Other C-17s the CF may rely on
I don't know for sure, but I think it likely we've benefited ( video link via Freelance Writer).
posted by Mark, Ottawa at 7:50 p.m.
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
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3 Comments:
You're right, Mark.
There's at least one speciflc case which I recall. Around two years ago, there was that Canadian officer -who's name escapes me at the moment- and his team who were meeting with a group of Afghan village elders. The officer was suddenly attacked from behind, by a Taliban terrorist who struck him in the back of the head with some sort of machete or something. The officer's men immediately killed the Taliban SOB...but the officer suffered a near fatal massive head wound.
He was flown by US Army medivac helicopter to a US Army field hospital, then medivac'ed by C-17 to the US Military's Regional Medical Center in Landstuhl, Germany. A follow-up article I read said that the officer had been kept in an induced coma for some weeks while being treated, before he was well enough and stable enough to fly him home to Canada.
(I also recall an article here at the Torch about now-retired General Hillier having made a number of visits to CF patients at Landstuhl, whenever his duties brought him through Germany going to or from Af-stan.)
I believe this has been the procedure for all the Canadian casualties who have needed to be brought back from Af-stan.
The officer's name is Trevor Greene, Dave.
Thanks, BB.
I just did a Google search, looking for updated news. Capt. Greene was, as of the latest article of 11/07, still undergoing major physiotherapy and was making slow but steady progress in his physical rehab.
There were a couple of articles about fundraisers. I'd have assumed he'd have been given a medical disability retirement pension. Does anyone have more recent news on Capt. Greene?
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