Posted on 11/05/2004 3:37:51 AM PST by 4kevin
The combat hospital on the chief U.S. base near Fallujah has set up a morgue and doubled medical staff and supplies in preparation for an expected stream of casualties from an anticipated assault on the rebel stronghold.
''We've had 20 to 30 casualties on a given day here. We expect maybe double that on a serious day. And we can handle them,'' Capt. Eric Lovell, a Navy doctor, said Thursday at the base hospital, a low concrete building announced by a sign saying ''Cheaters of Death.''
The hospital added a Marine Mortuary Affairs team last month, a unit charged with identifying dead troops, cataloguing their personal effects and preparing their bodies for the flight to Dover Air Force Base in Delaware.
The morgue team counts 16 reservists trained in handling corpses of U.S. troops as well as Iraqi civilians and fighters that arrive at the hospital here, said Commander Lach Noyes, a Navy surgeon. The morgue team also travels to bomb scenes to recover body parts and corpses that need to be extracted from vehicles, Noyes said.
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God bless and protect our troops.
Amen.
A couple of MOABs would make this so unnecessary....
God go with them. I pray that the morgue will not be needed to the degree that it is projected.
(Romans chapters 9-10)
God go with them...
Fox is reporting at the top of the hour newsbreak....all roads into Fallujah are now sealed.
God bless our troops.
It's such a shame that someone with your knowledge of battle tactics and military strategy is posting here instead of running the show...
This is just like before the Iraq war started. The MSM was gleefully reporting orders for tens of thousands of body bags.
The Psalms
140
A Prayer for Protection against Persecutors To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.
1 Deliver me, O LORD, from the evil man: preserve me from the violent man;
2 which imagine mischiefs in their heart; continually are they gathered together for war.
3 They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders' poison is under their lips. Selah.
4 Keep me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me from the violent man; who have purposed to overthrow my goings.
5 The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the wayside; they have set gins for me. Selah.
6 I said unto the LORD, Thou art my God: hear the voice of my supplications, O LORD.
7 O GOD the Lord, the strength of my salvation, thou hast covered my head in the day of battle.
8 Grant not, O LORD, the desires of the wicked: further not his wicked device; lest they exalt themselves. Selah.
9 As for the head of those that compass me about, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.
10 Let burning coals fall upon them: let them be cast into the fire; into deep pits, that they rise not up again.
11 Let not an evil speaker be established in the earth: evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him.
12 I know that the LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and the right of the poor.
13 Surely the righteous shall give thanks unto thy name: the upright shall dwell in thy presence.
That insurgents from throughout the Middle East have come to Fallujah is a stroke of good luck. We have the fish in the barrel. Commence firing.
Propaganda from Morrissey Boulevard meant to demoralize the home front and strengthen enemy resolve in their redoubts in Brookline and Cambridge.
The fever might break sooner than you think.
This kind of news has got to be taking a little of the will out of the insurgents. I like it!
Must be related to the @sshole I just confronted here at work who thought they would get in my face with some smart@ss remark that all our sons are gonna die in fallujah. If I dont get fired before the end of the day I will be totally amazed
The bastards at the Globe can't give it a rest can they. More propaganda from the liberal left.
That jerk needs to be the one fired, not you. Report that outrageous conduct immediately. Even if nothing is done to that *&$^@!, at least management will likely look the other way when you clock him.
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