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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 …

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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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