanistan and Kuwait, Winter 2009 -2010
One of the more enjoyable service we rendered was to make a room available to Father's to watch the birth of their child via skype. They had privacy and we supported them with meals etc until the big event. Afterwards we gave them birth certificates. These pictures are of the men I was able to help. [They gave us permission to use their photographs].
The DFACs know how to put on a display to help us celebrate Thanksgiving. There were 4 DFACs when we first got to JBB and they competed with each other to see who could put on the best display. The above pictures are from only 1 of the 4 DFACs.
Christmas party at the Red Cross building. The DFACs put on one heck of a display which made the passing of Christmas much easier.
Pictures of wearing mandatory body armor due to rocket & mortar attack threats, sand bagged buildings, T-wall surrounding living facilities, Hero's Highway (entrance from Helopad to base hospital emergency room, team in middle of JBB, Iraqi helicopter transporting Iraqi villain needing medical care, and the Red Cross 5K Run party. Pictures of the Predator and the control chair for the Predator are also shown.
The last two pictures are taken from the Warriors Wall inside of the CASF near the base Hospital.
The last two pictures are taken from the Warriors Wall inside of the CASF near the base Hospital.
Visited the M-RAP repair and maintenance facility - got a close-up of the M-RAPs. The last picture is of a M-Rap during the Red Cross party after the 5K run.
We were given a special tour of the Predator facilities both the vehicles and their command post. Pilots would launch and land the UAVs. Once in the air they were sometimes handed off to someone else back in the US.
We were allowed to help the USAF EOD unit dispose of ordinance that was no longer needed. We loaded the material with plastic explosives in a pit along with our EOD personnel who carefully supervised everything. We went back to our bunker and set of the charges. We were NOT allowed to observe the explosion even though it was in pit. We were very safe and it was a lot of fun. A tragic accident a year later resulted in the program being cancelled.
The photos below (given permission by the Senior Officer) are shown for the end of the tour at the Base Hospital.
Previous Red Cross Team photos from Tikrit, Iraq. (Photos received without attribution).
