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  • 'Neptune' keeps medic busy in Afghanistan

    08/22/2005 8:52:47 PM PDT · by SandRat · 3 replies · 250+ views
    ARNEWS ^ | Aug 22, 2005 | Pfc. Mike Pryor
    `NAWA, Afghanistan (Army News Service, Aug. 22, 2005) – It wasn’t even noon yet and already Sgt. Christopher Turner had been hit in the face by concrete fragments, forced to deputize a chaplain to man his under-strength aid station, and given emergency CPR to an officer who had stopped breathing. “I’m just managing the chaos,” Turner said cheerfully as he prepped another IV bag for use. Turner, 29, originally from Glenrothes, Scotland, is a medic attached to the 82nd Airborne Division’s 1st Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment. He has been busy since the battalion began combat operations in Eastern Afghanistan...