February 22, 2007

Medical Operation Helps Soldiers Build Trust

Story and photo by Sgt. Michael Garrett,
7th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment


BAGHDAD — When Spc. Michael Benusa needs to do his job it’s usually a bad thing. As a medic for Company B, 2nd Battalion, 325th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, the last thing Benusa hopes for is to be needed to treat one of his fellow Soldiers.

But, that wasn’t the case on a recent trip out side of Combat Outpost Callahan, where Benusa’s company has set up residence.

“We revisited some people with health issues we had identified during our initial cordon and search of the area,” the Duluth, Minn., native said. “We went to check on their progress and bring them some medication they may have trouble attaining on their own.”
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(Photo: Spc. Michael Benusa, a medic with Company B, 2nd Battalion, 325th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, explains to an English-speaking Iraqi girl how to apply medication to her younger sister. The young girl had been suffering from a skin condition around her mouth and eyes.)

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