Medievac Hoodies

24th Evacuation Hospital - Campaigns: Vietnam - Counteroffensive Phases II/III/IV/V/VI/VII, Tet 68, Tet 69, Counteroffensives, Summer -Fall 1969, Winter-Spring 1970, Sanctuary Counteroffensive, Consolidation I & II, Cease Fire.

The UH-60 Black Hawk air ambulance

Medical evacuation, often termed Medevac or Medivac, is the timely and efficient movement and en route care provided by medical personnel to wounded being evacuated from a battlefield, to injured patients being evacuated from the scene of an accident to receiving medical facilities, or to patients at a rural hospital requiring urgent care at a better-equipped facility using medically equipped ground vehicles (ambulances) or aircraft (air ambulances)

comprehensive prehospital and emergency and critical care to all types of patients during aeromedical evacuation or rescue operations aboard helicopter

A helicopter is an aircraft whose lift is derived from aerodynamic forces acting on one or more powered rotors turning about substantially vertical axes, also called a chopper, copter, eggbeater, helo, whirlybird. Rotary-wing aircraft, rotorcraft autogiro, convertiplane, gyroplane, tilt-rotor slick. Whatever you call it, its definitely cool. Makes a great gift for boys and girls, friends, family, aircraft and plane lovers, pilots and military.

The UH-60A entered service with the U.S. Army in 1979, to replace the Bell UH-1 Iroquois as the Army's tactical transport helicopter. This was followed by the fielding of electronic warfare and special operations variants of the Black Hawk. Improved UH-60L and UH-60M utility variants have also been developed. Modified versions have also been developed for the U.S. Navy, Air Force, and Coast Guard. In addition to U.S. Army use, the UH-60 family has been exported to several nations. Black Hawks have served in combat during conflicts in Grenada, Panama, Iraq, Somalia, the Balkans, Afghanistan, and other areas in the Middle East.

1st Cavalry Division to deploy as part of the Operation IRAQI FREEDOM II. The 39th Enhanced Separate Infantry Brigade from the Arkansas Army National Guard (ARARNG), a separate light infantry brigade currently under control of the 7th Infantry Division of Ft. Carson, CO, strengthened by a battalion of soldiers composed of the 2nd Battalion, 162nd Infantry and 41st Infantry Brigade from the Oregon Army National Guard (ORARNG) and "F" Battery, 1st Battalion, 202nd Air Defense Artillery Regiment from the Illinois Army National Guard (ILARNG), will move to Ft. Hood, TX to train with the First Team for this deployment. They will then move out to the Joint Readiness Training Center at Ft. Polk, LA to finish their training and then be ship...

24th Evacuation Hospital - Campaigns: Vietnam - Counteroffensive Phases II/III/IV/V/VI/VII, Tet 68, Tet 69, Counteroffensives, Summer -Fall 1969, Winter-Spring 1970, Sanctuary Counteroffensive, Consolidation I & II, Cease Fire.