Seven flight medics receive Combat Medical Badges

First Army flight medics receive Combat Medical Badge recognition
Seven Army flight medics in northern Iraq this week became the first aviation crewmembers to be awarded the Combat Medical Badge under new Pentagon rules. The seven soldiers, all assigned to Company C, 2nd General Support Aviation Battalion, 1st Aviation Regiment, received the awards at a ceremony on the U.S. base near Tikrit.

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The seven soldiers are:
Staff Sgt. Kory Werts
Staff Sgt. Lanier Patterson
Sgt. Ethan Rogers
Sgt. Jovan Salazar
Sgt.Tyrone Jordan
Spc. Nathaniel Northrup
Spc. Stacey Dill.
Based in Fort Riley, Kan., they deployed to Iraq last fall.