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illnesses and injuries are part of the

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reality of being deployed . Third

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brigade soldiers staying on camp to go

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to the striker village Aid stations get

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well and remained mission ready per

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cent of the levels here , I've combined

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with 64th s kind of a

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combined aid station with cover

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down each other . Soldiers were

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called with any trauma that

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happened . Soldiers arriving in Iraq

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from the US often get sick due to the

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change of environment . Most common

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illnesses that we've been seeing lately

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have been a severe coughing ,

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congestion , cold symptoms and all the

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way to the station is small but

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equipped with the basic amenities to

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treat soldiers , there is a waiting

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room from a physical therapy room and

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the pharmacy . However , working in a

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deployed environment does present

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challenges . It's definitely tough

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with the number of soldiers that we

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brought out with some of the

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chronic conditions that they're dealing

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with , getting them the specialty care

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that they require , that you don't have

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the dust mud cold , you know , you're

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not really gonna see too many people

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coming with my bass on hearing about

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them with the working environment may

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not be ideal . The medics are proud

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about what they're doing to help

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soldiers stay fit for duty love . I

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couldn't do any other job . I enjoy

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the frustrations of practicing medicine

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here . Just another challenge

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with your looking overcome as the

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deployment continues . So will the

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challenges of being a combat medic

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Medics of the striker Aid station are

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prepared for those challenges .

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Specialist Michael cox camp Taji Iraq