Medics on Armed Patrol in Iraq

by | Jan 27, 2008 | Uncategorized | 57 comments

I ran across this photo and was surprised at the caption. I may be naive but I was genuinely surprised at a medic leading an armed patrol in Baghdad.

U.S. Army Spc. Kris
Hostetler, 21, from Nashville, Tenn., a medic with Alpha Company, 1st Battalion,
30th Infantry Regiment patrols in Arab Jabour during Operation Coliseum
south of Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, Jan. 26, 2008. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)

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