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Show Supplement to tka HEADS U .Am FORCE RESERVE HUHop Tlmmi July IS, ItW Oa Rambo breeding grounds V';;V ..... ..... WWK;itSKiii, iii iv Y i YY ., . - j " Y " v 1 ME w 1" A 4. - U.S. Air Force Photos by MSgt. Mike Pop In tho thick of things Above, 419th Tactical Fighter Wing security policeman MSgt. Kent Dahlquist maneuvers through an obstacle course during Patriot Warrior while an instructor watches. Right, 419th security policeman SrA. Sean Pew attacks an aggressor force. 9 . Medks fee onew eimeinniy e2i(si ditd Hurford, noncommissioned officer in charge of medical services. "It's very hot and humid and that means we must constantly deal with dehydration cases. Some of the guys just fell out while on patrol. To some degree, everybody suffered some phase of by MSgt. Mike Pope 10th AF Public Affairs Office If the itching, scratching and swelling don't slow you down, then the dehydration will put you down, flat on your back. dehydration." As the security police at Patriot Warrior discovLiquids, lots of liquids, became one of the medics' Central Texas of harshness climate and the valuable supplies. As orange packages of the the most ered, be Swift was not to environment at Camp taken powdered Gatorade seemed to outnumber bandages, lightly. The 419th Tactical Fighter Wing medical tape and ointments, the variety of injuries demandpersonnel who provided treatment to the police dis- ed more than a cold drink of the salty thirst quenchcovered they were faced with ailments far different er. As the days passed and the training for the shifts began than those faced in Utah. security police intensified, the For the four medical personnel who participated to take their physical toll on the medics. The injuin Patriot Warrior, this was a time to work under ries began to mount. "field" conditions. Maj. Phil Johnson, MSgt. Don Sprained ankles and knees began to increase in Hurford, SSgt. Leon Mylrole and SrA. Paula Brown number and severity. Major and minor scrapes and had to leave the unappreciated comforts of a sterile abrasions on knees and elbows were plentiful. A hospital emergency room and the cool, crisp, clean sprained back showed up as the result of jumping g truck. Even a burn victim air of the Utah high country for the bug swirling, out of a e woodland environment of appeared after shifting winds caused a small brush-fir- e heavy air, sauna-likand sterile emergento reverse its course and come back to burn a Camp Swift. Their for tent a now with was room dusty security policeman trying to extinguish it. Singed cy burns on the face, ear and shelves and a constant flow of tired patients being hair and second-degre- e Texas red from fire were neck the damage. treated for severe bites hungry This experience provided the medics with opporants, ticks, chiggers, mosquitoes and any other forest creature interested in hu-- . tunities to face a wide variety of injuries, receive pesky germ-lade- n constant hands-oman flesh. experience at treating those inconditions. "This is truly a mean environment," said Sergeant juries and work under 24-ho- ur troop-carryin- well-stocke- d two-by-fou- rs U.S. Air Force Photo by MSgt. Mike Pope Healing the wounded Medics SrA. Paula Brown and MSgt. Don Hurford, 419th Tactical Hospital, tend to a security policeman's injured knee during the Texas exercise. n less-than-desira- S oOcacn 0 UCF0D CddddgCd 10th AF Public Affairs Office Heat, humidity, difficult terrain and accommodations were not reserved for the : 'climate.'' security police during Patriot Warrior training in worked equally hard durmen and women "The Texas. The 419th Civil Engineering Squadron per- to 10said MSgt. Stan Charlton, days," formed its own type of combat training under the ing control. structural over superintendent same conditions. of had previously team the members Only three The 18 CES members used nail guns instead of worked on a project of this magnitude, according to to accomplish their mission. The group came Sergeant Warner. This team missed the humanitarto Camp Swift along with the security police to ian mission deployment to Honduras in February, transform more than seven tons of plywood, nails, when 419th civil engineers built a school, homes for and piping into new and screws, siding, the handicapped... sidewalks and other, major necessary facilities at the bivouac and field location projects. for the security police. "That's why this training has been so very valuWith 13 days to complete 16 projects, SMSgt. able for this group," said Sergeant Warner. Chet Warner, project manager, said, "Most of the "We did it all," said SSgt. Timothy Hawthorne, people did things they've never done before." heating technician. "I did major carpentry projects. The tearn constructed 32 student benches, poured We had people here: doing electrical, siding, seven elabs using 42 yards of concrete, constructed diggingeverything. Many of us didn't have the hardback tents, built field latrines, enclosed skills and knowledge to do many of these projects wo open air classrooms, set three poles, con 'when we came here, but we all learned real fast." sh ;: , 12-ho- "21 I :' M-1- 6s 8 f. - i 4 '"" ; :: V v ;;; )j v ur , two-by-fou- 4 . verted a latrine into a storage shed, buried an ammunition storage shed in 12 feet of earth and installed numerous light fixtures, electrical outlets and fans to help cool down the sticky 95 degree heat and 90 percent humidity of the Central Texas by MSgt. Mike Pope less-than-plu- I T,'" . ' s ,...' '4. 0 rs . . 18-fo- ot - if U.S. Air Force Photo by MSgt. Mike Pope Hold it steady 419th civil engineers SSgt. Hugh Harmoney and Sgt. Luz Adorno complete a construction project ;''.'-.during Patriot Warrior. . |