Cavalry Teaches Iraqis Advanced First Aid

By Sgt. Paula Taylor4th BCT, 1st Cav. Div. Public Affairs


COP NIMUR — Troops from 3rd Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment, attached to the 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, spent four days training Iraqi security forces in first aid, and provided them with some advanced medical techniques at Combat Outpost Nimur.

The class consisted of 28 Iraqi Army soldiers, four Sinjar area Iraqi police and five Iraqi border policemen.

One of the instructors of the course was Sgt. Richard Kyle, combat medic, Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 3-4 Cavalry, a unit based out of Schofield Barracks, Hawaii. “We were teaching them the Combat Lifesaver course,” he explained. “This was an initial introduction to first aid for them. Most of them have never experienced any of this, so they were pretty excited to learn.”
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(Headquarters and Headquarters Troop combat medic, Sgt. Richard Kyle, 3rd Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment, helps Iraqi Army soldiers properly insert J-Tubes during Combat Life-saver training at COP Nimur Dec. 29. U.S. Army courtesy photo from the 3rd Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment.)