| Greetings from Germany! 
An ambulatory patient at the Medical Transient Detachment with his Soldiers' Angels blankie!
As I'm sure you've seen on the news, air travel was disrupted throughout Europe for several days due to the volcano in Iceland. This also affected medevac flights in and out of Germany. The patients who were already here were "stuck" here, and we could not accept incoming flights from Iraq and Afghanistan. But the Air Force scrambled aircraft and aeromedical crews, and several flights were made to the US via Rota Naval Station in Spain.
Now that the backlog of patients has been cleared, we're back to our almost-daily incoming flights from Iraq and Afghanistan. Landstuhl is currently receiving up to 700 patients each month who are medevaced for a wide variety of reasons including battle injuries.
Stories of interest
The Golden Hour : Produced by ABC Australia in February of this year, this is an extraordinary documentary about the 8th Forward Surgical Team and the DUSTOFF crews in the Logar Province of Afghanistan. Full screen viewing recommended.
SSG Matthey Kinney, DUSTOFF Association Flight Medic of the Year
I'd like for you to meet someone I'm proud to call a personal friend, Staff Sergeant Matthew Kinney. Matthew served 3 tours of combat duty in Iraq and Afghanistan as a flight medic - the guys who drop down from helicopters to treat and evacuate our wounded, often under fire. He is the recipient of the SIlver Star, the Distinguished Flying Cross, and was just named by the DUSTOFF Association as flight medic of the year. He is currently a flight medic instructor at Fort Rucker in Alabama.
You can watch a video of Matthew accepting the award, and read his Silver Star citation here.
The Most Honorable Mission
"I always thought that if it was my child over here that had died, I would want somebody like me to take care of him and send him home to me." Those are the words of Chief Warrant Officer Kim T. Adamson, Officer in Charge of the Mortuary Affairs Collection Point Bastion and Dwyer in Afghanistan. Read about the team who bring our Fallen Heroes home.
Grab a tissue and read this portrayal of the courage and heart of our wounded warriors who regain consciousness at Landstuhl.
Most-needed items of the Month
- Currently completely out of sweat PANTS sizes MEDIUM and XL, completely out of t-shirts size MEDIUM. Thank you for your help with these items!
- Sweat pants, especially sizes MEDIUM, EXTRA LARGE, and LARGE (in that order, dark colors)
- Undershirts and plain T-shirts, size MEDIUM (crew neck, any color)
- Lounge/sleep pants/pj bottoms (M, L, XL - any color or pattern)
- Shorts, baggy basketball-type (M, L, XL - any color)
- Body lotion, travel size only
- Shaving cream, aerosol cans, travel size only
Our complete list of requested items can be found at the Soldiers' Angels Germany blog here.
Thank you for your support!
With warmest regards,
Your Soldiers' Angels Team in Germany
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As the official Soldiers' Angels organization in Germany, our mission is to support patients medevaced to Landstuhl Regional Medical Center from Iraq and Afghanistan.To visit the Soldiers' Angels Germany blog, click here.
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Information about medevac evacuations to Germany (with videos).
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