MECCD Chief- COL Samuel Fricks Greetings from beautiful Mother Rucker! Below, you’ll find updates along a few of our many important areas of interest. Its been an extremely busy, yet productive year and I’m excited about the future capabilities the MEDEVAC Enterprise is hard at work to provide for our future force. We’re also excited […]
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Richard Ziemba was born and raised in Chicago to Betty and Chester Ziemba along with his four sisters, Cathy, Patty, Janet and Susan. He went to high school at Gordon Tech in Chicago and went on to attend the University of Illinois. Rich left college before graduating and was drafted into the Army during the
For those of you who are tracking the Senate or House bills regarding the Award of the Congressional Gold Medal to Dust Off crews, and collectively, others who may have flown under a different call sign, here is an update as of April 5, 2022 FROM MG BRADY: “ The CGM action is still alive.
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Time to come home dear brother. Your tour of duty through. You’ve given as much as anyone. Could be expected to do. Just a few steps further. The smoke will start to clear. Others here will guide you. You have no need of fear -Robert Longley- Our darling, precious, Tom, passed peacefully on October 14,
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Brent Reynolds Overton, a retired Major in the U.S. Army passed away unexpectedly, Tuesday October 12, 2021, at his home in Huntsville, Alabama. Brent was born in Jackson, Mississippi on January 31, 1961. Brent most recently served as a Targets Analyst at the Missile Defense Agency at Millennium Engineering and Integration located in Huntsville. He
There are renewed efforts in Congress to honor our DUSTOFF Crews from the Vietnam War. Currently there are two efforts, one in the House of Representative and one in the Senate. It is now time for us as members of the community of the DUSTOFF Association to send letters to our representatives and senators to
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Woodrow Malcolm Nesbitt Sr., 78, husband of Joyce Irwin Nesbitt, died on Friday, Sept. 3, 2021, at Prisma Health Richland Hospital. Born on Nov. 7, 1942, in Sumter, SC, he was a son of the late Woodrow Nathan Nesbitt and Pearl McInnis Nesbitt Turner. He retired from the U.S. Army as a Major, having served
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Laurence Rosen, MD passed from this life on July 22, 2021, in Helotes, Texas. He was born on October 16, 1946, in Brooklyn, New York to Bernard Rosen and Grace Schwind. Dr. Rosen is survived by his beloved wife of 28 years, Dr. Maria Saenz Rosen. Sons: Laurence Elliott Rosen (Lindsey), William Rosen, and David
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Blanco Thomas High, II, affectionately known as “Skip” to family and friends, was born on May 6, 1946, in Washington, DC to the late Deacon Blanco High Sr. and Deaconess Pearline High. He was the oldest of three children. After a long illness, Blanco entered into eternal rest on June 24, 2021. As a youth,
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Mike Bruce Does anyone remember FSB Henderson? In May 1970, we helped with a mass-casualty evacuation. Bodies were lying all over. Guys on the ground were begging for reinforcements. We would land, and they would throw on wounded (mostly), and we would drop them off in Quang Tri. Then repeat. Several other helicopters alternated with
