dustmans
04-13-2007, 16:59
I recieved this email from Bruce Williams-Burden, he's writing a book on MEDEVAC/CASEVAC/SAR Corpsman. His contact information below with an email address.
BRUCE WILLIAMS-BURDEN <ndms_images@yahoo.com>
My fellow Corpsmen,
Thank you for taking the time to fill out this questionaire. It is my goal to be able to provide the readers of the book I am writing with a more profound appreciation for the Corpsmen whose military experience has included involvment with helicopters.
I am aware of the sensitive nature of the questions I am asking and the time it will take to answer them. Please feel free to not answer any question that you wish.
I am extending this opportunity to be recognized to ANY Navy or Coast Guard Corpsman who has flown during the time of peace or during the armed conflicts of Korea, Vietnam, Iraq, or Afghanistan.
Finally, any expediency that you can put forth in completing this questionaire is more than deeply appreciated.
1) NAME/RANK/BRANCH OF SERVICE/ACTIVE DUTY OR RESERVE?
2) WHY/WHEN/WHERE DID YOU JOIN THE MILITARY?
3) WHERE/WHEN DID YOU GO TO BOOT CAMP, HOSPITAL CORPS SCHOOL
AND ANY SUBSEQUENT SPECIALTY TRAINING?
4) IF YOU SERVED IN AN ARMED CONFLICT, HOW LONG WERE YOU IN THE
MILITARY BEFORE YOU FIRST WENT THERE?
5) HOW MANY TOURS IN CONFLICT DID YOU SERVE/TOTAL TIME?
6) DATE(S) ARRIVED "IN COUNTRY"/DATED DEPARTED?
7) DID YOU LEAVE WHEN TOUR WAS UP OR AS A PATIENT?
8) WHERE WERE YOU STATIONED PRIOR TO CONFLICT/WHAT WAS YOUR
RESPONSBILITY WHILE THERE? (ER, LAB, PHARMACY, SICK CALL, ETC.)
9) PRIOR TO CONFLICT HAD YOU EVER DEALT WITH TRAUMA SUCH AS YOU SAW
WHILE FLYING? WHERE/WHEN?
10) PRIOR TO FLYING IN PEACTIME HAD YOU EVER DEALT WITH SIMILAR MEDICAL
PROBLEMS THAT YOU SAW WHILE FLYING?
11) IF PEACTIME FLYER, HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN FLYING?
12) FOR ALL.........HOW MANY MISSIONS HAVE YOU FLOWN AND TYPE?
13) PRIOR TO FLYING, DO YOU FEEL YOU WERE SUFFICIENTLY TRAINED
CLINICALLY, PHYSICALLY, AND EMOTIONALLY TO DEAL WITH LEVEL OF
TRAUMA AND OTHER CARE YOU WERE INVOLVED WITH?
14) WHERE DID YOU SERVE IN CONFLICT/WHAT SQUADRONS DID YOU FLY WITH?
15) WHERE DID YOU SERVE IN PEACETIME/WHAT SQUADRONS DID YOU FLY WITH?
16) WHEN YOU WERE NOT FLYING, WHAT WAS YOUR ROLE IN THE DISPENSARY?
17) WHAT PERCENTAGE OF MISSIONS INVOLVED "HOIST JOBS".
18) HOW MANY TIMES WAS YOUR AIRCRAFT HIT BY ENEMY FIRE AND/OR SHOT
DOWN? WHAT PERCENTAGE OF MISSIONS HAD "HOT ZONES"?
19) PLEASE DESCRIBE YOUR "WORST" MISSION IN AS MUCH DETAIL AS POSSIBLE.
20) ON HOW MANY MISSIONS THAT YOU FLEW WAS A FELLOW CREWMAN KILLED,
WOUNDED, OR INJURED?
21) PLEASE DESCIBE THE BRAVEST INCIDENT YOU WITNESSED.
22) PLEASE TELL ME ABOUT SOMETHING THAT TOUCHED YOUR HEART AND YOU
WILL NEVER FORGET.
23) DID YOU VOLUNTEER FOR ANYTHING OTHER THAN FLYING?
24) PLEASE DISCUSS ANY OTHER CORPSMAN YOU KNEW WHO WERE KIA, WIA,
OR THAT YOU FEEL NEED TO BE RECOGNIZED FOR AN ACCOMPLISHMENT.
25) WHY DID YOU VOLUNTEER TO FLY?
26) PLEASE DISCUSS YOUR LIFE BEFORE AND AFTER GOING INTO A CONFLICT.
27) PLEASE DISCUSS YOUR FEELINGS ABOUT THE CONFLICT YOU WERE IN
BEFORE YOU WENT AND AFTER YOUR RETURN.
28) HOW DID IT CHANGE YOU OR DID IT?
29) WHAT DO YOU THINK IT DID TO YOU SPIRITUALLY IF ANYTHING?
30) WHAT MEDALS, AWARDS, COMMENDATIONS HAVE YOU PERSONNALY
RECIEVED?/DESCRIBE INCIDENT IN DETAIL FOR SIGNIFIGANT AWARDS.
3I) IF YOU HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SIT DOWN AND TALK WITH CORPSMEN WHO
WERE CONSIDERING FLYING, WHAT WOULD YOU SAY TO THEM?
32 WHAT DO YOU DO FOR A LIVING NOW?
BRUCE WILLIAMS-BURDEN <ndms_images@yahoo.com>
My fellow Corpsmen,
Thank you for taking the time to fill out this questionaire. It is my goal to be able to provide the readers of the book I am writing with a more profound appreciation for the Corpsmen whose military experience has included involvment with helicopters.
I am aware of the sensitive nature of the questions I am asking and the time it will take to answer them. Please feel free to not answer any question that you wish.
I am extending this opportunity to be recognized to ANY Navy or Coast Guard Corpsman who has flown during the time of peace or during the armed conflicts of Korea, Vietnam, Iraq, or Afghanistan.
Finally, any expediency that you can put forth in completing this questionaire is more than deeply appreciated.
1) NAME/RANK/BRANCH OF SERVICE/ACTIVE DUTY OR RESERVE?
2) WHY/WHEN/WHERE DID YOU JOIN THE MILITARY?
3) WHERE/WHEN DID YOU GO TO BOOT CAMP, HOSPITAL CORPS SCHOOL
AND ANY SUBSEQUENT SPECIALTY TRAINING?
4) IF YOU SERVED IN AN ARMED CONFLICT, HOW LONG WERE YOU IN THE
MILITARY BEFORE YOU FIRST WENT THERE?
5) HOW MANY TOURS IN CONFLICT DID YOU SERVE/TOTAL TIME?
6) DATE(S) ARRIVED "IN COUNTRY"/DATED DEPARTED?
7) DID YOU LEAVE WHEN TOUR WAS UP OR AS A PATIENT?
8) WHERE WERE YOU STATIONED PRIOR TO CONFLICT/WHAT WAS YOUR
RESPONSBILITY WHILE THERE? (ER, LAB, PHARMACY, SICK CALL, ETC.)
9) PRIOR TO CONFLICT HAD YOU EVER DEALT WITH TRAUMA SUCH AS YOU SAW
WHILE FLYING? WHERE/WHEN?
10) PRIOR TO FLYING IN PEACTIME HAD YOU EVER DEALT WITH SIMILAR MEDICAL
PROBLEMS THAT YOU SAW WHILE FLYING?
11) IF PEACTIME FLYER, HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN FLYING?
12) FOR ALL.........HOW MANY MISSIONS HAVE YOU FLOWN AND TYPE?
13) PRIOR TO FLYING, DO YOU FEEL YOU WERE SUFFICIENTLY TRAINED
CLINICALLY, PHYSICALLY, AND EMOTIONALLY TO DEAL WITH LEVEL OF
TRAUMA AND OTHER CARE YOU WERE INVOLVED WITH?
14) WHERE DID YOU SERVE IN CONFLICT/WHAT SQUADRONS DID YOU FLY WITH?
15) WHERE DID YOU SERVE IN PEACETIME/WHAT SQUADRONS DID YOU FLY WITH?
16) WHEN YOU WERE NOT FLYING, WHAT WAS YOUR ROLE IN THE DISPENSARY?
17) WHAT PERCENTAGE OF MISSIONS INVOLVED "HOIST JOBS".
18) HOW MANY TIMES WAS YOUR AIRCRAFT HIT BY ENEMY FIRE AND/OR SHOT
DOWN? WHAT PERCENTAGE OF MISSIONS HAD "HOT ZONES"?
19) PLEASE DESCRIBE YOUR "WORST" MISSION IN AS MUCH DETAIL AS POSSIBLE.
20) ON HOW MANY MISSIONS THAT YOU FLEW WAS A FELLOW CREWMAN KILLED,
WOUNDED, OR INJURED?
21) PLEASE DESCIBE THE BRAVEST INCIDENT YOU WITNESSED.
22) PLEASE TELL ME ABOUT SOMETHING THAT TOUCHED YOUR HEART AND YOU
WILL NEVER FORGET.
23) DID YOU VOLUNTEER FOR ANYTHING OTHER THAN FLYING?
24) PLEASE DISCUSS ANY OTHER CORPSMAN YOU KNEW WHO WERE KIA, WIA,
OR THAT YOU FEEL NEED TO BE RECOGNIZED FOR AN ACCOMPLISHMENT.
25) WHY DID YOU VOLUNTEER TO FLY?
26) PLEASE DISCUSS YOUR LIFE BEFORE AND AFTER GOING INTO A CONFLICT.
27) PLEASE DISCUSS YOUR FEELINGS ABOUT THE CONFLICT YOU WERE IN
BEFORE YOU WENT AND AFTER YOUR RETURN.
28) HOW DID IT CHANGE YOU OR DID IT?
29) WHAT DO YOU THINK IT DID TO YOU SPIRITUALLY IF ANYTHING?
30) WHAT MEDALS, AWARDS, COMMENDATIONS HAVE YOU PERSONNALY
RECIEVED?/DESCRIBE INCIDENT IN DETAIL FOR SIGNIFIGANT AWARDS.
3I) IF YOU HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SIT DOWN AND TALK WITH CORPSMEN WHO
WERE CONSIDERING FLYING, WHAT WOULD YOU SAY TO THEM?
32 WHAT DO YOU DO FOR A LIVING NOW?