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Big Red One TBT: Aug. 26, 2010: First Sergeant Robert Simmons, a flight medic and company first sergeant with a Forward Support Medical Team, Company C, 2nd General Support Aviation Battalion, 1st Aviation Regiment, 1st Combat Aviation Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, observes the area as a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter used for medical evacuation starts up in his background prior to a flight training mission, at Contingency Operating Base Speicher, near Tikrit, Iraq. The helicopter, belonging to a forward support medical evacuation team in Charlie Co., is used specifically for medical evacuations for Soldiers, civilians and Iraqi residents in the United States Division-North region. Simmon’s role is to provide medical care and treatment to the wounded during flights to prolong their life before reaching the nearest hospital. (U.S. Army photo and caption by Spc. Cassandra Monroe)