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Articles from past editions of The DUSTOFFer
Life Membership in DUSTOFF Association Awardee
SGT Elizabeth R. Mann, Detachment 2, C/1169 Aviation Regiment, VA ARNG, was presented with the DUSTOFF Association Life Member Certificate on November 9th, 2023 for having the highest GPA in her graduating AMEDD Aviation Crewmember Course (AACC). Welcome to the DUSTOFF family and congratulations! Thank you to Collins Aerospace for sponsoring the Top-of-the-Class life membership!
Medical Evacuation Concepts and Capabilities Division (MECCD) yearly update Fall/Winter 2023
COL Sam Fricks Well, 2023 has been a heck of a year. It has also been challenging, rewarding, and quite frankly, a bit frustrating, especially here near the end. The best thing about MECCD, are the people. This year, LTC Audrey Boenker left us, as she set out for her BN Command of the 121st …
President’s Letter – Fall/Winter 2023
Hello from the DMV (DC, Maryland, Virginia)! We are just past half-way to next year’s Reunion, and what a great year it has been. The new crop of leaders is anything but new, with most involved in the DUSTOFF Association for more than 20 years! I’m honored to serve as the President. I’m thrilled about …
Top of the Schoolhouse – Fall/Winter 2023
1SG Jesse R. Turner, Department of Aviation Medicine (DAM) What do we do if our aircraft is unable to wait as we return with the patient(s)? What do we do during a MASCAL? These are questions we need to answer now in preparation for the future fight. At the Department of Aviation Medicine (DAM), we …
Binh Gia – as told by Bill Hughes
This is my account of the assault at Binh Gia. You requested an account of a big battle and this one was the biggest that I was ever involved in. Once again I am not a writer so please excuse any use of South Jersey Colloquialisms. I taught photography not English. Some people have told …
Consultant’s Corner – Spring/Summer 2022
Good evening Team Dustoff! It’s been a busy 2022 for our officers across the force and we are in the middle of numerous summer PCS rotations across the Army. Our 67Js remain highly competitive for promotion and command selection. The most recent AMEDD MAJ Promotion Selection Board produced an overall primary zone selection of 71.7%, …
Message from your Executive Director
DUSTOFF FamilyFor the last 27 years I have have been decisively engaged in the management, direction, execution, documentation, and planning of this great Association. It is time to make some changes for the good of the future of this organization. Your current President, John McMahan, and I have been working on some re-organization and re-alignments …
DUSTOFF Rescue of the Year
The award will be presented at the 2022 DUSTOFF Reunion – A nice write up is found here
The Little Unit that Could, by COL Retired Doug Moore
During the Vietnam War, the major focus was on helicopter ambulance units deployed in-country, and that is understandable. There was another unit that performed magnificently during that timeframe and went largely unnoticed, except by the men who were assigned and by the many thousands of patients transported by its crews. Prior to 1966, hospitalization …
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