Female Corpsman Team Trauma Nurse

Photo by Cpl. Zachary J. Nola
Navy Lt. Amy Zaycek, the severe trauma platoon nurse with the Female Corpsman Team holds an Afghan child during a recent patrol in the area of Now Zad, Afghanistan. The FCT recently returned to Now Zad, Jan. 3, to assist members of the Female Engagement Team, Marine Expeditionary Brigade-Afghanistan, with their effort to further the process of treating, educating and engaging the women of Now Zad. Zaycek is a native of Wall, N.J.

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Published: Friday, January 8, 2010 2:41 PM CST
Cpl. Zachary J. Nola

Regimental Combat Team 7

HELMAND PROVINCE, Afghanistan - Recently during Operation Cobra’s Anger, a multi-day operation led by Company L, 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, to rid the Now Zad area of Taliban control, members of the company's severe trauma platoon extended an invitation to members of the battalion’s civil affairs group to take cover from the rain in their mobile severe trauma bay.

Within the security and warmth of the STB, the members of the two parties began talking about the day’s events.

“We started talking about stuff on the battle front,” said Cmdr. Tom Craig, the officer in charge of the emergency medical facility, Severe Trauma Platoon 3. “What CAG said was that there were a lot of females who needed to voice complaints and that if we could get a female in the battle zone to talk to these people, we could probably help a lot of folks.”
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