[SandRat]

Staff Sgt. Eric Mathiasen checks his gear during an unexpected down day after the team's scheduled convoy was cancelled due to enemy activity in the local area. Mathiasen is a medic with the Tarin Kowt Provincial Reconstruction Team. U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Orville F. Desjarlais Jr.

[SandRat]

Brave Dusty Angel in Cammies

[AngrySpud]

" ... the paternal need to protect them, as they protect him."

That's how it is between medics/corpsmen and their troops. I loved my Marines.