Health
Photos : Wolfhounds provide medical aid in remote village
By Spc. Brian Pierce, 1st Bn., 27th Inf. Regt., 2nd SBCT, 25th Inf. Div., MND-B
Apr 16, 2008 - 2:44:56 PM

Blackanthem Military News
CAMP TAJI, Iraq -

Spc. Jon Michael Bothke, a Lancaster, Calif., native, holds and talks to a child April 7 while at a combined medical effort in Nahala Village, in the Taji Qada, located northwest of Baghdad. Bothke is a infantryman with Company A, 1st Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment "Wolfhounds," 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team "Warrior," 25th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division - Baghdad. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Brian Pierce, 1st Bn., 27th Inf. Regt., 2nd SBCT, 25th Inf. Div., MND-B)

Capt. Brian Sweigart, a San Antonio native, discusses medical aid and security with an Iraqi leader April 7 while his unit conducts a medical operation in Nahala Village, in the Taji Qada, located northwest of Baghdad. Sweigart is the commander of Company A, 1st Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment "Wolfhounds," 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team Stryker "Warrior," 25th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division - Baghdad. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Brian Pierce, 1st Bn., 27th Inf. Regt., 2nd SBCT, 25th Inf. Div., MND-B)

Capt. Kenneth Smith, a native of Phoenix, inspects an X-ray during a Combined Medical Effort in Nahala Village, in the Taji Qada, northwest of Baghdad April 7. Smith is a physician's assistant assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment "Wolfhounds," 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team "Warrior," 25th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division - Baghdad. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Brian Pierce, 1st Bn., 27th Inf. Regt., 2nd SBCT, 25th Inf. Div., MND-B)

Capt. Michael Chambers, an Albuquerque, N.M., native, checks the eyes of an Iraqi girl April 7 during a combined medical effort in Nahala Village in the Taji Qada, northwest of Baghdad. Chambers is a physician's assistant assigned to Company C, 225th Brigade Support Battalion, 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team "Warrior," 25th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division - Baghdad. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Brian Pierce, 1st Bn., 27th Inf. Regt., 2nd SBCT, 25th Inf. Div., MND-B)

Capt. Michael Chambers, an Albuquerque, N.M., native, fits an Iraqi child with makeshift glasses to protect his eyes April 7 during a combined medical effort in Nahala Village in the Taji Qada, northwest of Baghdad. Chambers is a physician's assistant assigned to Company C, 225th Brigade Support Battalion, 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team "Warrior," 25th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division - Baghdad. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Brian Pierce, 1st Bn., 27th Inf. Regt., 2nd SBCT, 25th Inf. Div., MND-B)